“That UConn love is real”: Huskies fans react to Nika Muhl and Diana Taurasi’s heartwarming snap from Seattle vs. Phoenix game

The former UConn Huskies star, Nika Muhl and Diana Taurasi came face to face when Seattle and Pheonix faced each other on September 20. Muhl and Taurasi's former college coach, Geno Auriemma, was present to see the Storm secure an 89-70 victory against the Mercury.

Nika Muhl scored her first points in the game on Thursday and received an exciting reaction from Paige Bueckers and other former Huskies teammates. UConn and Seattle Storm shared pictures of the two UConn stars as they hugged each other on the court.

The post, which was uploaded on September 20, received reactions from the Huskies fans who were happy to see the two together.

Here are some reactions from fans;

"That UConn love is real," one fan said.

"Love it 💯," another fan said.

"I love this," one fan said.

There were more positive reactions from the fans:

"My birthday is next week and this night might’ve just been the best gift ever," one fan said.

"Two UConn greats," another fan said.

"I have 0 complaints," one fan said.

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Nika Muhl described her time at UConn as the best of her life

Nika Muhl was a reliable star player for the Huskies, who played with the main squad. However, she decided that her time to play with UConn would come to an end in April. She declared for the 2024 WNBA draft and was selected by the Seattle Storm as the No. 14 overall pick.

Before Nika Muhl said goodbye to UConn, she and the school's director of women's basketball communication, Anna LaBonte, organized a special photoshoot with coach Auriemma and his black Mercedes.

"It was just a funny thing that we talked about," Mühl said, as per CIT Insider. "But then we talked about it more seriously and I was like, 'I'm not asking him. Someone else can ask him.' Anna asked him and we made it happen."

"I didn't want to do anything emotional or sad because I feel like I've had so many emotional moments this year that I wanted it to be something cool, something epic, something for people to see and not be sad but think, 'This is so cool.' So I'm the first player, first person to drive his Mercedes. Can you write that?"

Nika Muhl called her final year at UConn the most "emotional" one as she showed gratitude for the program.

"I'm forever grateful and thankful that I was able to share those moments with the whole team. And I'm so thankful to Coach and the whole coaching staff and the whole program, everybody, to be able to make that happen for me. I just felt like with all of that, it was the best year of my life."

During her senior year, Muhl played 39 games and averaged 6.9 points, 6.5 assists, four rebounds and 32.1 minutes per game. Her performance secured her a spot on the All-Big East second team.