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Bueckers Says She’ll Stay in School. (That’s Where the Money Is.)

UConn guard Paige Bueckers could jump to the W.N.B.A. when she recovers from her knee injury. But experts said she may be better off financially by staying in college.

Paige Bueckers, playing in the N.C.A.A. women's basketball tournament in March, tore a knee ligament last month.Credit...Frank Franklin Ii/Associated Press

Some college basketball fans have been wondering whether Paige Bueckers, the star UConn guard who will miss the season with a knee injury, would enter the W.N.B.A. draft after this season instead of returning for her senior year with the Huskies.