Paige Bueckers won’t play in any of UConn’s four exhibition games in Europe this month, the team announced on Wednesday. Her status for the contests has been up in the air even after being fully cleared from her ACL injury last week.
“Today will be Paige’s first day of going up and down full court with contact and everything that goes with playing. Tomorrow will be her second and Sunday will be your third,” head coach Geno Auriemma said on Friday. “I think she’s going to determine after these three days: ‘Just where am I? And what’s my comfort level?