As Paige Bueckers walked off the floor in the national championship game, leaving the court for the final time in her UConn career, she shared a touching embrace with her coach, Geno Auriemma. With UConn holding a firm lead over South Carolina, Bueckers was set to achieve the feat that eluded her for nearly five years—winning the national championship.
Though Auriemma had won 11 championships over his coaching career at UConn, Bueckers had yet to do so. In her final college basketball game, she helped the Huskies capture the title, and her coach was there to embrace her as Bueckers got the perfect ending to her storied college career.
