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Message: [QUOTE="RockyMTblue2, post: 3652917, member: 250"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.courant.com/sports/uconn-womens-basketball/hc-sp-uconn-women-paige-bueckers-20200821-20200821-35ii4ggarva3fo4s4fczcallgi-story.html[/URL] "They have two people here [Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi] that are four-time Olympians, working on being five, and that’s something that I want to do is represent my country and win championships at every level and just succeed in the game as much as I can,” Bueckers said. “Just to see the history which this program has always produced, it’s amazing and it’s something I want to be a part of.” “The improvement in her from Day One to today is so noticeable,” Auriemma said. “I asked her, ‘So what do you think?’ and she said, ‘Yeah, it’s crazy, right?’ I said, ‘Yeah, now fast forward [through] four years of this, where you’re going to improve like this every workout.’” “It’s probably like the owner of Secretariat, and all of a sudden somebody shows him this great thoroughbred and goes, ‘So what do you think?,’ ‘he said. “Well, I coached the best one ever. We’ll see.’ I’m not one to jump up and down and go ‘Paige is the greatest thing ever.‘ “How good is she? Let me put it this way: I’m glad we have her. And there’s some things she does that other players wish they could do.” [/QUOTE]