Weve had players get injured in the past and my philosophy here is, Im not interested in how fast we can get someone back; Im interested in whats best for them long term, he said. Dorka hasnt practiced all week so shes just kind of getting back into the swing of things, little bit at a time, Auriemma said. On Sunday, Bueckers will meet with UConns team doctors as well as her surgeon to determine what the next steps are in her recovery, which will set a more clear and definitive timeline for her return. Call 1-800-GAMBLER. National championship, thats it, she said. 2023 FOX News Network, LLC. Decker started her racing career in snowmobiles as a 3-year-old. Bueckers is impactful on both sides of the ball, and the Huskies will certainly miss that next season as they figure out their depth. No. Her strong play helped propel UConn to the Final Four, but it wasnt enough to defeat Arizona. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by Refinitiv Lipper. [5][6][7] Bueckers became friends with future National Basketball Association (NBA) player Jalen Suggs while in elementary school. Chasing Perfection: Is it time to be worried about UConn? Gambling problem? [162], In November 2021, Bueckers signed her first two major endorsement deals. Girls basketball: Paige Decker, Emily Ferreri lead Lourdes to win Paige Decker - Wikipedia [99] Bueckers entered her sophomore season as a unanimous selection for both Big East Preseason Player of the Year and the AP preseason All-America team. To learn more or opt-out, read our Cookie Policy. [73] On February 27, Bueckers posted 20 points, a program-record 14 assists and seven rebounds in a 9768 victory over Butler. [59] She became the 11th number-one recruit to sign and attend UConn since 1998. Legal Statement. UConns star guard became the first freshman ever to win The Associated Press womens basketball player of the year award Wednesday. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Bueckers helped lead the Huskies to their 13th consecutive Final Four with 28 points in the regional final win over Baylor on Monday night, just the latest star turn for the phenomenal 19-year-old Minnesota native. 1 South Carolina on Jan. 27. [91] In July 2021, she won the Best Female College Athlete ESPY Award. A little while ago, she was months away.. [28] She was named Star Tribune Metro Player of the Year, becoming the first sophomore to win the award since its creation 34 years earlier. [81] She won all the national player of the year awards she was eligible forAP Player of the Year, Naismith College Player of the Year, USBWA Women's National Player of the Year and the John R. Wooden Awardbecoming the first freshman to receive any of the awards. 14 UConn mens basketball at Villanova | 7:30 p.m. Were all devastated for Paige, head coach Geno Auriemma said in a statement. She also ranks third in the Big East with 2.5 steals per game. Schedule Baseball: Roster Baseball: News Basketball Basketball: Twitter Basketball: Instagram Basketball: Schedule Basketball: . Shes done everything theyve asked her to do and now we just got to take a look and see: How far has she come? [58], Entering her freshman season at UConn, sports publications described Bueckers as the program's most hyped recruit since Breanna Stewart in 2012. Facebook gives people the power to. 2 at the time, grabbed a 73-54 victory against No. [3] Sue Decker, Paige's aunt, introduced Danica Patrick's parents. UConn, ranked No. We would like to show you a description here but the site won't allow us. UConn will play at Oregon on Jan. 17, at South Carolina on Jan. 27 and against Tennessee on Feb. 6. She only just returned to practice on Friday and is still working her way back into the mix. 6 Louisville on Sunday and a rematch at No. Odds & lines subject to change. Women's College Basketball Paige Bueckers injury updates Paige Bueckers meeting with doctors to determine next steps in recovery In other injury news, Dorka Juhsz will return from a foot. 'We have Paige Bueckers and they don't': Bueckers leads UConn women to [5][21], Bueckers made her freshman season debut for Hopkins High School on November 25, 2016, recording 28 points, five steals and four assists in a 7434 win over Osseo Senior High School. Bueckers has averaged 21.2 points, 6.2 assists, 5.5 rebounds and 2.7 steals per game through six games. 2021 - All-Conference, Indoor: Triple Jump (8th place). Italics Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. Paige Decker Profiles | Facebook Check out Paige Decker's high school sports timeline including game updates while playing basketball and softball at Covenant Christian High School from 2010 through 2012. The UConn women's basketball team was dealt a sizable blow on Wednesday. [148], She has hosted a charity basketball clinic called "Buckets with Bueckers" for young athletes in Minnesota and Montana. Chasing Perfection: Is it time to be worried about UConn? [17][18] She led her team in three-point shooting and ranked second in assists. BRIDGEPORT For weeks before Paige Bueckers pulled the Huskies further into a historic run and back to where everything began her program's dynasty, her own legacy all anyone orbiting the UConn women's basketball world grew to understand was that she wasn't quite right and that was OK.. Paige Decker | CCHS, Grand Rapids, MI | MaxPreps 1-seeded Wolfpack. [4][41] Her mother, Amy Fuller (ne Dettbarn), represented the University of St. Thomas in cross country and track and field. By choosing I Accept, you consent to our use of cookies and other tracking technologies. "The first thing that goes through your mind is the worst thing," Auriemma said. But. She was expected to be sidelined for eight more weeks. 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[2] She returned to college in 2015 while continuing to race super late models. The Huskies' 2021-22 season opened with Arkansas, and this time UConn was able to turn it around and get a 95-80 win against the Razorbacks. UConn earned its 14th consecutive Final Four trip and eventually made it to the 2022 women's national championship game against South Carolina. UConn is the No. The UConn womens basketball team was dealt a sizable blow on Wednesday. [3] The Decker family raced snowmobiles against the Danica Patrick family during the 1970s. She's Paving Its Future", "Even UConn legends awed by Paige Bueckers' 'ridiculous' freshman season", "UConn's Williams Named Big East Preseason Player of the Year", "Behind dazzling debut from Paige Bueckers, UConn women dominate UMass Lowell, 79-23, in season opener", "Bueckers steps up in the clutch, No. [34] Bueckers averaged 24.4 points, 5.1 assists, 4.9 rebounds and 4.6 steals per game, repeating as Star Tribune Metro Player of the Year and Minnesota Gatorade Player of the Year. The Huskies clearly needed to regroup after that, as they took a 57-44 loss to Georgia Tech in their first game without Bueckers. So shes run the gamut., You can tell she has a lot more higher spirits, jumping around a lot more, getting on everyones nerves more, Azzi Fudd joked. or redistributed. UConn women's basketball star Paige Bueckers is expected to miss 6-8 weeks after suffering a tibial plateau fracture in her left knee during Sunday's win over Notre Dame. Market data provided by Factset. 2 team in the nation and improved to 5-1 with the win over No. But I dont think you can., The best insights from the ultimate insiders, 2023 NYP Holdings, Inc. All Rights Reserved, Punches thrown, three ejected in wild March Madness brawl, Iowa State kicks senior guard off team: Said something I regret, Alabama making themselves March Madness villains, Fordham sets sights on first Big Dance in more than 30 years, ead the Huskies to their 13th consecutive Final Four. I dont think youre going to get a different answer out of me. UConn was up 18 points with about 39 seconds remaining in the game when . The Huskies only played eight players. After contacting coaches and athletic directors from every high school in Utah, the Deseret News has compiled the following list of the estimated 777 seniors from the 2019 graduating class who received an athletic and/or academic scholarship to play college sports. competed in fourmeets with threetop 10 finishes. Two players, Saylor Poffenbarger and Mir McLean, are transferring, leaving UConn with eight healthy players. [68] On January 21, 2021, she made a three-pointer with 25 seconds left to help defeat rival Tennessee, 6761, despite shooting 3-of-14 from the field for a season-low nine points. Its also just exciting to have her around as a teammate, having on the bench, telling us stuff. Bueckers' arrival in 2020 proved to be the push in the right direction UConn needed. [159] In 2022, Bueckers was named to the Fortune 40 Under 40 list, which honors influential young people in business,[160] and The Athletic's College Sports 40 Under 40 list, which recognizes the most influential young people in the college sports industry. [23] She led Hopkins to a 311 record, its only loss coming against Elk River High School at the Class4A state championship. This leaves the Huskies with plenty of uncertainty and gaps to fill. [79] At the Final Four, UConn was upset by third-seeded Arizona, 6959, and finished the season with a 282 record. [61][62] Unlike Stewart and other former UConn stars, she became her team's leader from the beginning of her college career. Media at the game described the crowd as going silent. 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[42][43] She led Hopkins to the Class 4A state championship game, which was canceled on March 13 amid the COVID-19 pandemic. In her first game back, Bueckers came off the bench and registered eight points on 4-for-5 shooting in 12 minutes. Paige Madison Bueckers[1] (/bkrz/ BEH-krz; born October 20, 2001) is an American college basketball player for the UConn Huskies of the Big East Conference. Eventually, the Huskies were able to adjust as senior guard Christyn Williams stepped up as the leading scorer. ET, FOX. Bueckers registered 14 points and six rebounds against the Gamecocks, but she was the only UConn player to finish in double figures. UConn's Paige Bueckers is first freshman to win the AP Player of the So thats the goal.. The Huskies ended that season with a 28-2 overall record after losing to Arizona in the semifinals of the 2021 NCAA Women's Tournament. She underwent surgery on Dec. 13 and has missed the Huskies last 12 games. She scored a game-high 27 points on 10-15 from the field, including 15 points in the two overtime periods (4-5 from the field and 6-6 from the free-throw line), and was named MOP of the Bridgeport Regional. permitting college athletes to profit off their name, image and likeness, Bueckers last month became the first college athlete to sign an endorsement deal with Gatorade. Bueckers was averaging 21.2 points, 6.2 assists and 5.5 rebounds a game before her injury. In her first season at UConn, Bueckers was a unanimous first-team All-American and became the first freshman to earn a major national women's college player of the year award, winning all four for which she was eligible. [27] Bueckers helped Hopkins to a 284 record but suffered her third straight loss at the Class4A state title game, despite leading all scorers with 37 points. The official 2022-23 Women's Basketball Roster for the University of Connecticut Huskies . She has raced in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and Xfinity Series and was a 2014 NASCAR Drive for Diversity participant. [14][15] Bueckers grew four inches in the year before her eighth-grade season. She had 22 points, four rebounds and four assists in a win over Notre Dame. [102], Bueckers made her season debut on November 14, 2021, recording a career-high 34 points, six rebounds and four assists in a 9580 win against Arkansas. Bueckers missed 19 games before returning in late February. The 5-foot-11 guard will be entering her sophomore season with a bigger role than she probably expected. Shes like our fourth, fifth coach on the bench.. ROCHESTER Paige Decker knows what her emotion will be at season's end. She came off the bench for the first time in her career and scored eight points, playing only 13 minutes due to a minutes restriction, in a 9338 victory. UConn star Paige Bueckers appeared to suffer a scary non-contact injury on Sunday during the Huskies' win over Notre Dame.