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Fresh off winning her first NCAA women’s basketball title at the University of Connecticut, superstar guard Paige Bueckers was selected No. 1 overall by the Dallas Wings in Monday night’s WNBA draft in New York.
Bueckers and the Huskies dominated then-reigning national champion South Carolina Gamecocks 82-59 in Tampa, Florida, on April 6 for the school’s 12th championship.
The three-time All-American becomes the sixth UConn player taken No. 1 overall, joining Breanna Stewart (2016), Maya Moore (2011), Tina Charles (2010), Diana Taurasi (2004) and Sue Bird (2002).
The Minnesota native, along with four-time WNBA All-Star guard Arike Ogunbowale, will look to help Dallas return to the playoffs after the team finished this past season with the league’s second-worst record (9-31). The Wings made the postseason in each of the previous three seasons.
Dallas will host last season’s WNBA Finals runner-up, the Minnesota Lynx, on opening night May 16.
Bueckers guided UConn to the Final Four in each of the four seasons she played. The 23-year-old leaves Storrs as the top scorer in the program history – a remarkable achievement for a storied program.
Bueckers averaged 19.7 points, 4.7 rebounds and 4.6 assists in her college career.
This is a developing story and will be updated.