A day after finally winning the NCAA national championship in the final game of her collegiate career, Paige Bueckers was back in Connecticut with her team to celebrate bringing home the program's 12th championship title.

The championship matchup between UConn and South Carolina on Sunday drew 8.5 million viewers and peaked at 9.8 million, making it the third-most watched NCAA women's national championship on ESPN's platforms.

Bueckers — and her legions of fans — had been waiting for this feeling since she was identified as the next face of women’s college basketball as a high-schooler.

In the end, it took more than Paige Bueckers' best for her to hoist an elusive first title. It took all three of UConn's stars sharing the burden to hoist the trophy.

Paige Bueckers finally has her NCAA championship. Bueckers' University of Connecticut Huskies pasted the 2024 champion South Carolina Gamecocks in a non-competi

Following Paige Bueckers and the UConn Huskies' national championship win on Sunday, Chicago Sky's Angel Reese gave a shoutout to the 2020 recruiting class. The 2020 class included Bueckers at No. 1,

Paige Bueckers' college basketball career is over, and it couldn't have ended more perfectly. Her UConn teammates delivered a national title.

UConn women's basketball star Paige Bueckers said it felt like “destiny” to see Azzi Fudd win Most Outstanding Player of the NCAA Tournament, as she exited her final college game a national champion and teammate Sarah Strong capped a dominant postseason for the Huskies.