Paige Bueckers wore not one sparkly fire fit, but two on WNBA draft night, and then changed into a third for her afterparty. Her UConn Huskies bestie Azzi Fudd joined the fun with a complete makeover looking unrecognizable,

Bueckers attended last year’s WNBA Draft as a fan, watching as her former UConn teammates Aaliyah Edwards and Nika Mühl were selected. When those festivities opened, she was seated toward the back of the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Bueckers said she was there in a “supporting cast role.”

UConn Huskies basketball player Paige Bueckers is headed to the WNBA after being chosen by the Dallas Wings as the No. 1 pick in Monday night's draft, just over a week after leading her college team to victory in the 2025 March Madness tournament.