STORRS—The UConn women’s basketball season took an enormous hit today when the school announced that junior guard Paige Bueckers, an favorite to earn National Player of the Year accolades for the second straight year, has torn her anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and will be sidelined for the entire 2002-23 season.
The 5-11 guard from Edina, MN sustained the injury during a pick-up basketball game and underwent an MRI Monday evening to confirm the injury. She will undergo surgery on Friday at UConn Health. An update on her recovery timetable will be made available following the procedure. Bueckers was a unanimas first-team All-America selection las season and earned AP Player of the Year, USBWA National Player of the Year, and Naismith College Player of the Year along with the John R. Wooden and Nancy Lieberman Awards.
“We’re all devastated for Paige,” said UConn women’s basketball head coach Geno Auriemma. “She’s worked really hard to get stronger and healthier this offseason, and this is an unfortunate setback. Paige is obviously an amazing basketball player but she’s a better person and teammate and it’s really unfortunate that this has happened to her. We’ll miss her presence on the court, but she’ll do everything she can to still lead and help her teammates this season. Our program will support Paige through her healing process to help her come back better and stronger.”
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