2025 Recruiting: Blanca Quiñonez to UConn implications for 2025-26 Roster
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Wait a bit........all will be revealed.........
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Ummm, Blanca joining UConn is old news or did I miss something?
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She already had a spot
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Whatever happened to Serah Williams of Wisconsin?
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This was from PRE-SEASON.
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I have no idea what you mean. I replied to the OP that was referring to Blanca as if her joining UConn was new news. Ever since Azzi announced her return a while ago, there's only been one 2025-2026 roster spot available which has been the subject of many posts in many threads.
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here's an implication.........Q is in the transfer portal.......
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If you listen, he’s talking about what this team will look like this year, and also discusses some future recruits. Agot Makeer is no longer a recruit.
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As much as I love Ms Shade, if she's not starting next season then Blanca must be as good as advertised.....
All you people are conjecturing and you have not seen Blanca play a single NCAA game.
She is raw and I see her as a developmental case as I would Gandy.
Only Kellis Fisher has shown that she has natural talent and might have a greater chance in being successful in the NCAA.
She is raw and I see her as a developmental case as I would Gandy.
Only Kellis Fisher has shown that she has natural talent and might have a greater chance in being successful in the NCAA.
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Blanca has been playing with pros for a couple of years and that suggests two areas of adjustment to the college game: fouling and traveling. Some of her highlights seem to indicate an extended euro step that NCAA refs may not allow. Remember Nika and Jana took a while to adjust from FIBA to college ball refs, all the while maintaining that they rarely fouled. I am sanguine about Blanca‘s potential regardless.
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Other than being born outside of the United States, Blanca and Gandy have very little in common.......Blanca was a basketball prodigy who was sent to Italy at a young age to polish her skills leading to her playing well with and against far older players some of whom have WNBA experience...... Gandy came to the United States with limited basketball experience and has used her high school years to develop into a functional but still somewhat raw basketball player......I expect Blanca to either start at the forward position or come in early off the bench next season while Gandy will continue to hone her skills under UConn's tutelage and will most likely serve as a backup to Jana, Ice and hopefully another 6'4" player arriving via the transfer portal.....I'm thrilled to have both of them on the UConn roster.....
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No but many of us have seen her play at the professional level
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Wrong.
Remember that Ash was BE 6th Woman of the Year. Her coming off the bench is instant offense, great defense and offensive rebounding. Kellis will back up KK, Ice backs up Jana, and hopefully Caroline creates a role for herself as well. If she is only 85% what she was as a freshman it's a big plus. Then there are Morgan and Allie. Morgan became an Aubrey type player, meaning strong floor player in the traditional sense. So there is depth. I think the key to the team will be whether Blanca has translatable scoring ability. She is a 6'1" slasher which will be effective because you can't leave Azzi or Sarah to double her.
Bianca plays for Campobasso in the Italian Series A League and averages 24.7mpg and 10.9ppg in league play. This is the league that Dorka plays in, there are several other players with WNBA experience, and the teams don't embarrass themselves in Euro competitions.
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More than 2 years : Stas include Regular season & the Playoffs
Season - Compétition - Games - MPG - PPG - RPG - APG - SPG
2024/2025 - ITA A1 - 20 - 24.1 - 10.9 - 3.6 - 1.8 - 2.4 (as a 18 years old) before Semi-Finals game 1 on April 16)
2023/2024 - ITA A1 - 29 - 25.1 - 10.4 - 3.1 - 2.1 - 2.1 (as a 17 years old)
2022/2023 - ITA A1 - 24 - 22.3 - 9.5 - 2.4 - 1.2 - 1.5 ( as a 16 years old)
2021/2022 - ITA A1 - 26 - 19.3 - 7.0 - 2.8 - 0.8 - 1.3 (as a 15 years old)
2020/2021 - ITA A1 - 17 - 12.6 - 3.8 - 1.4 - 0.9 - 0.9 (as a 14 years old)
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Season - Compétition - Games - MPG - PPG - RPG - APG - SPG
2024/2025 - ITA A1 - 20 - 24.1 - 10.9 - 3.6 - 1.8 - 2.4 (as a 18 years old) before Semi-Finals game 1 on April 16)
2023/2024 - ITA A1 - 29 - 25.1 - 10.4 - 3.1 - 2.1 - 2.1 (as a 17 years old)
2022/2023 - ITA A1 - 24 - 22.3 - 9.5 - 2.4 - 1.2 - 1.5 ( as a 16 years old)
2021/2022 - ITA A1 - 26 - 19.3 - 7.0 - 2.8 - 0.8 - 1.3 (as a 15 years old)
2020/2021 - ITA A1 - 17 - 12.6 - 3.8 - 1.4 - 0.9 - 0.9 (as a 14 years old)
Blanca Quinonez (Quinonez B.) Stats - Profil Joueur - Flashscore.fr
Voir le profil joueur de Blanca Quinonez (Quinonez B.) sur Flashscore.fr. Stats en carrière (matchs jouées, minutes, points) et l'historique des transferts.
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Not sure why no mention of Cheli. While tough to be 100% the first season back from injury but early in the last season she showed great basketball IQ, strong 3 point shot, and surprisedly good rebounding. Doubt Morgan will be a starter but likely to compete with Bianca and others for significant minutes.
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Blanca regularly outscores said WNBA players. Many links to highlights on BY and Youtube. Her team is in the league playoffs where competition typically has at least three WNBA players. Oh and in her last game against Dorka, she outplayed her and had a nasty block. Blanca has megastar talent. The question is how well she will blend in with UConn culture and how good the on-court fit will be. The good news for Geno is that I think he is going to relish being able to yell at her in Italian.
Morgan became more of an Aubrey-type floor player as the season went on and showed an unwillingness to shoot from the arc and in general. She has a wide repertoire of shots so that was troubling. She is a very smart defender and had a lot of deflections, rebounds, etc. In my mind, she would have been part of the NCAA rotation. I don't see her as the offensive player either Ash or Blanca is but certainly someone who will make any team better. She may come back as a more aggressive offensive player and at 6'2" she can be a tough player to defend if that part of her game blossoms.
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I think it's clear that Blanca will compete with Morgan for minutes, and the fact that Blanca finishes really well at the rim, which is not something Morgan has shown yet, suggests who will win. Caroliine and Ayanna are each a different story. Assuming they're both ready to go in the fall, they each have more to offer in the paint than Blanca has shown at Campobasso, though she did have a few stunning blocks this season. Caroline has a ton of clever lowpost scoring moves, and Ayanna brings a lot more muscle and rebounding.
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I hope Blanca exceeds all expectations BUT I remain in "wait and see" mode. Over the years, highly touted players have thrived and also have struggled. UConn is a tough place to play, and D-1 is very different from euro play.
What UConn needs most in my opinion is a player who (like Paige) gives her teammates total confidence as a go-to scorer, and sets the tone as a big time defender. Sounds like Sarah, doesn't it? She just needs to work on her vocal leadership skills.
If Azzi can stay consistant on offense, KK develops more of a threat from 3, Jana and Ice take another step up, we will repeat. So many variables... wait and see.
What UConn needs most in my opinion is a player who (like Paige) gives her teammates total confidence as a go-to scorer, and sets the tone as a big time defender. Sounds like Sarah, doesn't it? She just needs to work on her vocal leadership skills.
If Azzi can stay consistant on offense, KK develops more of a threat from 3, Jana and Ice take another step up, we will repeat. So many variables... wait and see.
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I think Cheli will get her minutes but they will likely come off the bench as she is another player who can bring energy at both ends of the court......Shade has proven to be the better shooter at this point, and she also offers a deep two way skill set that will be needed for UConn to repeat as champs next season......if Quinonez is as good as advertised (I've heard Gabby Williams comparisons) she will get the starting nod eventually if not from day one just as Sara did......
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A “bucket-getter,” that’s what you’re talking about. I loved that about Paige more than anything else. She was money in the midrange. The usual stats don’t capture this about her game: when the team is struggling to score, she steps up with a bucket that boosts everyone’s confidence.
This does sound like Sarah. And Azzi. And I think Ash will also be that for Geno if that’s what he tells her to do. She is not as skilled as Paige at getting her shot off — that step back move in the midrange got better every season — but Ash is also pretty much money if she gets it off. Ash will supply whatever the team needs. That’s her mindset. And she is as feisty on defense as anyone.
Can Blanca do all this too? Only time will tell. But if she’s not quite there year in November-December, she’ll be able to watch Ash Sarah and Azzi to figure out how it’s done.
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I'm pretty confident Blanca will get buckets.........she's great in transition, has the requisite skills to get her own shot and is fearless in taking the ball to the basket with superb body control giving her the ability to finish in traffic.......between Blanca, KK and Kelis, UConn has a whole lot of kamikaze drivers to the basket......should be fun to watch......
lots of interesting comments
what I find curious as many comments, which seem to question ability to transition from European professional basketball to US college
I find this nonsensical as the transition from American high school basketball to college is much greater
the talent is obvious and a player who can leave
central america ,play away from home against professionals learn a new language and thiive
would certainly be well positioned to
make a smooth transition to college bb
what I find curious as many comments, which seem to question ability to transition from European professional basketball to US college
I find this nonsensical as the transition from American high school basketball to college is much greater
the talent is obvious and a player who can leave
central america ,play away from home against professionals learn a new language and thiive
would certainly be well positioned to
make a smooth transition to college bb
I hope she is incredible.
At the risk of sounding like a Blanca basher, I'll just offer a little more context to the discussion so perhaps we all have a better feel for the nature of her professional experience.
- almost half the players on her team are also teenagers
- the Campobasso venue/gym has a capacity of 1,300
- the two American players on her roster never played in the WNBA (i.e., she's not playing older WNBA players every practice/game)
- she plays 25 games per year in this league (no different than HS)
I hope she's incredible on day #1 but I don't see her experience as being radically different than US-based, high-level AAU team competition that our teenagers experience so my expectation a bit more balanced. People like Paige and Sarah are very rare and we are very lucky to have the pleasure to watch them perform from day #1.
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