How good is Blanca

[donalddoowop]

I'm sure that most folks recognized that his first "can't" was meant to be a "can".

That is a pretty good gift you have knowing what most folks recognize.

 

[Bone Dog]

I had no questions. I added Aubrey since you didn't while listing the frontcourt UConn went into battle with.

I guess I tend to think of Aubrey as a wing, not a frontcourt player, though her rebounding may blur the distinction a little.

 

[BBallF]

Even with Serah and all the Bigs Geno will have on his roster next season, he will find it very difficult to completely abandon his small lineup with Sarah at the 5. You need only look at how that small lineup sliced through UCLA’s big frontline with beautiful movement, sharp passing and deadly outside shooting to realize that no team in the country could defend it.

The small ball lineup featured tight, lock down, pressure defense on the opposing guards and wings with pressing at times, shutting down open 3s, making passing difficult by closing off lanes, with textbook switching, maybe the best ever seen in women's NCAA Final Four history.

It also featured tremendous team speed both with and without the ball. Couple that with the shooting, unselfish passing, and great conditioning and you are really reminded of the '64 and '65 NCAA championship UCLA mens teams with Gail Goodrich and Henry Bibby often with nobody above 6'3" on the floor. Didn't matter for those teams just like it didn't matter for us. We were an unstoppable freight train in the Big Dance and truly a great and memorable team.

 

[MHD789]

Thanks, Nan. My favorite line in the article by Gabriella Lewis was "But the overall tournament standout is 15-year-old Blanca Quiñones. The 6’3 forward dominated games, led in scoring and had obvious generational court vision."

There's that word "generational" again.

I guess my hang-up is that I keep seeing the same reference to a 15 year old. Plus, she's apparently shrinking from 6'3" to 6'2"!

Seriously, I'd love to see any recent respected evaluations (not by us UConn homies). I have tried to google but come up empty.