Paige Bueckers, one of college basketball's most widely recognized players, is unable to be physically on the court this season while rehabbing an ACL tear she sustained in August. But the 2021 Naismith Player of the Year will remain on the bench serving as 'Coach P' for a Connecticut Huskies team working to keep injuries from ending its historic stretch of 14 consecutive Final Fours.
She posed with the whistle and towel for media day pictures, later sharing them to her Instagram with “Just a quick temporary switch up.” The official team account called her “COACH P” and teammate Dorka Juhasz told her, “Put me in, Coach.”There’s always a lot of jesting around Storrs, Connecticut, but Auriemma is also on board with the new role.
Bueckers spending a season at the collegiate level as a student coach will only improve the point guard’s already high basketball IQ and elevate talents that made her the first freshman Player of the Year in the award’s 39-year history. She said she will return to school for her senior season instead of enter the 2023 WNBA draft, which she’s eligible for because she turns 22 that year.
The four combined contributed 63.7% of the team’s scoring, 48.1% of rebounds, 57.7% of assists, 50.8% of steals and 53.3% of blocks.
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