I agree. She has more strength and much better form on her 3 and pull ups however than KK has shown thus far. I also think Blanca will be shooting both whenever she is open. She is a strong 6'2" meaning she is a big guard/swing player who can rebound, post up, drive and score.
I loved Aubrey's game but Blanca has a much more sophisticated and finished offensive game.....the similarities would be at the defensive end and on the fast break.......I fully expect that Geno will be making similar comments about Blanca to the ones he made about Sara when practices started last season......something like "she's good...........really good"......
never said that, never said don't speculate, just made the observation that none of us know for sure. If you want songs, strum away. If you want to misinterpret what I wrote have at it.
Just two goods I hope. When he goes three bad things happen.
You’re ironic right?
Well, you did suggest that I was pontificating, so there's that.......🤨
I genuflect to your pontificating.
Our starting front 3 in 2026-2027.
It will be awesome, won't it! And with Gandy coming off the bench (and maybe Olivia!) this will be a mighty front court! What gets me is how athletic it will be. For the past half decade, SC has been the athletic powerhouse. But now UConn will be.
You point to an interesting fact. For many years, the battle between SC & UConn was primarily a battle between SC’s size, rebounding and defense against UConn’s quickness and execution. Certainly that’s what played out in the 2 meetings last season.
I hadn’t heard the men’s guard was ruled to be eligible for only two years but that seems reasonable. So, keep in mind I’m not claiming to know all the NCAA eligibility rules (does anyone?) but the fact is that the Serbian guard is 24. The age (more likely) and/or playing professionally has to have factored in to the ruling. Obviously he wasn’t intending to play at UConn until he was 28 anyway. Also, not relevant to his eligibility but just FYI, he’s primarily for depth and practice and can be a break in case of emergency player. He’s not expected to have much impact in games.
That's what it says on the roster page:
Dude. Good points-I will add one more. For several years, South Carolina and Notre Dame sent their quick guards around picks and consistently got to the basket for layups or foul shots. Last year, with the best example being the Championship game with SC, other teams needed to rely more on 3's since the path to the basket was usually blocked. Winning against UConn based on 3-point shooting is rare and will continue to be an issue for other teams once Blanca finds her place in the lineup.
Plus best young player of the Italian A1 league in 2021; plus 3 consecutive wins at Italian National Championships: 1 under 17 and 2 times under 19 being in all 3 MVP; plus Italian Third division Champion; plus 2 Italian serie A1 semifinals...
How do you know what she can and can't do ?? She can play !!
With these many exceptional credentials, it appears that Blanca was not heavily recruited in the US other than Geno. Can anyone offer other information?
Blanca first opened up to being recruited by US colleges in April 2023. UConn was on to her almost immediately, got her in for an early visit and she verbally committed to UConn just 6 months later in October of 2023, two full years before she will play her first game in Storrs.