HARTFORD, Conn. — Growing up in Croatia, Nika Mühl didn’t follow UConn women’s basketball, or really any American sports for that matter. She was more in tune with European hoops. But as soon as she committed to the Huskies in her junior season of high school, Mühl made a point to catch herself up on the program’s history.
“Every game,” Mühl said, “I had to watch it.”
Mühl became a huge fan of Sue Bird in the process, finding herself enamored with the point guard’s style of play in the same way people across the state of Connecticut were during her storied career with the program from 1998-2002. In the years since then, Mühl has developed an even greater appreciation for Bird’s wide-ranging impact on women’s basketball and beyond.
