The attention surrounding Paige Bueckers’ arrival to Storrs last season was nothing short of unprecedented. But Azzi Fudd, tabbed as another generational talent, arrived for her freshman season last month with a similar fanfare.
While their top recruit status and equally hyped arrivals will likely lead to a lot of comparisons between the two through the next two to four years at UConn, however unfair that is, Geno Auriemma has already made one thing clear: they’re “two different players.”
Bueckers’ game is a bit more of a flashy, while Fudd’s is a little more calculated.
“She catches it the same way and shoots it the same way.