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Fresh off winning her first NCAA women’s basketball title at the University of Connecticut, superstar guard Paige Bueckers was selected No. 1 overall by the Dallas Wings in Monday night’s WNBA draft in New York.
Bueckers and the Huskies dominated then-reigning national champion South Carolina Gamecocks 82-59 in Tampa, Florida, on April 6 for the school’s 12th championship.
The 2025 National Player of the Year said it was “super surreal” being selected with the top pick but is ready to turn the page on her next chapter.
“You don’t ever want to assume anything in life, nothing is guaranteed, so for this moment to be here and it…
