Paige Bueckers, Azzi Fudd open up on relationship for first time in UConn doc

Dallas Wings stars Paige Bueckers and Azzi Fudd were candid about their the origins of their romantic relationship while UConn teammates in rare comments on the topic.During a trailer for Apple TV’s new three-part docuseries, “The Dynasty: UConn Huskies” premiering Aug.21, Bueckers and Fudd discussed their chemistry and “a spark” that felt different than a friendship.“Azzi ended up joining the team my sophomore year,” Bueckers said.

“It kinda just meshed as soon as we met.She’s sweet, she’s genuine, she has a huge, caring heart.“We kind of felt a spark a little bit different than what would just be considered a normal friendship,” Bueckers said, adding that Fudd was the person she could “confide in that’s understanding of what I was going through” during the season.

Fudd explained that their personal relationship was “private,” although their inner circle knew about it.“Paige and I are a couple, and everyone close to us that was important knew, but it was kind of one of those things, it’s just, it’s private.

Not a secret, but it’s private,” she said.Bueckers, 24, and Fudd, 23, won the NCAA women’s basketball national championship together when the Huskies defeated South Carolina 82–59 on April 6, 2025.The Wings selected Bueckers No.

1 overall in the 2026 WNBA Draft eight days later.The Apple TV docuseries — which chronicled UConn’s women’s basketball team under legendary head coach Geno Auriemma — filmed interviews in the summer of 2025.Fudd recalled tension between Bueckers and Auriemma in the third episode of the series.“We had conversations about, like, everything that was going on,” Fudd said, per People.“When things weren’t going right, it was usually all Paige’s fault.“She said to me, ‘I came back for my fifth year because I thought we were gonna have things figured out and it was gonna be fun.'” Auriemma wanted Bueckers to be a leader who demanded more of her teammates.

“For Paige...