Plaisance, a WNBA champion in 2022 with the Las Vegas Aces and last with the Seattle Storm in 2023, joked that UConn must’ve paid its players “under the table” to keep the relationship under wraps for so long. And honestly, the secrecy was impressive.

Paige Bueckers knows quite a lot about her “D1 girlfriend,” Azzi Fudd. One of the biggest moments during the WNBA All-Star Weekend happened off the court when Dallas Wings star rookie Paige Bueckers participated in WAG Talk, a social-media interview series that asks athletes’ partners to show how well they know their significant other.

About a week has gone by since Paige Bueckers and Azzi Fudd have gone public with their relationship, and the WNBA community has begun to take notice of the new