By Stephen Ur
It’s official!
UConn women’s basketball star and the 2020-2021 women’s college basketball player of the year Paige Bueckers has announced that she is cleared to play after suffering a torn ACL that kept her out for the entire 2022-2023 season. Bueckers made the announcement via Instagram on Wednesday.
“All cleared and ready for takeoff 🚀 369 days…GOD DID!”, the post reads. 369 is the number of days since she had the surgery to repair the torn ACL in her left knee.
This wasn’t the first leg injury to keep Bueckers out for a long period of time, however. She also suffered a tibial plateau fracture and a torn meniscus during her sophomore season.
UConn is coming off a 2022-2023 season that saw them fall in the Sweet Sixteen to Ohio State, snapping a 16-year streak of appearing in the Final Four.
The only two games scheduled for the Huskies as of now, according to ESPN is a Nov. 12 road game against NC State and a home game against UNC on Dec. 10. That game will be played at a neutral site.