TEN DAYS AGO, Paige Bueckers was cutting off a piece of the net in Tampa’s Amalie Arena after leading her UConn Huskies to a national championship, the program’s first in nine years.
Eight days later — and with multiple trips from Storrs, Connecticut, to New York in between — Bueckers heard her name called as the first pick by the Dallas Wings in the 2025 WNBA draft. As she was presented a No. 1 navy-and-volt-green jersey by WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert, she was officially anointed as a Dallas Wing.
“You just have a level of excitement, nervousness, bittersweet feeling knowing that my journey at UConn is over,” Bueckers said, “but excited for the next one to begin.”
Life happens fast in women’s basketball — and the whirlwind won’t stop here for Dallas’ newest star. Training camp begins April 27, and in four weeks Bueckers will make her WNBA debut when the Wings open their season at home on May 16 against the Minnesota Lynx, the reigning WNBA Finals runners-up.
