Paige Bueckers

UConn women's basketball junior guard Paige Bueckers suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament in her left knee on Monday and will miss the 2022-23 season.

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're all devastated for Paige. She's worked really hard to get stronger and healthier this offseason, and this is an unfortunate setback. Our program will support Paige through her healing process to help her come back better and stronger.

The UConn women's basketball star was injured in a pick-up basketball game and is expected to miss the upcoming season, the Huskies announced Wednesday.

Bueckers came to UConn as the No. 1 recruit in the high school class of 2020, and perhaps the most celebrated girl’s high school player in history. “The prayers and love means so much to me and the doubts that I won’t get back to where I was might mean even more. The addition of Lou Lopez Sénéchal, a grad transfer from Fairfield and an elite shooter in four years at the mid-major level, takes on even more importance. God put a dream in my heart and even if I have to walk through a nightmare to get it I’m going to keep believing. She arrived at UConn at the height of the pandemic and put together one of the best seasons by a freshman in the sport’s history in the virtually-empty gyms of 2020-21, averaging 20 points, 5.8 assists and 4.9 and 36.2 minutes. Then she essentially took over the basketball world, one no-look pass and clutch shot at a time. She was on the cover of Slam Magazine. A documentary crew trailed her every move. Backed by the powerful Wasserman agency, she has signed numerous lucrative NIL deals — Gatorade, StockX and Crocs among them — and is one of the most marketable athletes in college sports. He suggested she remain on campus to work with the athletic training and strength and conditioning staffs at UConn. 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. Some little kid that just tore their ACL or had a major surgery might need this story P, because it’s going to be one hell of a comeback. She missed 19 games last season with separate injuries in the same knee.

UConn women's basketball superstar Paige Bueckers will miss the entire 2022-2023 season after tearing her anterior cruciate ligament in her knee on Monday,.

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. "She's worked really hard to get stronger and healthier this offseason, and this is an unfortunate setback. "It’s hard trying to make sense of it all now but I can’t help but think that God is using me as a testimony as to how much you can overcome with Him by your side."

UConn women's basketball star guard Paige Bueckers sustained a torn anterior cruciate ligament in her left knee and will miss the 2022-23 season, ...

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. "She's worked really hard to get stronger and healthier this offseason, and this is an unfortunate setback.

The star UConn point guard will have surgery on her left knee on Friday, the university said.

Bueckers, a 20-year-old guard from Minnesota, missed nearly three months of games last season after having surgery on her left knee in December but returned in February and led UConn to the national championship game. “We’re all devastated for Paige,” UConn Coach Geno Auriemma said in a statement. “Some things, like what happened last night, are more of an in-the-moment type of pain and you can just shake it off,” Bueckers said at the time. “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. The all-American guard, who sustained the injury in a pickup basketball game, will have surgery on her left knee on Friday, the university said. Paige Bueckers, the UConn women’s basketball star who missed most of last season with a knee injury, tore the anterior cruciate ligament in her left knee on Monday and will miss the 2022-23 season, the university announced Wednesday.

The junior guard, who earned national player of the year honors for the 2020-21 season, suffered the left knee injury while playing pickup basketball.

“We’re all devastated for Paige. She’s worked really hard to get stronger and healthier this offseason, and this is an unfortunate setback,” Coach Geno Auriemma said in a statement. “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. On Dec. 5, Bueckers injured her left knee while dribbling up the court in the waning moments of a blowout win over Notre Dame. MRI and CT scans later revealed a tibial plateau fracture that sidelined her for close to three months.

Bueckers sustained the injury during a pick-up game, the school said, and she underwent an MRI on Monday that confirmed the ACL tear. "We're all devastated for ...

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The Huskies' superstar will sit out the entire campaign while recovering from her injury.

“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. This is the second major injury Bueckers has suffered in the last year. “We’re all devastated for Paige. She’s worked really hard to get stronger and healthier this offseason, and this is an unfortunate setback,” Geno Auriemma said in a release.

It was the same knee Bueckers injured last year, causing her to miss significant time.

The prayers and love means so much to me and the doubts that I won’t get back to where I was might mean even more. 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. “There is going to be good days and there is going to be bad days but my absolute love for the game and Godly strength will get me back to where I need to be,” Bueckers wrote. “She’s worked really hard to get stronger and healthier this offseason, and this is an unfortunate setback. “It’s hard trying to make sense of it all now but I can’t help but think that God is using me as a testimony as to how much you can overcome with Him by your side.” It was the same knee she injured last year, causing her to miss significant time.

Paige Bueckers suffered a torn ACL Monday during a pickup game and will miss the UConn...

During a three-game stretch in early February 2021, she topped 30 points three times, scoring 93 in total while shooting .601 from the floor. The freshman first stepped onto the UConn court with a 17-point performance during a 79-23 blowout of UMass-Lowell on Dec. 12, 2020, at Gampel Pavilion. She also finished with nine rebounds, five steals and five assists. Bueckers tore the ACL in her left leg while playing a pickup basketball game Monday. The tear follows her suffering a tibial plateau fracture and torn meniscus last year — an injury that sidelined Bueckers for 10 weeks last season. Bueckers would have surgery on it following the season. It was also UConn’s first visit to Tennessee since 2006. When healthy, Paige Bueckers has been among the best players in college basketball.

La estelar base de las Huskies sufrió un desgarre del ligamento cruzado anterior (ACL).

"Extrañaremos su presencia en la duela, pero hará todo lo que pueda para liderar y ayudar a sus compañeras de equipo esta temporada. "Estamos todos devastados por Paige", dijo el entrenador de UConn, Geno Auriemma. "Ha trabajado muy duro para volverse más fuerte y saludable esta temporada baja, y este es un revés desafortunado. Se perdió 19 juegos la temporada pasada después de sufrir una fractura tibial y un menisco desgarrado a principios de diciembre, pero regresó para ayudar a llevar a los Huskies al juego del campeonato nacional, donde perdieron ante Carolina del Sur.