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Message: [QUOTE="CL82, post: 4033533, member: 44"] [URL='https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/32044653/paige-bueckers-chet-holmgren-25-more-college-basketball-most-marketable-players']ESPN ranks the top 25[/URL] Number 1 isn't a surprise: [HEADING=1][SIZE=4]1. Paige Bueckers[/SIZE][/HEADING] [HEADING=2][SIZE=4][IMG]https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/ncaa/500/41.png?w=110&h=110&transparent=true[/IMG]Point guard, [URL='https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/team/_/id/41/uconn-huskies']UConn[/URL][/SIZE][/HEADING] [HEADING=2][SIZE=4]901,000 followers on Instagram[/SIZE][/HEADING] [HEADING=2][SIZE=4]336,000 on TikTok[/SIZE][/HEADING] [HEADING=2][SIZE=4]56,800 on Twitter[/SIZE][/HEADING] Weeks before NIL rules went into effect, Six Star Pro Nutrition bought a billboard on a major highway in Connecticut that read, "America's highest paid college athlete plays in Connecticut, we just can't pay her yet." It was a not-so-subtle reference to Bueckers, the first freshman in women's college basketball history to win the Wooden Award and an all-round phenomenal athlete who led the Huskies in points (the third freshman to do so after Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis and Maya Moore), assists, steals and 3-point field goal percentage last season. A brand official told the Hartford Courant that Bueckers could be at the center of a campaign, based on her status as the top player at UConn, which is the strongest brand in women's college basketball. It helps that she's unafraid to speak her mind. Last year, Bueckers -- who has a Black sibling -- said she didn't care if she lost fans for supporting the Black Lives Matter movement. And in her acceptance speech for the ESPYS women's collegiate athlete of the year award in July, she advocated for more media recognition and coverage of Black female athletes. That's why it's not surprising that the current face of women's college basketball, who has trademarked "Paige Buckets," is projected to make more than $1 million this season from NIL deals, per the Wall Street Journal. (Azzi comes in at #12.) [/QUOTE]

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