UConn is one of those special and very successful basketball programs where players develop bonds that last for seemingly a lifetime.

Just a couple of months ago, the school won the women's NCAA championship behind the sensational play of Paige Bueckers and the support of fellow guard Azzi Fudd. Fudd was named the Most Outstanding Player of the tournament, and she scored 25 points in the title game versus South Carolina.

Bueckers is now a rookie in the WNBA with the Dallas Wings, and on Sunday, she had 20 points, nine rebounds and seven assists. Unfortunately for her and her team, it wasn't enough, as Dallas lost in overtime to the Washington Mystics, 91-88.

But she did have some time to spend with Fudd, her beloved fellow Husky.

Bueckers made her name with the Huskies and averaged 19.8 points, 4.7 rebounds and 4.6 assists a game while shooting a very high percentage, both from the field and from 3-point range. She missed all of the 2022-23 season with a torn ACL, but she returned and seemingly got better afterward.

She won the Nancy Lieberman Award twice and has been described as a generational talent.

Fudd contributed as UConn's other starting guard and put up 13.6 points a game this past season. The backcourt of Fudd and Bueckers gave the school two dead-eye outside shooters who were very difficult for opposing teams to contain.

Fudd decided to return to UConn for one more season rather than enter this year's WNBA draft with Bueckers, who was the No. 1 overall pick.