The first Uconn basketball trade card published by Panini

Panini, a collectibles company that produces sports trade cards for FIFA, NBA, NFL and NASCAR, publishes the first Uconn basketball trading card box according to a press release. The company said this Uconn set will be its first Nile Trading Card Box Set. Another brand, onit athlete that produces NIL products, is currently selling Uconn trade cards.

“Uconn is one of the country's first -class schools and measures their success in several NCAA championships and the last four appearances,” said Jason Howarth, Senior Vice President for Marketing and Athletes' Relationships for Panini America. “With their basketball programs and players, this fits our first Nile box set. We know that fans will be very excited to celebrate the huskies.”

The set will contain more than 100 cards, which includes current Uconn players such as Alex Karaban and Sarah Strong as well as former players such as Breanna Stewart and Diana Taurasi. There will be different types of maps that are included in the set, such as “legendary competitors”, “Color Blast” and “Prizm Fireworks”. Autograph cards are also inserted into the set.

The set will be available in four card packs, boxes with six packs and suitcases with 20 boxes. Hobby boxes will also be available that have packs with six cards per pack instead of four and have delivered two signed cards per box.

Pre-orders are not yet available on the Panini website and no publication date has yet been unveiled

There are plans for other Nile sets in the school motive, Panini's discontinuation information.