“An All Around Monster”: Paige Bueckers Leaves Barack Obama and Kevin Durant Among Others In Awe After Claiming National Championship Win

Paige Bueckers finished her collegiate career in fairy tale motion with a championship clinch in the 2025 NCAA Tournament. Throughout March Madness this year, the UConn Huskies went on knocking one team after another, with Bueckers and Azzi Fudd being the anchors for the team all throughout. Perhaps, it was destiny for Bueckers to win a championship, despite injuries ravaging the team's earlier hopes for the same.

The Huskies have been a dominant force in the NCAA quite visibly in the past few years. With Bueckers, UConn won their first championship since 2016, after a devastating national title loss in 2022. This was more than anything historic for the Huskies and Bueckers, especially. It was the best way to leave a solid legacy as a college hoops legend before entering as one of the most touted prospects in the 2026 WNBA draft. Here is how the NBA world and others following college hoops are reacting to UConn's latest achievement.

NBA World and college hoops fan laud Paige Bueckers and the UConn Huskies

The UConn national title had a lot many reactions coming from fans of college basketball. Some of the people lauding this iconic title win are NBA legends and basketball stars who know what it is to win at the highest level of college basketball. Afterall, this was UConn's 12th national title win, the most by a women's basketball program in the NCAA. Indeed, the 82-59 scoreline to defeat South Carolina was special to end the championship drought at Connecticut.

Words of praise poured from Kevin Durant, who dubbed star Paige Bueckers as an ‘all around monster.’ KD had words of appreciation for Azzi Fudd and Sarah Strong as well, who were important pieces in this championship win.

Your championship win is special when even the former President of the United States is appreciating and congratulating this win. Barack Obama was amongst the many fans excited about this UConn title win and had the following words of praise for the Huskies.

Here is UConn men's basketball team coach, Dan Hurley's reaction to the women's basketball team clinching the national title.

WNBA legend Lisa Leslie also joined the ranks of Kevin Durant and others to celebrate the Huskies win. Leslie greatly praised Paige Bueckers for an iconic ending to her college career while also giving the flowers to Azzi Fudd and Sarah Strong for this championship victory.

With UConn clinching their 12th national title, former Huskie Breanna Stewart did not shy away from expressing her excitement about this title clinch either.

With this title, Paige Bueckers joins the ranks of Sue Bird, Diana Taurasi and Breanna Stewart in becoming UConn players with NCAA titles to their name. With the WNBA draft just a few days apart, what better way would it be for Bueckers to transition from college hoops to the highest stage of women's basketball than this? Indeed, an incredible achievement only a few can boast to have.