WATCH: Breanna Stewart Shocked When Asked to Neglect Herself From UConn’s Elite Class

Breanna Stewart is one of the most remarkable players on the New York Liberty’s roster. Continuing her impressive performance, this season she has been averaging 23 points, 9.3 rebounds, 3.8 assists (her career-best), and 1.5 steals per game. Last season she recorded 4 40-point games and set a WNBA single-season record, the most in the history of the women’s league. Stewie has always been good at her game. During her time at UConn, she led the Huskies to 4 national championships.

She won the WNBA MVP honors twice in 2018 and 2023 and was named the All-Star in 2017, 2018, 2021, 2022, and 2023. Now, cruising in the spirit of Christmas, Breanna Stewart joins the fun with Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi. Let’s see what they discussed.

Breanna Stewart taken by surprise

Christmas time is giving crazy vibes to Breanna. Today on ‘The Bird and Taurasi’ show, WNBA legends Sue Bird, Diana Taurasi, and Breanna Stewart engage in a fun ‘Ghost of Christmas Past’ game started by Diana, where each has to name their all-time UConn’s top five players.

In the video, Taurasi initiates the conversation by saying, “Name your starting all-time UConn five. You can’t name yourself obviously.”

Listening to this Stewart responded by asking Taurasi, “I can’t name myself? Okay, I can’t name myself.” Then she went on naming her All-time UConn five players in the order, “Sue Bird, D (Diana Taurasi), Maya, Tina, Rebecca.” And then she again asks, “I can’t name myself.” Concluding her statement, she said, “I pick myself too.”

Having played four seasons as a UConn Husky (2012-2016), Breanna Stewart is undoubtedly one of UConn’s starting All-time Top 5 players. She is one of the best players that NCAA basketball has ever seen in its history, both men’s and women’s. Although her freshman season picked up at a slow pace, however, she figured out things in time and won the Most Outstanding Player of that season’s final four during the team’s championship run.

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Now, let’s learn which other players fit in the elite class category of UConn’s starting All-time top 5 players.

UConn Huskies’ All-time elite-class players

Notably, all these players had made a significant impact in defining the UConn Huskies women’s basketball team, leaving their everlasting legacy on UConn’s soil.

Sue Bird (1998-2002), won the Lieberman Award thrice, along with an All-American twice leads in this category. She has also won other accolades, namely the Naismith Trophy, Wade Trophy, and AP National Player of the Year awards. Moreover, Bird still holds some of UConn’s records like a 3-point shooting percentage of 45.9, a career free-throw percentage of 89.2, and most assists in a single season.

Next is the 2000-2004 batch’s Diana Taurasi, who earned her spot in the top 3 by pulling off 3 championships in her last three years in Storrs. Diana set the playing standards on the 2001 Final Four team and also played Sue Bird’s second fiddle in her sophomore season as her first title run.

Followed by Taurasi is Maya Moore (2007-2011). As a Husky, Maya bagged 2 NCAA championships along with 2 National Player of the Year Awards, and an MOP. Moore’s name resonates in all the UConn record books. Notably, she is one of the most adorned guards in UConn’s history. In addition, she is one of the best women’s college basketball players of all time.

The sweetest cherry on top is the 1991-1995 batch, Rebecca Lobo, who played a key role in winning UConn’s first National Championship in 1995. As the main force leading UConn to its first title, Lobo was named the Most Outstanding Player in the Final Four. She also won the 1995 AP Player of the Year and the Wade Trophy.

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No matter how times change, the contributions made by these players will continue to uplift and encourage the future Huskies.