On the evening of the 5th, Liu Yutong, who was 2 meters 01 tall and weighed more than 110 kilograms, grabbed 16 points and 4 rebounds in the match that the Chinese Universiade defeated Japan 99-91 women’s basketball. This fat girl will not only become the focus of people’s attention in the Universiade, but also become a big choice for China’s women’s basketball insiders in the future.

On the court, the 22-year-old Liu Yutong’s playing style is completely different from the 24-year-old Han Xu, who is a center with good shooting ability and delicate basketball skills, however, Liu Yutong often relies on height and weight to crush opponents, creates offensive space and opportunities through confrontation, and then gains scores. This type of height and playing style reminds people of O’Neal who killed all sides in NBA. And “female version of O’Neal” is the nickname of the fans for her.

For this nickname, Liu Yutong haha Yile on the court, “I like this nickname very much, very much like my style.” Liu Yutong’s straightforward character also gave her a lot of points, and some fans also affectionately called her “Big Baby”. After finishing the Universiade campaign, Liu Yutong will move towards a higher stage, join WCBA Sichuan team in the new season, and fight side by side with Han Xu as a teammate again. And many people have begun to expect her to be included in China’s women’s basketball lineup one day.

Looking through Liu Yutong’s microblog, she will find that on June 13, she wrote: “Happy retirement”. Liu Yutong’s “retirement” said that she officially ended the battle of CUBA. Liu Yutong has gained all the honors in the battle for CUBA on behalf of Beijing Normal University in these years: in the 2013 CUBA women’s basketball finals, Beijing Normal University won the championship over Peking University, and Liu Yutong scored 30 points alone; in 2020, CUBA women’s basketball finals, Beijing Normal University won the championship over Tsinghua University. Liu Yutong scored 45 points and 9 rebounds in the 33th vote of 21, winning MVP; In 2021cuba women’s basketball finals, beijing Normal University won the championship again over Tsinghua University. Liu Yutong scored 33 points, 11 rebounds, or MVP; In the final of CUBAL women’s basketball in 2023, Liu Yutong scored 25 points and 9 rebounds, however, Beijing Normal University was defeated by Huazhong University of Science and Technology and failed to win the championship. Liu Yutong also ended the journey of college basketball. In fact, due to the outstanding physical conditions, Liu Yutong has no rivals on the stage of college basketball.

Chengdu Universiade is Liu Yutong’s “gas station” before entering WCBA. She also hopes to show her characteristics through this stage. The title of the champion of a Universiade is bound to give her a good starting point for her upcoming WCBA career. But objectively speaking, on the WCBA stage, Liu Yutong will face completely different challenges. Physical fitness and ball rights are completely different from what she encountered in college basketball.

Liu Yutong also fought in the WCBA league, which was in the 2021-22 season. Liu Yutong once fought with professional players on behalf of the women’s basketball of China University Sports Association. The game that can explain the problem is to play against Inner Mongolia Women’s basketball, because there are Li Yuelu in the Inner Mongolia team. The outside world thinks that Liu Yutong and Li Yuelu’s overall style are similar. In that game, Liu Yutong played for 30 minutes, only 3 out of 13 shots, 3 out of defensive rebound, 11 points; Li Yuelu only played 20 points, 8 out of 6, 5 rebounds, get 16 points. Moreover, in the final match, Inner Mongolia won the College Sports Association team 97-47 women’s basketball.

It can be seen that Liu Yutong still has a long way to go in the professional arena. However, Liu Yutong had her two-year-old teammate Han Xu among the women’s basketball in Sichuan, and the latter would help her avoid many detours. In addition, Liu Yu tongtiansheng has a bright and straightforward character. She believes that she is still one of the players deeply liked by fans in the new season WCBA.