Paige Bueckers is back in Storrs, Connecticut, practicing with her former UConn Huskies. It's a big week for her college team, as they dominated DePaul 102-35 on Sunday, but they have a matchup coming up against USC on Saturday, the 13th. And nothing gets them going like going against one of the greatest players in the WNBA.

The top-ranked UConn women's basketball team (8-0, 1-0 BIG EAST) returns to Gampel Pavilion to host DePaul (2-7, 0-1) Sunday at 1 p.m. The game will air on

Bird was selected No. 1 overall by the Seattle Storm in the 2002 WNBA Draft and went on to build a two-decade professional career unmatched in longevity and consistency. She became the league’s all-time leader in games played, minutes and assists, earned 13 All-Star selections and won four WNBA championships.

UConn great Paige Bueckers is one of 10 players making their senior national team debuts this weekend at USA Basketball training camp.

The UConn women's basketball program will retire the No. 10 in honor of program legend Sue Bird this Sunday before the Huskies face DePaul at 1 p.m. in

The WNBA remains caught up in the unceasing CBA negotiations, but attention must be divided to focus on its upcoming expansion draft.

That run ended in a blowout, of course. With the national semifinal loss against – yep – UConn, who beat the Bruins 85-51, including holding them to a nine-point second quarter to match the Trojans’ nine-point first quarter Saturday.

The UConn Huskies women’s basketball program retired Sue Bird’s jersey number (No. 10) before the team took its ninth straight win over DePaul on Sunday. She joins Rebecca Lobo (No. 50) and her teammate, Swin Cash (No. 32), as the only players to have their jersey numbers retired in the history of the UConn Huskies’ women’s basketball program.

The WNBA has made an improved CBA proposal over the past few days, and now it will be under consideration as both sides continue to negotiate.