How Nika Harnessed Her Emotions To Lead

[BRS24]

How Nika Mühl harnessed her emotions to become an all-time great UConn women's basketball point guard

UConn Huskies women's basketball senior Nika Mühl learned to channel her emotions to become one of the program's all-time great point guards.

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“I would say it's served me a lot, especially when it came to like proving other people wrong or proving myself wrong,” Nika said. “But Coach always used to say that's my biggest strength and my biggest weakness.​

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“It’s been a weakness in many aspects in which I didn't look at things rationally or I just didn't hold myself accountable or just from being a leader, from that standpoint. You can't be a leader and be stubborn. You need to think about people around. You need to think about your team, what your team needs. Not what you want. So, I feel like it's definitely not helped me in that aspect. But it's also helped me learn to not be like that.”​

 

[Bald Husky]

What more can anyone say, she is a legend, and I hope she can get the assists she needs so she will be remembered in the record books. I am really going to miss her.

 

[Bone Dog]

She seems to know herself quite well now. That's impressive in a young person.

 

[Ozimoto]

She is and always will be one of my favorites.

 

[FormerCTrez]

She seems to know herself quite well now. That's impressive in a young person.

Growth. Maturity. I love this about Nika’s development.

 

[Blond D.]

Nika is my favorite player of all time. Her grit and tenacity is unmatched in my eyes. If I was still in Jr. High or High School i would definitely be pattering my game after Nika.
My hero was Sue Bird...so not that far off.

 

[BBallF]

Whoever can get to her last home game at Storrs during the NCAA when she will probably break the record should go. She has been such a treasure, from the time Geno brought tears to her eyes as a freshman, to her making faces when he yelled at her later in her career, to her sticking up for her teammates, to her changing her game to help the team. to her generosity and sweetness to fans. Really the best.

 

[Bigboote]

What a wonderful article! Nika came to UConn to be coached (and coached hard) by Geno. She wasn't quite prepared for how tough that would be, but they came to an understanding, and Nika realized she needed to listen. And we're all lucky it was in her freshman year rather than her junior year. She also came to play with Paige, knowing she might be in Paige's shadow for four years. She's pretty good at checking her ego at the door when necessary.

 

[RSHERMVIKES]

One of my favorite UConn WBB players of all time!
To come so far as a person from Croatia to America which is hard enough but to reach these heights as a BB player!
To be as important to the team as Paige Bueckers and Aliyah Edwards!
Here's hoping she can reach the 660 assists to top the list of incredible PG's that UConn has had through the years!
She's earned that spot!

 

[Inthepaint]

…and she still hasn’t committed a foul
Just ask her

 

[Beemer]

She's come so far. I'm so proud of her.