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STORRS, Conn. (AP) — Paige Bueckers was about 7, sitting on a couch watching the Los...
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It wasn't luck, Bob Beuckers said. He recalls his daughter spending hours practicing her dribbling in the community garage under her family’s condominium in suburban Minneapolis. When she wasn’t there or in a nearby park shooting, she was in her room, working on her form or jumping up against a wall trying to improve her vertical leap, she said.
“Every hour of every single day, I always wanted to have a basketball in my hand,” she said. “I just wanted to be super good at it because I loved it so much and that’s just what I did all the time was play basketball."
Bueckers and Auriemma also seem to understand each other. She said she enjoys being challenged, and knows that is what her 66-year-old coach is doing when he gets on her in practice, calling her a “walking turnover” or asking if she plans to hit any shots that day.
“I'm just trying to prove him wrong and make him be quiet sometimes,” she said. "You have to take it, swallow it and get better from it."
Bueckers has heard the talk that she would be an WNBA lottery pick as soon as she is eligible. But she said she plans to earn her degree at UConn before moving on to fulfill her dream of playing professionally.
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