Maryland basketball signs 2025 Spanish guard Guillermo Del Pino

Ahmed Ghafir
May 2
3 min read

Days after landing five-star guard Darius Adams over Georgetown, Michigan State and others, Maryland men’s basketball now has its second high school commitment of the Buzz Williams era after Spanish 6-foot-4 point guard Guillermo Del Pino has signed with Maryland, according to college basketball analyst Jon Rothstein. A team spokesperson confirmed Del Pino’s signing.

Del Pino becomes the tenth player on the 2025-26 roster and joins David Coit, Myles Rice, Isaiah Watts, Andre Mills and Darius Adams in the backcourt.

The Spanish guard was previously named MVP of the FIBA U16 European Championship in 2023 after averaging 14.6 points, 1.4 rebounds, 2.9 assists and 1.9 steals while shooting 39.7% from the field, including 54.1% inside the arc, becoming the third consecutive Spanish player to win MVP, while he was also named to the All-Star Five at the event. Del Pino also averaged 11 points, two rebounds, 2.3 assists, 1.4 steals and 0.9 blocks per game in seven games playing at the U17 Basketball World Cup in Turkey where he was also named a standout.

"Del Pino ranks third in scoring for Spain and has made the second-most three-pointers - 1.3 per game - and is tops on the team in steals. Del Pino has shown an ability to step up in big occasions - the biggest being scoring 7 points in the final 83 seconds of the team's important win over Lithuania."

Del Pino was previously named a top ten international prospect back in July of 2024:

NBADraft.net: “Guillermo Del Pino averaged 11 points, 1.4 steals, and 0.9 blocks in 20 minutes per game. Guillermo has great positional height for a point guard and is a very savvy point guard. With over a 2 (2.3) to 1 (1.1) assist to turnover ratio, Guillermo proved to be very efficient when setting teammates up in the half court set. There has been an adjustment, however from U16s last year where he was able to penetrate on demand. A high IQ basketball player who uses change of pace, momentum and spacing as an offensive weapon, he still is very much a scoring threat with the ball in his hands. And while he can still get downhill and finish around the rim (54.1% from 2) because of the before mentioned attributes, he doesn’t quite have the same number of opportunities he had against younger competition. Therefore, he is transitioning to more of a perimeter-oriented scorer where it has been a bit clunky and far less efficient. In Turkey, he shot just 9/36 from three (25%). These long-distance shots were primarily taken off the dribble or off the pick and roll. He will need to become more efficient from there, as he moves up levels and the opportunities to score downhill diminishes. Or change his shot distribution from pick and roll situations to less threes to more assists to teammates rolling. Almost half the shots he took for the tournament were from three, which negatively affected his field goal percentage. A smart defensive player, he was able to get his hands in the passing lane and disrupt offensive flows. Nearly averaged a block per game (0.9) his ability to get deflections and affect shots is encouraging as a defender.”

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