Paige Bueckers, UConn arrive in Minneapolis for Women's Final Four

Former Hopkins basketball star and current UConn sophomore Paige Bueckers was back home on Tuesday as the University of Connecticut arrived in Minneapolis for the Women's Final Four.
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  • @Designarchi1
    @Designarchi12 жыл бұрын

    Paige has elevated the status of Women's college basketball. She will do the same with the WNBA. She is a generational player.

  • @zaynes5094

    @zaynes5094

    2 жыл бұрын

    Caitlyn Clark also has done it though. Caitlyn Clark is pulling up from damn-near halfcourt and honestly her game is the only thing I’m missing about this postseason.

  • @06nemox

    @06nemox

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@zaynes5094 she wilted under Creightons pressure. It was a really bad game for her. Tough to watch her struggle that much tbh. Wild drives throwing it up and praying for a call was all she had and they weren’t giving her those calls. Hopefully she’s even better next year. That Michigan comeback was fun to watch.

  • @johnklein6040

    @johnklein6040

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@zaynes5094 She was there. Had a chance to lead her team to a win but couldn't get it done. That's why Paige is better, gets it done in the clutch.

  • @MrLarryLessor

    @MrLarryLessor

    2 жыл бұрын

    It's not even just Paige & Caitlin: This whole generation - especially the Class of 2024, but also a year or two older and younger (Rhyne Howard, Elissa Cunane going to the WNBA this year, Azzi Fudd in 2025)... But the class of 2024: Whew.... That reminds me of the NBA s class of 1984 (Olajuwon, Jordan, Drexler, Barkley, Stockton,... Ewing a year before.... Karl Malone the year after)... That NBA Generation made immediate impact then took over the NBA for like 15 or more years. This college class is turning NCAA into Instant Classic TV... and they will uplift the WNBA in a couple years to new heights: * Paige * Caitlin (remember, Magic Johnson had years where he was called "Tragic Magic" .... so even Hall of Famers/legends have bad times/games) * Cameron Brink * Aliyah Boston * Hailey Van Lith * Haley Jones They are basically still teenagers now - But they are developing into young women ... and they will hit their prime probably in their 20s.... Can't wait to see the Basketball that they all produce!

  • @airt698

    @airt698

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@zaynes5094 Is Caitlyn Clark the blondie from Louisville, that white girl got game

  • @luke3501
    @luke35012 жыл бұрын

    UCONN's legacy is real. It didn't happen overnight. Nor with just one player or one moment. Not even just with Geno. Chris has been by his side the whole time. I hope Paige gets to claim her page of that legacy and add another chapter to the novel. It's a great novel.

  • @toms6841

    @toms6841

    2 жыл бұрын

    I hope she/they do too. I'm just not sure it will be this year. Wishing them the best.

  • @luke3501

    @luke3501

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@toms6841 Saddens me to say this. But I don't think it will be his year. Seems the stars have been aligned against them for a while now...especially this year.

  • @kdbwiz
    @kdbwiz2 жыл бұрын

    We are such huge husky fans, that we will watch a long video of them getting off the bus and into the hotel. Thanks for posting this gem.

  • @nycupofjoe497

    @nycupofjoe497

    2 жыл бұрын

    Lol. Right. I have anxiety and they are just getting off the bus. Go Huskies!!!

  • @Channel--Ai
    @Channel--Ai2 жыл бұрын

    It's great that Paige makes more with sponsors than all ncaa men combined.

  • @HOE-rv6ie
    @HOE-rv6ie2 жыл бұрын

    Paige is a ⭐ and a Superstar in the making.

  • @lesmiyasato2012
    @lesmiyasato20122 жыл бұрын

    Come on UConn all the way from across the Pacific in Hilo Hawaii , please win another championship. Been your favorite fan ever since the first Goat Diana played , through Mayas and Briana's reign n now Paige!

  • @bpraise517
    @bpraise5172 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for posting...behind the scenes is so nice

  • @NEMPLS
    @NEMPLS2 жыл бұрын

    WELCOME HOME BABY GOAT! 🐐

  • @eugenetaniora
    @eugenetaniora2 жыл бұрын

    Let’s hope the basketball facilities are better than last years and on par with the mens. Won’t be surprised if they aren’t.

  • @toms6841

    @toms6841

    2 жыл бұрын

    I hope that's not your biggest concern about the tournament. sheesh ...

  • @lionheart4529
    @lionheart45292 жыл бұрын

    What a homecoming for the Queen of the MiniApple.

  • @thewalruswasjason101
    @thewalruswasjason1012 жыл бұрын

    Stanford has awesome players. But none are as good as Paige. I’m going with team that has the best player

  • @zaynes5094

    @zaynes5094

    2 жыл бұрын

    I’m going with the team that has the best role players and backcourt, Stanford. But if Paige can get her teammates involved and can get hot like in that OT against NC State early then it will be a close game. Stanford can win by either 10 or lose by 2 and either way it’ll come down a go a last-second possession.

  • @toms6841

    @toms6841

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@zaynes5094 I'm hard rooting for UCONN, but I don't disagree with your analysis. It's still a team sport, and a single player can't do it alone; although Paige made a good argument against NC State. If Fudd is hot and Williams continues her senior trend as a true warrior, they have a good shot. I just hope the refs let them play.

  • @pleiku887
    @pleiku8872 жыл бұрын

    You`ve come so far pilgrim, was it worth the trip?

  • @toms6841
    @toms68412 жыл бұрын

    I think the most surprising thing on this video is that they had to travel all the way to Minneapolis from CT by bus. I guess I thought they would fly. That's a long, grueling road trip. I've made it myself. Hope they get rested and ready to rock.

  • @ilovihy107

    @ilovihy107

    2 жыл бұрын

    they did fly its on UConn's story.

  • @toms6841

    @toms6841

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@ilovihy107 I heard a report from a local station about that as well, but then how did they have two buses that appeared to be UCONN property covered with logos and symbols, etc. roll up to the hotel? I watched a short clip of the similar for the arriving South Carolina team and saw none of similar, obvious markings leading me to believe it was not an pre-arranged NCAA or university sponsored delivery from the airport.

  • @ilovihy107

    @ilovihy107

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@toms6841 I think that the Ncaa people provide all the teams with a tour bus coming off the plane, or maybe UConn had there own bus but I really don't know.

  • @toms6841

    @toms6841

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@ilovihy107 I read other comments suggesting that it was an experienced and prepared UCONN sports booster organization that was responsible for doing up the bus.

  • @richardkuyath3590

    @richardkuyath3590

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@toms6841 Each Final Four team was given a team bus with its respective team logo on the bus for them to use

  • @michaelrusso2625
    @michaelrusso26252 жыл бұрын

    Go Huskies!!!

  • @SVJROADSTER770
    @SVJROADSTER7702 жыл бұрын

    Go Huskies!! Geno is the GOAT!

  • @brucehagen915
    @brucehagen9152 жыл бұрын

    The Queen will rule her court!! She is at home now and her powers will give her team mates the strength to carry out their duties with the will of Victory ((-; Go Girls!!!!

  • @deannasanders2462
    @deannasanders24622 жыл бұрын

    Paige is the Goat of Women's basketball. She has an amazing future.

  • @farhanabdulhamid4214
    @farhanabdulhamid4214 Жыл бұрын

    TNX GOOD

  • @Whizkidsoo
    @Whizkidsoo2 жыл бұрын

    Welcome home 🐐...dorka 😭 🤦‍♂️

  • @johncaffrey5395
    @johncaffrey53952 ай бұрын

    Where is Azzi Fudd ?

  • @elainejames6632
    @elainejames66322 жыл бұрын

    Stanford is going to be on Paige hard and all the ladies have to step up. Score on turnovers make free throws and stay out of foul trouble.

  • @rogerfoster8172

    @rogerfoster8172

    2 жыл бұрын

    That why Uconn has Christyn Williams and Azzie Fudd so what your point?

  • @elainejames6632

    @elainejames6632

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@rogerfoster8172 my point is scoring on turnovers foul trouble and missing free throws have been a problem. They need to work on those areas.

  • @user-hs4ke6zm4d

    @user-hs4ke6zm4d

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@elainejames6632 I’m confident in UConn and there ability to play Stanford it’s looking good but now that juhasz is out edwards and ododa gotta stay out of stupid fouls and if they could get brink to foul trouble that would be beneficial for them and all the players gotta be locked in and making shots coming Friday

  • @infiniteflight9553

    @infiniteflight9553

    2 жыл бұрын

    Fudd and CW are ready to eat up those open looks

  • @user-hs4ke6zm4d

    @user-hs4ke6zm4d

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@infiniteflight9553 you know that’s right!

  • @lowwei5861
    @lowwei58612 жыл бұрын

    I LOVE PB UCONN AND COMPANY.

  • @johnpfeiljr.6565
    @johnpfeiljr.65652 жыл бұрын

    They took a charter flight

  • @skoltyacatch84
    @skoltyacatch842 жыл бұрын

    Does fox 9 realize that UConn is not the only team in final 4?

  • @richardkuyath3590

    @richardkuyath3590

    2 жыл бұрын

    UConn has Paige Bueckers from Minnesota and they don't

  • @user-rq9yv6op9v
    @user-rq9yv6op9v3 ай бұрын

    can he pls move that big sign away for the last few mins

  • @katieperkins04
    @katieperkins042 жыл бұрын

    They all must be tired. Good luck and have fun. We love you.

  • @toddjohnson5176
    @toddjohnson51762 жыл бұрын

    As much trash talk to hailey uconn is lucky. We can take them.we back down to no one . .

  • @cassandrahawk2097
    @cassandrahawk20972 жыл бұрын

    I’m

  • @stanwebb3480
    @stanwebb34802 жыл бұрын

    What no Paige Mania??? Ah Come People in Minneapolis since when and often does your Favorite Daughter comes Home!!!!! Dang People!!!! Is the arena going to be filled to the max or not??? Oh, it cold as an ice berg there or is it the temp of the reception!!!! For the NCAA Ladies Final Four that Arena better be standing room only for any of the teams!!!! We are counting on you people to spend sum hard mattress money to see these games!!!!

  • @halled9093

    @halled9093

    2 жыл бұрын

    It looked like the road was blocked off

  • @andrewjackson6763

    @andrewjackson6763

    2 жыл бұрын

    What’s actually wrong with you? And if people don’t want to watch women’s basketball why does this bother you? If they were truly equal maybe they’d be good enough to bring people in? Why would someone waste money on a women’s basketball game unless a family or friend was playing in it?

  • @stanwebb3480

    @stanwebb3480

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@andrewjackson6763 Just hyping up the situation My Good Man!!! Lady Basketball is on the rise...⛹‍♀⛹‍♀⛹‍♀⛹‍♀⛹‍♀⛹‍♀⛹‍♀⛹‍♀⛹‍♀⛹‍♀⛹‍♀⛹‍♀⛹‍♀⛹‍♀⛹‍♀⛹‍♀⛹‍♀⛹‍♀⛹‍♀⛹‍♀⛹‍♀⛹‍♀⛹‍♀⛹‍♀

  • @stanwebb3480

    @stanwebb3480

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@andrewjackson6763 The Ladies basketball is real basketball not run and dunk which to me has no value... They actually play as team and run plays, set screens... Dunking is flunking basketball as we know it... Limit the dunks to two per half and the games changes some much.....

  • @halled9093

    @halled9093

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@stanwebb3480 your completely right!

  • @JBGAMBIT
    @JBGAMBIT2 жыл бұрын

    Just wait until she goes up against the “Guys”

  • @dianeburgermeister7590
    @dianeburgermeister75902 жыл бұрын

    I wonder if the men have to work so hard to get their luggage

  • @airt698
    @airt6982 жыл бұрын

    #33 is my cutie

  • @bxi1547

    @bxi1547

    2 жыл бұрын

    Creepy

  • @michaelblanchette2787

    @michaelblanchette2787

    2 жыл бұрын

    Step off George She's Mine

  • @rpmthankful123
    @rpmthankful1232 жыл бұрын

    So UCONN will be facing Stanford in the final four, right? Oh my God! This is going to be an uphill battle because how could UConn hurdle against the champion? Their bigs are incredible, their guards, the twins, and Hailey Jones have no matchup. The point guards are pesky and quick. Stanford is going to create mismatches.

  • @brucehagen915

    @brucehagen915

    2 жыл бұрын

    No!!! the Queen of women's basketball will be taking her court rule her kingdom, Paige will show them how to play basketball the Queen's Way ((-;

  • @richardkuyath3590

    @richardkuyath3590

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@brucehagen915 UConn has Paige Bueckers and they don't

  • @toddjohnson5176
    @toddjohnson51762 жыл бұрын

    I love both. I wish van lith was ..I play for Louisville ....your next

  • @dukedog47
    @dukedog472 жыл бұрын

    They drove?!

  • @darkhorseash4337

    @darkhorseash4337

    2 жыл бұрын

    My guess is trying not to risk covid from an airport and plane

  • @jeffk4710

    @jeffk4710

    2 жыл бұрын

    all for the bus

  • @mdlcasi2000

    @mdlcasi2000

    2 жыл бұрын

    google maps says approx 19 hrs.. and they left this morning... pretty sure they flew.. charter bus company is a local from minneapolis

  • @brassdog89

    @brassdog89

    2 жыл бұрын

    From MSP? Yes. The whole way from Storrs? No. I imagine they had a chartered flight from BDL sometime this afternoon after their "send-off" at Gampel Pavilion. The bus in this clip is from a company out of Minneapolis. If I had to venture a guess, it was "wrapped" with a UConn Jonathan Husky and NCAA logos in advance of this past Sunday night's game. Either that, or a it was hasty job that might explain the rippling that can be seen in the handiwork on one of the storage bay doors.

  • @Anthony-hu3rj

    @Anthony-hu3rj

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@mdlcasi2000 But that appears to be a Connecticut license plate. ??

  • @drewveflin2842
    @drewveflin28422 жыл бұрын

    you gonna follow them into their rooms or what?

  • @robertfeightner5354
    @robertfeightner53542 жыл бұрын

    looks the same as when they played az last year, stanford will roll them, paige still needs some chicken on them bones

  • @casslynn1165

    @casslynn1165

    2 жыл бұрын

    What they have this year and not last year is consistent scorers outside of Paige.., Azzi and Christyn have both found consistency in the season/tournament. Remember all the missed layups last year in the F4 by Ododa. It's not all on Paige's shoulders, although I will admit I'd like to see her bulk up a bit!

  • @rogerfoster8172

    @rogerfoster8172

    2 жыл бұрын

    Look like she is the same size that she was against NC state and they couldn't stop her and NC state is bigger so what is your point?

  • @zaynes5094

    @zaynes5094

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@rogerfoster8172 I get what you mean, but Stanford does have mismatched against UConn. If any team can figure them out it’s Geno and his coaches, but Stanford is Stanford and that school is known for having the smartest people on the court at all times. There’s a joke on campus that the male athletes and female jocks are all nerds too.

  • @toms6841

    @toms6841

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@casslynn1165 both Fudd and Williams went quiet towards the end of regulation and the 2 OTs until the final basket of last game. It will take at least 3 UCONN players in double digit scoring; hopefully but unlikely even more.

  • @avaellison2559

    @avaellison2559

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yeh this didn’t age well

  • @ImadogGarcia
    @ImadogGarcia2 жыл бұрын

    A little bit awkward

  • @skoltyacatch84
    @skoltyacatch842 жыл бұрын

    Page isn't even the best player left

  • @johnklein6040

    @johnklein6040

    2 жыл бұрын

    Paige is the best player in college ball, so you be wrong.

  • @skoltyacatch84

    @skoltyacatch84

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@johnklein6040 Boston is the best player in wbb

  • @johnklein6040

    @johnklein6040

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@skoltyacatch84 Sorry mate your wrong again. 2 for 2 care to try for 3. Paige Bueckers has the best overall skillset in college ball and is clutch. Boston doesn't have anywhere near the athletic agility of Bueckers and in crunch time, has not made the big shots like Paige.

  • @skoltyacatch84

    @skoltyacatch84

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@johnklein6040 just because Paige is from Minn doesn't maker the best. Right now she is not the best is only a freshman so not saying she isn't good. But don't label it a final four team arrive than only shoe one team and most one player. Listen when USC wins and Boston is mvp you will see

  • @skoltyacatch84

    @skoltyacatch84

    2 жыл бұрын

    So Boston player of the year, defensive player of year the tournament most outstanding player 3 time all American 30 double double's and National Champion. So yeah I think she is better than Paige.

  • @toddjohnson5176
    @toddjohnson51762 жыл бұрын

    Your next We are Americans. We bow to no one. Your next

  • @jonathanyoung9369
    @jonathanyoung93692 жыл бұрын

    Paige is a one-woman team!..no one else matters.

  • @ytubsave307

    @ytubsave307

    2 жыл бұрын

    One woman team....isn't that an oxymoron? Oh, and she has a few other very talented players that help out....

  • @zaynes5094

    @zaynes5094

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@ytubsave307 Not last year when they needed big plays and couldn’t get them to drop. Arizona took it to them and Aari McDonald really was a one-woman show and it showed down the stretch of that championship. She wasn’t hitting shots, the rest of the team wasn’t winning. This season, for Iowa, one of my personal favorites to watch is Caitlyn Clark because she’ll pull up from the logo and drain it. She’s gonna be a fun one to watch for in the pros. I’d like to see her stay with Iowa and just force Iowa to recruit better for her. Get her some better guards that can actually hit their shots and free throws down the stretch so they don’t blow a 5 point lead like they did against Creighton.

  • @toddjohnson5176
    @toddjohnson51762 жыл бұрын

    Don't talk about Kobe Bryant .I will take you.

  • @robertr6675
    @robertr66752 жыл бұрын

    Waste of time…

  • @Arturo-sm1tb
    @Arturo-sm1tb2 жыл бұрын

    not a great moment in video history. Lame....2/10.

  • @richardwoods3656
    @richardwoods36562 жыл бұрын

    Who cares ..go gamecocks

  • @michaelrusso2625
    @michaelrusso26252 жыл бұрын

    Go Huskies!!!