People said that she couldn't make it through an entire season healthy. She made it over into the post season. They said she wouldn't be the same. She was better. They said UConn was getting an early exit. She pushed it to the Final Four. What a season. Paige Madison Bueckers.💙
Nika Muhl. Tenacity and grit through all these years. Answered the call when it mattered the most. A defensive beast when you put your mind to it. Excited to see what's next. Once a Husky, Always a Husky.🤍💙🥺
No one was ever meant to live life being watched by so many people who feel like they have a right to access your personal life, to have to stay on guard about everything in your life. Nobody deserves to ever be subject to this.
Oh so now Paige ain't the problem? Now she DOES have that dawg in her? She isn't washed now? Now they wanna talk about her doing this after missing 600+ days. Lmao funny isn't it
Media is real silent, acting like what Paige is doing isn't incredible, lmao😭 came back from an ACL injury, is averaging 20 ppg, and isn't afraid to take contact and draw charges or fouls.
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@brandonclaypsb
Azzi Fudd has played just 17 games in the last two seasons combined.
Before this season, Paige Bueckers had played just 17 games in the last two seasons combined.
Bueckers rebounded w/a MONSTER year playing 39 games.
2024-25 for Fudd?!
When azzi first tore her ACL in 2019, paige still couldn't talk about it without crying in 2021. Yeah, she's a professional, but it still takes a mental toll, considering it happened 19 days ago. She was due a bad game. Geno, too. I think we can give them this grace period.
UConn has four players out, Notre Dame also has four out, Texas lost a point guard, Utah lost Kneepkens, LSU lost Smith, UCLA lost a starter, Cleveland State lost a key piece, Michigan State down 2, Carlton(D3) had to cancel their season because they had no players. WTF?
I'm actually in awe of the resilience of the UConn Huskies. Season after season, being plagued by injuries. To come into this one thinking you're healthy only to be struck again. Their ability to readjust time and time again has been nothing short of inspiring. True grit. Wow.
People dont watch HOOPS anymore. They don't watch hoops😭😭they just look at stats and boxscores, stats and boxscores. People don't even appreciate a full game of basketball anymore
I'm not shocked that this eventually happened to Aaliyah. Every game, against every team, she sees insane physicality. Some of the things she's taken aren't even basketball man, they just clobber her out there. She was eventually going to get hurt.
Paige Bueckers is a dawg. Obviously, the season didn't go the way anyone wanted, but it's been so good to watch her play again. The way she came back from an ACL, was thrown in a new position, with heavy minutes, and she just embraced that. Wow. Some things can't be taught. Proud
This injustice towards Aaliyah hurts so bad man ngl. I can't even celebrate P fr. She has given EVERYTHING, and I mean EVERYTHING to UConn, to college hoops. Efficient game in game out despite taking physical hits. It just feels so draining to see her go unappreciated like this.
A bucket. 🪣
@AshlynnShade
finished third overall and led all BIG EAST freshmen in scoring last week averaging 17.0 ppg in
@UConnWBB
's wins over
#21
Creighton and Georgetown.
You can tell the pressure is getting to some of these players, they look stressed in the tournament. Cursing folks out all loud and out of character. They are not having fun.
Steph Curry was called too injury prone for the first couple of years in the league. They said he'd never quite reach his potential. He went on to become the best shooter in the league history. Saying all that crap about Azzi is just stupid and some folks gotta shut tf up.