The Iowa record-breaker and UConn star stand in each other's way of moving one win closer to the NCAA title that has so far eluded both of them.
Check out the best plays that fueled a matchup of Paige Bueckers and UConn vs. Caitlin Clark and Iowa in the Final Four. Previously covered UConn and the WNBA Connecticut Sun for the Hartford CourantMichael Voepel covers the WNBA, women's college basketball, and other college sports for espnW. Voepel began covering women's basketball in 1984, and has been with ESPN since 1996.
" needs some stars," UConn coach Geno Auriemma said."It needs people that have the right personality, the right game, and we have that now." The rest of Bueckers' journey hasn't gone to plan. As a sophomore, she was limited to 17 games by a knee injury but returned for the postseason to propel the Huskies to the national title game, where they lost to South Carolina. Disaster later struck when she tore an ACL in August 2022 and had to miss the entire 2022-23 season.UConn's run to Cleveland is all the more special to Bueckers after being away from the game for so long.
"I've watched UConn quite a bit," said Clark, who leads the nation with 32.0 PPG."They're just such a fundamental, really good basketball team. They're a team you always want to watch." "I don't think my career evolves in the way that it did if we didn't lose to Creighton," Clark said."That was probably the lowest of lows of my career. Every athlete has had one of those moments. I had to look in the mirror, and our team had to look in the mirror."
But a lot has changed on the court since the two faced off in 2021. Bueckers didn't get to play in the Huskies and Hawkeyes' matchup last season, a seven-point UConn win at the Phil Knight Legacy invitational. But having watched from afar, she has seen Clark's shooting range and basketball acumen grow.
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