I n early April, three days after winning a national title for the University of Connecticut Huskies and closing out one of the most decorated careers in college-basketball history, Paige Bueckers is chilling out in a dressing room at The Tonight Show,

"The @WNBA season is here," the post stated on X. "Which team are y'all rooting for, HEAT Nation?" The fan reaction to the post was overwhelming. The fans were passionate about one thing. They made it clear they do not want to root for another team from a far away city.

Paige Bueckers has done her best to live in the present during a short period in which she went from winning a national championship with UConn earlier this month to being the No. 1 overall pick ...

Former UConn women's basketball star Paige Bueckers was the No. 1 pick in the WNBA draft a week after leading UConn to a national championship.

The Wings are set to leave the 7,000-seat College Park Center next season in favor of Memorial Auditorium in the city's downtown. The refurbished arena will include a new $54 million practice facility, the latest in a wave of new facilities that have popped up around the WNBA in response to the league's booing popularity.