PAIGE BUECKERS MAY HAVE TORN ACL! Leaves Game IN TEARS After Hurting Knee, Helped Off Court! #UConn

i'll never understand why coaches leave their best players in the game during a blowout and with little time left in the game. Hope she's good.

this is truly heartbreaking to see i hope she’s okay

Up 18 points with 40 seconds left and you have your All-Star player on the court is pure stupidity on the coaches part.

Oh no. Having a phenomenal season too. I just hope she can recover again and have a career left. Prayers go out to her

This did not look at all like an ACL injury. She hyperextended her lower left ankle (essentially, rolled it a bit), and while that is painful, especially at first, it usually heals pretty quickly. The best sign was that she was able to walk off the court at the end of the game with a bit of support, while putting weight on the left foot. With some RICE (rest, ice, compression, elevation) treatment over the next few days she'll be fine.

27 seconds left they are up by 20 WHY IS SHE ON THE COURT?????!!!!!!

Man. I had a similar injury in high-school playing football. And i can assure everyone it is a excruciating pain that i would never wish upon anyone

Get well soon Paige 🙏🏾😔💔

Paige Bueckers I hope you get well soon

Idk sometimes about coaches, there’s no point Paige Bueckers still being in the Game with 38seconds left up by 18, protect your players throw in the freshman’s and give them playing time like Azzi Fudd or Amari DeBerry, poor Paige man not to mention she was coming off injury during off season hopefully she heals up soon the Huskies need her

Get well Paige. I know that pain all too well.

Hopefully, it’s just a hyper-extension of the left knee, like has been previously stated (looking at re-play). Both of my younger brothers played college ball, and had similar injuries. It’s painful, but provided the MRI is negative, she’ll be back soon.

Geno already knew something was wrong when her leg when straight. He called Nika to take her spot within two seconds and I love that as soon as she saw Paige in pain she turned and ran right around to check on her.

Praying for you, Paige!

If you read my posts from last season, Paige getting injured was a big fear of mine on her behalf. There are two factors. First, Paige is a very slightly built person. If you’ve ever stood next to her, she is muscled, but very, very lean. Tall and thin players such as Paige tend to have a harder time staying healthy. Secondary to that, teams started to discover late last year that if they get physical with Paige- ping pong her through screens, hard box outs, hand checks, et al., you can impact her game. ND followed that playbook, as have all teams since last year, and Paige was smacked around the court all game long. Honestly, putting on 10-15 pounds of lean muscle mass might not have prevented this injury, but adding mass and strengthening the muscles around joints can potentially be preventative, especially with all the increased physicality Paige has experienced in the college game. We wish her the best!

Noooooooooooooo!!!!!! 😭 Please be okay 🙏🙏🙏🙏

hopefully just a hyper extension and maybe a tweaked ankle. 🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞

Noooooo I’m going to see her at Georgia Tech.😫😫😫

Why is she in the game when the Huskies are up 18 with 58 seconds left this is completely ridiculous bad management

You can still walk with a partial tear . Tom Brady had an ACL tear in his knee in the first game of 2008, and walked off the field. He was out for the season.