Paige Bueckers’ UConn career isn’t over. Although she’ll miss the entire upcoming season after tearing her ACL in August and is eligible to enter the 2023 WNBA Draft, Bueckers confirmed she’ll be back with the Huskies in 2023-24.
“I’m not leaving. That is not in the question,” she said on Thursday. “People asked me, ‘What are you thinking about your 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.”
While UConn ruled Bueckers out for the season when it announced the injury, she affirmed that she will not return at any point this season, even if her recovery is ahead of schedule.