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What is unique about Blanca. She plays professionally. Coming to UConn will be much different. The focus and discipline and competition. She has alot of talent athleticism and ability. Geno will mold her. A mature Jana and Sarah will help. UConn will be a young team next season. They will have the talent and size. I have a lot on confidence in what they will accomplish
 
Tonyc said:
What is unique about Blanca. She plays professionally. Coming to UConn will be much different. The focus and discipline and competition. She has alot of talent athleticism and ability. Geno will mold her. A mature Jana and Sarah will help. UConn will be a young team next season. They will have the talent and size. I have a lot on confidence in what they will accomplish
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I wonder how Geno's practices are compared to the professional practices she's gotten used to. In the old days, I'd bet Geno's would be tougher but I'm not sure now that he's "mellowed" as a coach....
 
Charliebball said:
I wonder how Geno's practices are compared to the professional practices she's gotten used to. In the old days, I'd bet Geno's would be tougher but I'm not sure now that he's "mellowed" as a coach....
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IMO Geno breaks down girls builds them up and makes them better then thought they could be. You play for the best coach who is known to make you your best. Why would you want to play for less?
 
I bet her frustration will be whatever fundamentals/mechanics that UConn coaches will want to change to improve her game over the long term. I feel like young players who propel into low level pros like this sometimes have some fundamental issues that need fixing. She may have issues at first until she breaks old habits and gets back into the groove.
 
Charliebball said:
the other question I have is whether she plans to spend all four years at UConn or head back to professional ball in Europe after a couple of years.....
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You wouldn't come to UConn to do that. They are too team and education first. There are many other schools that look to cultivate (and exploit) the individual whose objective is professional/international ball and the $ associated with same.
 
DEpup said:
I bet her frustration will be whatever fundamentals/mechanics that UConn coaches will want to change to improve her game over the long term. I feel like young players who propel into low level pros like this sometimes have some fundamental issues that need fixing. She may have issues at first until she breaks old habits and gets back into the groove.
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The assumptions u are making are not fact based
what mechanics and fundamentals are u speaking about..?
and who are the young players who have been at the pro level who have actually
played in college certainly none at uconn
 
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Zonepress said:
The assumptions u are making are not fact based
what mechanics and fundamentals are u speaking about..?
and who are the young players who have been at the pro level who have actually
played in college certainly none at uconn
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Hmm. As an example. They changed Makurat's whole running stride. That is the most fundamental of fundamentals...
 
DEpup said:
Hmm. As an example. They changed Makurat's whole running stride. That is the most fundamental of fundamentals...
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Do you have a link to or any evidence of this supposed inside info that you've acquired? Or did you just make it up? Makurat admitted that she was not in shape during her first year and she had a lower right leg injury her soph year before leaving UConn. Who exactly tried to change her running stride and when?
 
Zonepress said:
The assumptions u are making are not fact based
what mechanics and fundamentals are u speaking about..?
and who are the young players who have been at the pro level who have actually
played in college certainly none at uconn
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Svetlana Abrosimova
 
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BobbyJ said:
Do you have a link to or any evidence of this supposed inside info that you've acquired? Or did you just make it up? Makurat admitted that she was not in shape during her first year and she had a lower right leg injury her soph year before leaving UConn. Who exactly tried to change her running stride and when?
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Watch games..... her freshman year there was discussion during games by Meg Culmo how the coaching staff were trying to alter her stride when she was running up the court to make it more efficient and give her better balance. The evidence would be sny games her freshman year Meg Culmo discussion.
 
I found the time to look at a lot more videos of Blanca from the last month or so. Some of them are low quality, some may be from cell phones, and a few are at court level instead of the high angle of the tv broadcasts.

One thing the courtside videos show is how big Blanca is. This is sometimes hard to tell from higher angles. She is not little. She is also not slight. I’d compare her physically to Ayanna more than to Caroline or Morgan. I might compare her to Cotie McMahon, only taller and with a better perimeter shot. Maybe a bit like Lou Lopez Senechal — perhaps not quite the same perimeter shooter, but a similar energy and courage and better defense. She’s quick and strong like Aubrey and finishes really well at the rim.

She is a high energy player. She leaps, she dives for loose balls, she blocks shots, she runs the floor, she drives the lane. She has very active hands.

The only question for me is how long it will take her to absorb Geno’s system, especially on defense. How long did it take Lou? It’s not clear from the highlights videos how sophisticated Campobasso’s defense really is. Earlier in the season, Blanca spends a lot of time guarding someone on the wing and this doesn’t showcase her ability very well. In later games, you see more of the defensive switching and a complex passing game on offense.

I agree that Blanca will be a great partner for Sarah. Just as a physical pair, they’re similar in size but contrasting in energy. And they could make for an amazing high-low game between them.
 
I’ve known Blanca since she arrived in Italy, and I’ve read all the comments, concerns, and comparisons about her in this forum. I think many are off track, and I’m confident she’ll prove her value from the first day there. Uconn it's not ready for what Blanca is going to bring. In fact, I’m sure that her impact will be much greater than what everyone—including Auriemma—expects. And I’m not just talking about on the court, but off it as well!
 
Molisanos said:
I’ve known Blanca since she arrived in Italy, and I’ve read all the comments, concerns, and comparisons about her in this forum. I think many are off track, and I’m confident she’ll prove her value from the first day there. Uconn it's not ready for what Blanca is going to bring. In fact, I’m sure that her impact will be much greater than what everyone—including Auriemma—expects. And I’m not just talking about on the court, but off it as well!
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Sounds great, but could you elaborate?
 
Molisanos said:
I’ve known Blanca since she arrived in Italy, and I’ve read all the comments, concerns, and comparisons about her in this forum. I think many are off track, and I’m confident she’ll prove her value from the first day there. Uconn it's not ready for what Blanca is going to bring. In fact, I’m sure that her impact will be much greater than what everyone—including Auriemma—expects. And I’m not just talking about on the court, but off it as well!
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I happen to agree with your opinion of her impact. Although I think Auriemma has a very good idea of what she’ll bring to his program next season. She’s on another level from most first year collegiate players both athletically and experience wise.
 
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If she were to enter the WNBA Draft next season, which she could easily do, she would likely be a first-round pick, around 7th overall. That’s mainly because she lacks national team exposure, and while Campobasso is currently third in the Italian League, one of the most competitive in Europe, it remains a small club that isn’t closely followed by WNBA scouts.
I believe comparisons with Blanca should be reserved for players whose names are highlighted on UConn’s walls.
In a few months you're all going to be witness
 
Molisanos said:
If she were to enter the WNBA Draft next season, which she could easily do, she would likely be a first-round pick, around 7th overall. That’s mainly because she lacks national team exposure, and while Campobasso is currently third in the Italian League, one of the most competitive in Europe, it remains a small club that isn’t closely followed by WNBA scouts.
I believe comparisons with Blanca should be reserved for players whose names are highlighted on UConn’s walls.
In a few months you're all going to be witness
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Since you claim to know her well, do you happen to know how many seasons she may be planning to spend at UConn before declaring for the WNBA draft? Is the education important or is professional exposure the priority since UConn is scouted so heavily by the WNBA?
 
BobbyJ said:
Since you claim to know her well, do you happen to know how many seasons she may be planning to spend at UConn before declaring for the WNBA draft? Is the education important or is professional exposure the priority since UConn is scouted so heavily by the WNBA?
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UConn is not normally a one and done school. Geno doesn’t go for that. If Azusa would have stayed for her senior season and if Megan would have stayed for hers I get that #12 would be hanging down already.
 
BobbyJ said:
Since you claim to know her well, do you happen to know how many seasons she may be planning to spend at UConn before declaring for the WNBA draft? Is the education important or is professional exposure the priority since UConn is scouted so heavily by the WNBA?
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Of course I don't have this kind of "intel". I know that she has all the top universities offering "THE MOON", top European teams chances, and the chance to go straight to WNBA... So if she chooses Uconn that should means something
 
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This is a good chance for her to study, get a degree and having good exposure to the next step. She is really a good prospect. she will have to adapt to a new system of play, but then she will be very very good.
 
BobbyJ said:
Since you claim to know her well, do you happen to know how many seasons she may be planning to spend at UConn before declaring for the WNBA draft? Is the education important or is professional exposure the priority since UConn is scouted so heavily by the WNBA?
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Blanca Quiñonez (Ecuador) - Basketball Stats, Height, Age | FIBA Basketball

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Blanca was born in 2006 (attachment) by coming to UConn, she becomes eligible for the WNBA draft after her third season only, if she had stayed in Europe, she could be eligible two years earlier. I've placed the copy of the official rules (2025) below.

All NCAA players who will turn twenty-two in 2025 are eligible to waive any remaining NCAA eligibility (including additional eligibility granted by the NCAA due to the pandemic) in order to participate in the 2025 WNBA Draft.

Final-year students who have exhausted all eligibility requirements are not required to forfeit.

All international players who will turn twenty in 2025 are also eligible for the 2025 WNBA draft.

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Just going to observe that FIBA lists Blanca as 182cm or ~6’, not 189cm or 6’2” as is sometimes reported using Hartley units. Whatever she really is, she seems like a big kid.

See the link in @From Canada ’s post above.
 
Bone Dog said:
Just going to observe that FIBA lists Blanca as 182cm or ~6’, not 189cm or 6’2” as is sometimes reported using Hartley units. Whatever she really is, she seems like a big kid.

See the link in @From Canada ’s post above.
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She's more than 6'- maybe 6'3'' as she said in an interview to an ecuadorian journalist.
 
Bone Dog said:
Just going to observe that FIBA lists Blanca as 182cm or ~6’, not 189cm or 6’2” as is sometimes reported using Hartley units. Whatever she really is, she seems like a big kid.

See the link in @From Canada ’s post above.
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189 cm official
 
Blanca will be listed as 6-2 on the roster. It’s hard to tell with the head tilt, but Blanca looks taller than Sarah

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