Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009 at 5:06 pm  |  9 responses

Elena Delle Donne to play at Delaware

Last summer, the best high school recruit in the country, Elena Delle Donne, shocked the entire basketball community when she told UConn that she was no longer interested in playing college basketball after attending summer classes at the school and withdrawing two days into classes. She informed the program that she was transferring to the University of Delaware foregoing her scholarship to the best women’s basketball program in the nation. Head coach Geno Auriemma told Delle Donne it was not that she had lost interest in basketball or had burned out on the sport but that she was simply just homesick. Delle Donne disagreed back then but close to a year later, she admits that he was right all along. But now she’ll be a Blue Hen.

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  • http://slamonline.com B. Long

    Best news women’s basketball has had in a min. She could be the Bird to Candace’s Magic.

  • Young C

    I might actually go see some UD womens B-ball games this year.

  • JoeMaMa

    Verrrrry interesting take on….oh, wait, there’s some paint drying over there! Gotta go!!!

  • http://slamonline.com Ben Osborne

    I told you guys this would happen:

    http://www.slamonline.com/online/other-ballers/womens/2008/08/elena-delle-donne-update/

    She’s going to do damage at Delaware.

  • http://slamonline.com Russ Bengtson

    Cripes, she’s gonna murder that poor conference. And all of a sudden I have a jersey I need to track down. Not to mention an excuse to go back to Delaware. BLUE HENS, WHAT.

  • http://nbacheapseats.blogspot.com Chendaddy

    Everyone has to walk her own path. Glad she found her passion back to basketball, and I’m sure UConn didn’t miss her too much going 12546208-0 last year.
    Holy crap, do I actually know stuff about womens’s basketball?

  • http://www.shawn-kemps-offspring.blogspot.com/ TADOne

    DAMN!! Delaware will be in the top 25 next season for women’s college bball. I’m with Russ; I’ll be trekking back to Delaware for this. Or at least some ODU women’s home games against the Blue Hens.

  • DS44

    She was smart not to play for Geno Needsanenema!

  • Seven Duece

    She didn’t move me at the McDonald’s game, but she has to be tight if UConn wanted her.

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