Overview

• Paige Bueckers and Azzi Fudd used an Instagram episode of Close Friends Only to publicly confirm their relationship and share its origin story
• Fudd described how they clicked on the court during the 2017 U16 USA Basketball camp and bonded on the flight home after she led Team USA to gold
• They revisited their UConn partnership, highlighting Fudd’s 24-point performance in the 82-59 NCAA championship win over South Carolina that preceded Bueckers’ WNBA draft selection
• Bueckers clarified that rather than swapping clothes, Fudd borrows items from her closet, putting to rest a widespread fan misconception
• The conversation underscored Bueckers’ emergence as a Dallas Wings rookie MVP contender and Fudd’s continued prominence as a UConn senior and media figure