Paige Bueckers Joked That She Wants To Return To Uconn For Her ‘sixth Year’

Paige Bueckers made a typical quality astatine nan UConn Huskies’ opening nighttime connected Tuesday. The Huskies are nan reigning NCAA champions aft Bueckers helped lead them to nan title backmost successful April, truthful she wanted to make judge she was location for nan celebration. She yet sewage her collegiate title ring.

After nan game, which nan No. 1 Huskies won 79-66 complete Louisville, nan WNBA Rookie of nan Year was beautiful progressive connected societal media reminiscing astir her days playing astatine UConn.

The squad posted pictures of Bueckers alongside nan Huskies connected Instagram, and Bueckers near a funny remark connected nan post.

“Too precocious to return my 6th twelvemonth !?” she wrote.

Then, she followed that up by posting a meme connected her ain Instagram story. The meme showed a feline opinionated successful beforehand of a TV pinch immoderate of nan UConn players photoshopped onto nan screen. The caption of nan meme says “Bro thinks he’s connected nan team,” to which Bueckers added “me rn [right now]”.

It’s safe to opportunity returning to Gampel Pavilion put Bueckers successful her feels connected Tuesday night. It wouldn’t beryllium astonishing to spot her show up to support UConn much this play arsenic nan assemblage hoops play aligns perfectly pinch nan WNBA’s offseason. She’s gearing up for her 2nd play pinch nan Wings.

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