Paige Bueckers will likely return to the basketball court on Friday, but she won't be in a UConn jersey. She'll be donning a Dallas Wings jersey.

Dallas Wings general manager Curt Miller said the 2025 WNBA draft last week felt like Christmas Day. The organization secured UConn phenom Paige Bueckers with the No. 1 overall pick and acquired four other rookies: No.

Paige Bueckers has done her best to live in the present during a short period in which she went from winning a national championship with UConn to being the No. 1 overall pick in the WNBA draft and now donning a Stetson cowboy hat on a podium in Dallas City Hall.