It’s been a week of homecomings for Paige Bueckers as the former UConn star will play in the state of Connecticut for the first time since helping the Huskies win the school’s 12th national championship nearly two months ago.

It was a massive fan turn out, filling out the upper bowl of Target Center for the Lynx home opener. Minnesota fans eager to see Hopkins native Paige Bueckers return home to play the Lynx in her first year in the WNBA,

It would be extremely fitting if Bueckers can win her first WNBA game back in Connecticut, where she became a huge basketball star with UConn. Bueckers has already had a homecoming in her home state of Minnesota when the Wings faced the Lynx last week. Now, she will have her reunion at her second home in Connecticut this week.