One fan brought a great poster to the national championship game between UConn and South Carolina at Amalie Arena in Tampa, Fla., on Sunday.
The fan was holding up a sign that read: “I guarded Paige in HS and she cooked me!”
The poster even included some photographic evidence of the fan matched up against Bueckers.
How many of you have ever felt personally victimized by Paige Bueckers? ✋😂 pic.twitter.com/qeLvk5LhxO
— Yahoo Sports (@YahooSports) April 6, 2025
Bueckers attended Hopkins High School in Minnetonka, Minn., and became the No. 1 high school recruit there. The fan apparently played against Bueckers in a tournament when Bueckers was in 8th grade and playing on the high school varsity team.
This fan says she faced Paige Bueckers in a high school tournament while Paige was still in EIGHTH grade 😅
— Noah Chast (@NoahChastTV) April 6, 2025
Says she was cooking everybody@abc_columbia pic.twitter.com/bdjVgtSuZR
Bueckers has been a legend in the women’s basketball world for a while. One journalist said in 2013 that Bueckers was Diana Taurasi-like. He turned out to be right.
Here is a look at Bueckers’ highight tape from 2019:
6'0 PG Paige Bueckers (the #1 girls player in the class of 2020 by ESPN) of @HopkinsRoyals/ @MnMetroStars was one of the few female invites to the Stephen Curry SC30 Select Camp. She is #UCONN bound and you can see why invitation was well deserved, courtesy of @CourtsideFilms. pic.twitter.com/tHpK3d7trl
— Rodger Bohn (@rodgerbohn) August 3, 2019
Bueckers entered Sunday’s game averaging 20.0 points, 4.4 rebounds, 4.7 assists and 2.2 steals per game this season for UConn.
