Vikings Congratulate Paige Bueckers on Winning Women’s National Basketball Title

In a pretty unique way

On Sunday afternoon, the University of Connecticut Huskies defeated the South Carolina Gamecocks to win the Women’s NCAA Final Four. The Huskies were led by guard Paige Bueckers, who was a high school superstar at Hopkins High School in Minnetonka before moving on to join Geno Auriemma’s squad.

Even though she’s now playing basketball on the East Coast, she’s apparently never forgotten her midwestern roots. Following UConn’s win, the Minnesota Vikings. . .as is tradition. . .chimed in with their own version of “She’s from Minnesota.”

The post is a picture of Bueckers, complete with eye black, in an Adrian Peterson jersey and Vikings uniform pants holding a Vikings helmet. Bueckers was six years old when Peterson burst onto the scene in 2007, and though it doesn’t say what year the picture is from, I’m guessing it isn’t too far removed from that season.

Congratulations to Paige Bueckers and the UConn Huskies on winning the Women’s National Championship in college basketball. I think we’re all curious to see what her reaction is when the Vikings finally get their Super Bowl trophy, and hopefully we’ll get to see that reaction sooner rather than later.