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Star guard Paige Bueckers plans to play for UConn in 2023-24
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FILE- Connecticut's Paige Bueckers reacts as she heads to the bench during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in the semifinal round of the Women's Final Four tournament on April 1, 2022, in Minneapolis. Bueckers tore the ACL in her left knee and will miss the entire 2022-23 season, the school announced Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2022. - photo by AP Photo/Eric Gay, File
STORRS, Conn. (AP) — Paige Bueckers intends to play basketball in the 2023-24 season for Connecticut after recovering from an ACL injury that's sidelined her this season. Speaking on campus for the first time since being hurt, Bueckers was adamant in saying she will not enter the 2023 WNBA Draft and will return to play college ball. “I’m not leaving.