Exactly one month ago, Paige Bueckers was playing pickup in the Werth Champions Center when the trajectory of UConn women’s basketball’s entire season — and her career — changed drastically. She was running full speed and tried to stop when her left leg just gave out.
“I knew it was bad. I felt a pop. I’m not really sure if I heard it, but I felt it for sure,” Bueckers explained on Thursday. “I knew something was wrong.”
She immediately limped to the trainer’s room for initial testing. At that point, it didn’t look good but the full extent of the injury still wasn’t known.