Maya Moore's Legacy

Moore's legacy has no need for an
introduction.

Now that Maya Moore's career at the University of Connecticut is over, how does she match up with some of the best to play Huskies Basketball?

The UConn Huskies were denied their third straight National Championship appearance Sunday night by the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame. It was only the four loss that Moore had to endure in her four years at UConn.

Although, we can hardly say Moore's career was full of disappoint and far from it.

During her four years under head coach Geno Auriemma, Moore won two consecutive National Championships.

With those two National Championships came along a NCAA-record 90-game winning streak, a record that might never be broken.

Moore is the only college basketball player ever to win the Wade Trophy three times. She complied 3,036 career points, 36 of those coming in her final game, in her college career, good enough for fourth on the all-time list. Moore was also given the Naismith Trophy back in 2009, widely considered the most prestigious award in college basketball.

All that being said Moore might not even be the greatest player to ever play for Coach Auriemma. The 2004 first overall pick in the WNBA by the Phoenix Mercury, Diane Taurasi, also played her college ball at UConn and accumulated quiet the resume.

Taurasi won three consecutive National Championships during her colligate career from 2002-04, also winning the Naismith Trophy twice and the Wade Trophy in 2003. However, Taurasi was not the driving force of a historic 90-game winning streak like Moore was.

But both did appear in the Final Four all four years of their brilliant colligate careers.

However one wants to look at it, both were able to lead their respective teams to a championship level while being the centerpiece of it all.

One thing is for sure, Moore's legacy in Huskies history is cemented forever and will one day have her No. 23 raised to the rafters, flying high next to Taurasi's No. 3.