Uconn star Azzi Fudd, fresh from winning a championship, has decided to forgo and not declare for the 20925 WNBA Draft. Instead, she committed to one more year at UConn. As one analyst sees it, Fudd’s decision makes perfect sense.
In one of his latest videos, NCAA analyst Robin Lundberg believes that Azzi Fudd made the right choice of staying in college for one more season, despite being long-rumored to be a first-round pick this draft.
“I think Azzi Fudd made the right call to go back to UConn because, you know, she won the national championship and she would’ve been drafted high in the WNBA Draft just based on potential. Her ability to shoot the basketball puts her floor very high, and her other abilities put her ceiling very high.”
Not only that, but Lundberg also believes that Fudd’s decision to stay in college served her better, as she could now enter the WNBA with a potentially better Collective Bargaining Agreement in place, potentially giving her better contracts and better pay.
However, by the end of the 2024 season, transferring or leaving teams in search of better opportunities seemed to have been a huge trend in the NCAA, as it was made easier through the NCAA transfer portal.
After the 2024 season and heading into 2025, the women’s basketball transfer portal turned into a transformative marketplace, highlighted by high-profile departures that could reshape power dynamics across the sport.
Azzi Fudd’s Decision to Forgo WNBA Justified by Analyst
In the same video, Robin Lundberg also explained why Azzi Fudd could have ended up with the decision to stay with UConn, considering the challenge she has faced with injuries in the past seasons.
“I wouldn’t have begrudged Azzi Fudd if she did,” he said. “I’m looking forward to seeing her at the WNBA level. But, she barely did play in college because of the ACL injury. She got back this year, and it looked like she finally started to get her confidence back as the season wound down and of course, as UConn moved on and continued to advance.”
“So, I understand why she would want to come back,” he concluded.
During the 2024–25 season, UConn guard Azzi Fudd has appeared in 32 games, averaging 13.1 points, 2.0 rebounds, and 1.8 assists per contest, while shooting 46.8% from the field, 44.1% from beyond the arc, and an impressive 89.7% from the free-throw line.
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