The UConn women's basketball team is slotted as a No. 2 seed in ESPN's latest bracketology projection, with Fairfield as No. 12 seed.

Before they had played a second of high school basketball, a friendship was blossoming between Azzi Fudd and Paige Bueckers. When Fudd signed her National Letter of Intent to join Bueckers at 11-time national champion UConn, the two sweet-shooting guards figured to become the latest dynamic duo for the Huskies.

UConn star Paige Bueckers is poised to become the fastest player in program history to score 2,000 points against Seton Hall on Sunday.

January is one of the busiest months on the women’s basketball calendar. Conference play ramps up in college basketball while WNBA free agency talks begin in a few weeks. Unrivaled, the 3×3 league co-founded by WNBA stars Napheesa Collier and Breanna Stewart, debuts this month.

Bueckers returned after sitting out wins over Xavier and Georgetown and heads into Sunday’s game against Seton Hall six shy of becoming UConn’s 12th 2000-point scorer. Bueckers is on the verge of the milestone through 101 fewer games and would surpass Maya Moore as the fastest to reach 2,000 points for the Huskies.

When Paige Bueckers, Sarah Strong and Azzi Fudd are at their best, Geno Auriemma sees the path for UConn women’s basketball to its 12th NCAA title.

Paige Bueckers became the fastest UConn women's basketball player of all time to reach 2,000 career points for the Huskies.

In July 2021, the NCAA implemented Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) policies, allowing collegiate student athletes to receive compensation for how they are commercially represented. Three years later, in December 2024,