A healthy Bueckers could be ready to save her best for last and accomplish the one thing that has been just out of her grasp.
”If they want to say that she is the best guard to ever play basketball, she is going to show you that,” Auriemma said. “If they say, she is overhyped, they are going to see that too. She is going to play great, she is going to have some unbelievable moments and she is going to have some down moments. I think Paige is somebody that everybody is going to watch.”
The desire to be a part of a national championship dream is definitely there for Bueckers.
”With all the adversity and all the hardships, it would mean everything to cap it off,” she said.
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