Paige Bueckers put an end to her UCONN career roughly how she wanted it on Sunday – with a dominant victory in the NCAA championship over South Carolina.
One of the best players to wear the Huskies uniform, Bueckers leaves Uconn a champion.
Uconn was very late against the Gamecocks, allowing the head coach Geno Auriemma to make a curtain call to his stars. He replaced Bueckers for the last time with the game well in hand so that she can receive a well -deserved ovation.
As she left the field, Auriemma and Bueckers kissed in an extremely soft moment.
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After the match, Auriemma was invited to what he said to Bueckers at that time. While other figures in sport could have kept the words for themselves, Auriemma let the public enter.
“I love you,” Auriemma told Bueckers. “That’s all I could say. I love you.
Bueckers was already ready to leave Uconn with an inheritance that few players could match. Now she also leaves university with another banner in the rafters.
