2027/28 Senior Tribute
JOSÉ BLANCO
In 17 years as a head coach,
Graham Sims has never coached a player who showed up for big games as impressively as
José Blanco. (In about the same number of real-time years as a sports simulation player, I've never coached a player who showed up for big games as impressively as
José Blanco.) It's therefore fitting that José ends his career with a championship ring, after playing like a champion in the biggest games of his life.
Code:
#31 PF José Blanco - Villanova - Senior
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Height: 6-9
Weight: 228
High School: Weequahic High School
Hometown: Newark, NJ
Attributes:
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Type INS JPS FTS 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK QKN STR JMP STA
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Current: 92 21 49 0 9 33 76 57 74 17 21 45 17 100 35 84
2026: 89 21 44 0 9 31 66 50 71 16 20 40 16 97 34 76
2025: 87 20 41 0 9 30 61 46 64 15 19 37 15 94 33 68
2024: 78 19 38 0 8 29 54 42 56 14 18 34 14 90 32 59
2023: 68 17 34 0 6 27 46 36 48 14 18 30 13 83 32 42
Potential: A D C F F D B C B D D C
Health: Good
Scholarship: Yes
Status: Active Roster
Academics: 54
Stat Averages:
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Season G GS MIN PTS ORE REB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF
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2024 33 0 12.8 4.3 1.0 2.8 0.5 0.6 0.95 0.3 0.2 1.4
2025 33 0 9.7 4.1 0.8 2.1 0.4 0.4 0.92 0.2 0.4 1.0
2026 38 26 28.9 12.3 2.4 7.6 1.4 2.1 0.65 0.3 0.7 2.3
2027 39 39 30.9 14.9 3.3 8.2 1.6 2.0 0.81 0.5 0.8 2.7
Career 143 65 21.3 9.3 1.9 5.4 1.0 1.3 0.81 0.3 0.5 1.9
Shooting Averages:
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Season FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% 3PM 3PA 3P% PPS +/-
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2024 1.5 3.5 .431 1.2 1.9 .625 0.0 0.1 .250 1.22 -1.79
2025 1.4 3.0 .480 1.3 1.9 .667 0.0 0.0 .000 1.39 1.33
2026 4.1 9.0 .455 4.1 5.8 .698 0.0 0.0 .000 1.36 7.29
2027 5.2 10.6 .493 4.4 6.1 .726 0.0 0.0 .000 1.40 15.13
Career 3.2 6.8 .471 2.9 4.1 .698 0.0 0.0 .167 1.36 5.96
Stat Totals:
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Season G GS MIN PTS OREB REB AST TO STL BLK PF
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2024 33 0 422 141 32 93 18 19 11 5 46
2025 33 0 320 136 27 70 12 13 6 13 34
2026 38 26 1097 467 90 288 52 80 13 26 86
2027 39 39 1206 580 127 319 62 77 20 31 105
Career 143 65 3045 1324 276 770 144 189 50 75 271
Shooting Totals
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Season FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA +/-
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2024 50 116 40 64 1 4 -59
2025 47 98 42 63 0 1 44
2026 156 343 155 222 0 1 277
2027 204 414 172 237 0 0 590
Career 457 971 409 586 1 6 852
Career Highs:
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Type Pts OReb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA
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Season 31 9 14 5 2 3 8 13 19 11 14 0 0
Career 31 9 15 5 3 3 8 13 22 11 17 1 1
Awards & Achievements:
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Season Award
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All Player of the Game: 21
2023 High School: Rated *** and #171 overall by the FBCB scouting service.
2027 NCAA Champion
2027 2nd Team All-Conference (Big East Conference)
José was a respected prospect as a high school senior, but not a "can't miss" future star. Perhaps that's why my predecessors at Villanova didn't use him much. I admit I first envisioned him as my seventh man, the first big off the bench. He got his chance to start when
Bradley Christmas, and then
BLF, got hurt. José took his chance and never looked back.
Through hard work, José became a top-tier physical force, the strongest man in our program and one of its leaders in our fitness testing. He also polished his inside moves until he could get his shots against the toughest post defenders in the Big East. He is our sixth all-time leading scorer, and our fourth all-time rebounder.
Recent mock drafts list José as a likely second-round pick, and he'd like to continue playing basketball at the professional level. But even if he doesn't, he'll always have this season, and his reputation as the man who balled out when his team needed him most.
Thanks for the memories, José.