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Ireland’s 6'5" Gandy Malou-Mamel, class of 2025, commits

The Quinns sound like awesome people

But Kerwin [Quinn] believed in this young lady. He told me she needed a chance much like he needed as a kid. He talked of her size, length, quickness, talent and most importantly her character. He thought she could one day be one of the best players not only in NEW JERSEY but the country. He said she was raw but hungry and had a great work ethic.

When Gandy showed up at NBS that day, 3 things were true. She was raw, talented and a sponge. What I didn’t know was that Grady MANU MAMEL was going to take full advantage of all the things that America and the QUINN family could offer a kid. She trained with trainers daily to work on her foot work, she played one on one with Kerwin Jr and Sidney every night. She lifted weights everyday. Kerwin Sr, emerged her into the game. He exposed her to real coaching and he demanded her attention and that’s exactly what Gandy gladly gave him. She embraced anything that gave her a chance to improve her life.

 
AgStatesman said:
UConn's recruiting reminds me of a saying Pro Wrestler Rowdy Roddy Piper used to have. "When you think you've got the answer, I change the question." Geno thinks way out of the box these days and his foreign recruiting is awesome! I'm as excited about this pickup as I have been for any in the past 3 or 4 years. She is going to be an All American force before she is done. ESPN can take their top 100 and stick em. BTW - on the Irish U17 National Team and I also can't find any evidence that she played in the US her Freshman year. This is no Piath pick up. She is going to be a program changer.

I think this is her coach's assessment - "Lets start with the insane fit, powerful body. Then let’s move to the 6’10” inch wing span. Now let’s talk about the quickness and athleticism. Not enough, how about a big that hustles and chase every rebound… she runs the floor has wonderful hands and has only been playing two years….recruiters start your engine. The new bigger, better stronger ERIKA PORTER?"


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I like the fact that she has only been playing 2 years.
 
HuskyNan said:
The Quinns sound like awesome people

But Kerwin [Quinn] believed in this young lady. He told me she needed a chance much like he needed as a kid. He talked of her size, length, quickness, talent and most importantly her character. He thought she could one day be one of the best players not only in NEW JERSEY but the country. He said she was raw but hungry and had a great work ethic.

When Gandy showed up at NBS that day, 3 things were true. She was raw, talented and a sponge. What I didn’t know was that Grady MANU MAMEL was going to take full advantage of all the things that America and the QUINN family could offer a kid. She trained with trainers daily to work on her foot work, she played one on one with Kerwin Jr and Sidney every night. She lifted weights everyday. Kerwin Sr, emerged her into the game. He exposed her to real coaching and he demanded her attention and that’s exactly what Gandy gladly gave him. She embraced anything that gave her a chance to improve her life.

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My daughter trained at NBS with Tiny for several summers........... a former DI head coach, he certainly is one of the premier women's basketball trainers on the East Coast and a shrewd judge of basketball talent having trained many successful college players........while there are no guarantees, if he says she could be something special I believe it.........I hope she will team with the "Big O" at UConn in the future...........:)
 
Looks like we need another spreadsheet with a new name on it... I would love if the future year roster table could get bookmarked up at the top of the board.
 
Welcome! Fascinating prospect!

One year overlap with: Ines Bettencourt, Ayanna Patterson
Two year overlap with: Ice Brady, KK Arnold, Ashlynn Shade, Qadence Samuel, Jana Elalfy
Three year overlap with Morgan Chelli, Allie Ziebell
Same class as Keli Fisher.

Hope Gandy gets to Storrs to see a game or two this coming season....get to know a few of her future teammates.
Plus we play some away games in her area...hope she is in the front row.
 
Worth noting that in the Hoopgurlz top 60 for 2025, plenty of talent but not a lot of size. Betts (who I assume we have no shot at) and McGaughy at 6'3" and the 44th ranked player at 6'5". No one else over 6'2".

We also haven't hit on a big yet in 2024 with Strong and Carlton in the mix, Koval a long shot.

So it seems like a development risk worth taking.

The big prize is Vukosa class of 2026, 6'4".
 
Great news. This year she is 6' 5". In 2 years it's almost a given she will be 6' 7" or even 6' 8". Can only hope. Now to the point, in a previous post I talked about a Uconn dynasty with the players we now have and the new recruits coming in the future. This commitment is more reason on Uconn winning 2,3, or 4 NC's in a row. No naysayers. IT'S POSSIBLE! GO HUSKIES!!!!
 
We still need BIGS. Oh wait...

Welcome to UConn, Gandy Malou-Mamel!!
I'm really excited about this get. I dream of the day Gandy and the Big O patrolling the post and intimidating everyone for Coach Geno. Hope it happens.
 

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