UConn star  Paige Bueckers, the 2020-21 women’s college basketball national player of the year, said Thursday that while she will be age-eligible to declare for the 2023 WNBA draft, she will return to the Huskies for the 2023-24 season despite being sidelined this upcoming season with an ACL injury.

“I’m not leaving. That is not in question,” Bueckers told reporters on Thursday in her first media appearance since her August injury. “People asked me, ‘What are you thinking about fifth year, COVID year, redshirting this year.’ I’m not thinking too far ahead about that at all. But I will be playing college basketball again.” Read More