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UConn guard Azzi Fudd is again delaying her WNBA aspirations to return to the Huskies for the 2025/26 NCAA basketball season, the 22-year-old announced in a social media post on Tuesday — just one day after the No. 2-seed squad booked their Sweet 16 spot in this year’s March Madness tournament.

In an interview with ESPN, Fudd explained that her decision to declare for the 2026 WNBA Draft and exhaust her NCAA eligibility will allow her to “work on everything I need to work on” before turning pro.

Fudd also noted that her choice became clear after UConn head coach Geno Auriemma told her that while he supports whatever decision she makes, she has yet to max out at the collegiate level.

“He [told me], ‘I would say 10 games, maybe, you’ve played to your full potential of who Azzi Fudd really is,'” Fudd recounts. “‘You wouldn’t do yourself justice leaving. You would leave here not doing what you could in a UConn uniform.’ I was like, ‘Yeah, he has a point.'”

Already a standout, Fudd chases greatness

Entering the NCAA as the No. 1 recruit in the Class of 2021, Fudd has been a highly-touted professional prospect for years, with the Husky originally expected to be chosen in the first round of…

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