Former UConn women’s basketball star Paige Bueckers has only gotten a taste of WNBA physicality less than two weeks into her first training camp with the Dallas Wings. Though she’s already feeling the challenge of battling professionals for the first time,

Despite being known as an elite offensive player, Paige Bueckers, the No. 1 pick in last month's WNBA Draft, is proud of the work she put in on defense while playing at UConn. As the Dallas Wings rookie gets ready to play in her first professional game, she hopes those skills transfer to the professional court.

The UConn Huskies are fresh off a national title victory, led by Paige Bueckers and arguably the best head coach in women's college basketball history, Geno Auriemma. While Bueckers has held the spotlight for the Huskies over the past several years,