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Paige Bueckers and UConn routs South Carolina for 12th National Title (82 – 59)

April 7, 2025

UConn’s “Big Three” was simply too much for South Carolina. The trio scored 65 of UConn’s 82 points. Sarah Strong and Azzi Fudd each scored 24 points, while Paige Bueckers added 17. Strong also grabbed 15 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 steals, and 3 blocks. By the end of the third quarter, UConn had built a 20-point lead, which grew to a 32-point lead with just 4 mins and 20 seconds in the game.

This will be Coach Geno Auriemma’s 12 NCAA championship, the most in the history of the league.

What’s next for UConn?

  • Paige Bueckers will be going Pro and projected to be the No. 1 pick for this year’s WNBA Draft.
  • Sarah Strong and Azzi Fudd will return to college next season, making UConn still a contender season.
  • UConn HC Geno Auriemma will

UConn Star Paige Bueckers announces her own Player Edition Nike G.T. Hustle 3

December 3, 2024

UConn’s Paige Bueckers, who grew up wearing Nike, has made history by becoming the first NIL athlete to design and launch her own Nike Player Edition basketball sneaker, the Nike G.T. Hustle 3.

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Paige’s Nike G.T. Hustle 3 is meant to propel her performance during the final season of her illustrious collegiate career, leveraging Nike’s best basketball innovations in a silhouette that maximizes energy return from tip-off to buzzer.

Key to that performance is a forefoot Air Zoom unit and sewn-in Air Zoom strobel that create a double-stacked layer of Air underfoot for enhanced energy storage and return. The Air Zoom in the forefoot is partnered with a soft and resilient heel, along with a higher offset, to promote a smooth heel-to-toe transition. A Radial Knit upper, meanwhile, delivers zonal containment and support in a soft, lightweight and breathable package.

Paige’s Nike G.T. Hustle 3 will be in baby blue and lavender purple colorway. It also features an embroidered bucket adorns the right tongue, and a creative play on her surname — replacing “Bueckers” with “buckets” — takes over the right heel, and the phrase “Be You, Be Great” on left heel.

The Nike G.T. Hustle 3 Paige Bueckers Player Edition will be available December 7th on SNKRS and at select retail locations for $190.00