- Paige Bueckers expected to enter WNBA draft after her senior year
- UConn players Aaliyah Edwards and Nika Muhl were selected in Monday’s draft.
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UConn women’s basketball star Paige Bueckers went viral for her excitement over her Huskies teammates’ selection in the WNBA Draft on Monday night.
Bueckers was present at the Brooklyn School of Music as Aaliyah Edwards and Nika Muhl waited for their names to be called.
As the picks arrived, cameras captured Bueckers as she cheered and recorded her teammates taking the stage and welcoming them to the WNBA. Fans then took to social media to appreciate Bueckers’ enthusiasm for her fellow Huskies.
“I don’t know if you see it, but Paige is filming like a proud mom,” one user wrote.
Another posted a photo of Amy Poelher’s character in the 2004 film Mean Girls and wrote, “Paige Bueckers has been bringing this energy throughout the draft, and she’s so good.”
Paige Bueckers went viral for her ‘proud mom energy’ at the WNBA Draft on Monday night
Fans took to social media to praise Bueckers’ support of his UConn teammates.
Similar to the Mean Girls reference, a third user posted a photo of Bueckers filming her teammates alongside a photo of Kris Jenner holding a camcorder at what appears to be one of her children’s recitals.
The photo of her with the phone in her hand was Bueckers’ reaction when Edwards was selected sixth overall by the Washington Mystics.
Moments later, Bueckers joined the crowd singing: “We want Nika” while we wait for the Croatian point guard to be chosen. Muhl was later selected by the Seattle Storm with the 14th overall pick.
“Very, very, very proud,” Bueckers posted on X with two teary-eyed emojis.
Bueckers is entering his senior year at UConn and is expected to enter the draft next year.
After missing much of the last two years due to back-to-back knee surgeries, the six-footer helped the Huskies in their playoff run as they looked to claw their way back to the championship. UConn’s campaign ended in the Final Four with a loss to Caitlin Clark and Iowa.