Watkins suffered a season-ending knee injury in the second round. Bueckers put up 31 points in the victory to lead UConn to its second consecutive Final Four and 24th overall under head coach Geno Auriemma.

Here's everything you need to know about the UConn women's basketball star Paige Bueckers, from her age and height to her stats and social media numbers.

The 2025 WNBA Draft will be headlined by UConn’s Paige Bueckers, who has been penciled in as the top pick ever since she decided to exercise her fifth year of eligibility. But beyond Bueckers, there is a deep pool of lead guards, scorers, and wings who are eager to make their impact at the next level.

In the fourth quarter, Bueckers passed former UConn player and current WNBA star Napheesa Collier for third place in the all-time UConn scoring list. Collier finished her college career with 2,401 points. Bueckers moves onto the Final Four with 2,406 to her name.

UConn star Paige Bueckers will delcare for the 2025 WNBA Draft, she confirmed to Rebecca Lobo on Friday ahead of the Huskies' Sweet 16 game against Oklahoma in the Women's NCAA To

UConn star Paige Bueckers has confirmed that she will enter the 2025 WNBA draft at the conclusion of the 2024-25 women's college basketball season.

That shouldn't come as a huge surprise. Bueckers, 23, is the consensus No. 1 overall pick in the 2025 WNBA Draft. Every analyst projected the Dallas Wings to make Bueckers the top pick in the April draft.

Connecticut star Paige Bueckers, long considered the presumptive No. 1 pick in next month’s WNBA Draft, will indeed enter that draft after the NCAA Tournament, a program spokesperson said Friday. Bueckers, 23, is in her fifth season at UConn but has one year of college eligibility remaining. ESPN commentator Rebecca Lobo first reported the news.