Maya Moore has been watching UConn intently, cheering for them to keep winning.
The former Huskies great, who was instrumental in the previous 90-game winning streak, hopes the current team can keep their record run going and shatter the mark her group set a few years ago.
“I don’t feel like it’s their streak and we have our streak. We all kind of share everything this school accomplishes,” Moore said in a phone interview with The Associated Press. “I’ve watched them play a couple of times. They are the same UConn, same unselfish passing. I’m proud of who they are and who they can be. That’s why I want them to succeed. If they were doing things differently, things might be different.”
Moore remembered the buildup when her Huskies were chasing the UCLA men’s record of 88 consecutive wins in 2010. There was so much more “outside noise” as they approached the vaunted mark with comparisons between men’s and women’s basketball and questions whether the Huskies were good for the sport.
Moore said that coach Geno Auriemma did a tremendous job keeping the team focused on the task at hand – winning the next game – instead of focusing on the bigger picture or paying any attention to those outside the team’s inner circle.