Paige Bueckers is the most exciting player in women’s college basketball. The future No. 1 overall pick in the 2025 WNBA Draft continues to be must-see T.V. every time she is on the court and UConn’s statement victory over North Carolina on Friday was not the exception.
She closely resembled Huskies legend Diana Taurasi with some of her antics!
Bueckers dropped a game-high 29 points in an 11-point win over the No. 14-ranked Tar Heels with four rebounds and four assists. The fifth-year senior went 12-of-21 from the field and 4-of-8 from beyond the arc.
Paige Bueckers tonight
— Women’s Hoops Network (@WomensHoops_USA) November 16, 2024
• 29 points
• 4 assists
• 12/21 FG
• 4/8 3PM
UConn wins! pic.twitter.com/9htIoQaDoL
UConn is the second-ranked team in the country behind reigning national champion South Carolina. JuJu Watkins and USC are ranked third. Texas and UCLA round out the top five.
If Paige Bueckers continues to play like she did against UNC, the most decorated program in women’s college hoops will be hard to stop. Not only is the superstar point guard hitting 65% of her shots through the first three games of the 2024-25 season, she is having fun, playing loose and showing no mercy.
Paige Bueckers is a chip off of the Diana Taurasi block.
One particular moment from Friday’s game closely resembles one of the all-time greats. Taurasi won three national titles with the Huskies in the early 2000s and was named as the Naismith College Player of the Year during her junior and senior years. Trash talk has always been a big part of her game.
If Taurasi was/is not yapping at her opponents, she was/is fueled by the people who yap at her.
However, some of Taurasi’s most savage moments were not a direct, targeted taunt. There is always some subtlety to her behavior— whether it be an ice cold side eye, or a simple gesture that carries an underlying meaning. The same can be said about Bueckers.
UConn’s best player hit a contested three pointer to beat the buzzer at the end of the first quarter and jauntily skipped down the sideline as the ball went in the hoop. It looked harmless, but Bueckers knew exactly what she was doing. The flamboyant prance was so Taurasi coded.
Paige Bueckers buzzer beaters remain elite pic.twitter.com/Pf4VrNXsxq
— UConn Women’s Basketball (@UConnWBB) November 15, 2024
Paige Bueckers could reach Diana Taurasi’s legendary status in Storrs with a national title this year. She closely resembles the G.O.A.T. outside of the ring!
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Paige Bueckers Is Diana Taurasi-Coded With Her Ice Cold Mockery Of UNC Bench After Buzzer-Beater
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