Take the undefeated 2016 Chino Hills team which will probably have at least 3 NBA level players in Lonzo, Lamelo and Onyeka Okongwu and they probably at least beat them by minimum 20 points. No. Blackwell averaged 15 points and 10.2 rebounds in 79 games the past three seasons at Missouri. It was an exhibition, but the U.S. starting lineup included Olympic champions Sue Bird, Diana Taurasi, Sylvia Fowles and Seimone Augustus. Toledo Men vs UConn Women - 1001 Simulations. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. Ski and Snowboard. But even though I like the Bruins, Im not certain that theres a mid-major team that can play ultimate spoiler or go on a huge run during the NCAA Tournament. 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Olympic calibur women lose to high school level boys in every objectively measured sport, it's really just a matter of if you think the women's strategies are more effective than the men's teams to overcome their athletic disadvantage. TikTok video from Brian Shapiro (@ptlvegas): "Male VS Female debate: Could a WNBA team beat a men's college basketball team? Its easy to take a glimpse at Ohio States rsum and write this team off entirely, particularly with just two games left in an otherwise wasted regular season. Princeton appears to have settled in, playing like the preseason favorite over the last month, but Columbia, Harvard and Penn have all beaten up on each other this year, creating some drama around that automatic bid. All content 2000-2023 RealGM, L.L.C. Coyne Schofield is the latest U.S. Winter Olympic star to announce a pregnancy. Baylor had a reduced roster and lost its first two Big 12 games last season, but still went on to win their 12th consecutive conference title in Collen's debut. To believe that any of 2023's neo-contenders can become bonafide champs over the next few months is to believe that a once-in-a-quarter-century occurrence is about to transpire. Elana Meyers Taylor, the most decorated U.S. Olympic bobsledder in history with medals in all five of her Olympic events, announced in November that she had her second son,Noah. Silver 2007 X Games But even if UConn wins the Big East, I have a hard time seeing the Huskies ending up as a No. There will be no Big 12 regular-season title for the Baylor women for the first time in 13 seasons, and the Bears won't get to open the NCAA Tournament on their home court as had pretty much become a given over the past decade. 1 North Carolina in November, and has shot just shy of 40% from the field. Jun 23, 2021. But could another in March? Gold 2011 Worlds "We're not talented enough to not show up and give everything we've got, and to be on task, and know our assignments and execute," Collen said. Like what if you took one of the top WNBA team and they played a decent mid major college team like Akron or Mid Tenn or a team like that, on a neutral court, who would win? Penny and Blue have something to share with you! By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. 1 U.S. goalie at last years Olympics, had a daughter on Christmas. After playing baseball for two seasons on the JV team at North County High School in Glen Burnie, Md., Skylar Kaplan was confidentas were her teammates and her summer travel team . Silver 2006 Olympics The reality is there are only four real contenders. Follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram to get the latest updates on LSU Football and Recruiting. All year long, the advanced metrics have liked Ohio State (12-17), even when the losses continued to pile up amid one of the toughest schedules in the country. The Toledo Rockets out of the Mid-American Conference had a season to forget in 2009-10. With just two wins separating the Gaels from a conference title, I love this bet at a plus-money price. Even though Id still favor South Carolina in a potential matchup, that doesnt mean I am not very bullish on what Indiana can accomplish at the Big Ten tournament and beyond. BALL GAME . While the Bulldogs still lead the nation in offensive efficiency (123.4) and rank 10th in adjusted efficiency margin, thats a far cry from the top-two ranking theyve boasted five of the last six years which often leads oddsmakers to price Gonzaga at -400 or better to win this tournament. Zach Hyman and . 9 Texas a B12 title shot, Kentucky women beat Florida in game marred by scuffle. If you love to imagine the planet-exploding battles of the fictional gods who will never be, taking pointless knowledge gathered from a life spent reading and gaming and swinging it like a gladiator's sword in discussions on reddit then welcome home, my friend. Scientists push for an agreement, Legislature passes bill requiring police to perform lethality assessment for domestic violence calls, Man with history of speeding charged in fatal motorcycle-pedestrian crash, Salt Lake releases water from Parleys Canyon reservoirs over possible flood risks, Storm's second wave heads for Utah, possibly adding 1-3 feet of mountain snow. Yes, the top two Louisiana high school 5A boys teams would beat every womens college team. Gold 2022 Olympics Loyola Marymount also benefits from a top-four seed, meaning it needs just one win to set up a duel with Saint Marys on Monday. Terms and conditions apply. I wont be surprised to see another outright loss on Wednesday. not even the Indiana Fever. men, just by nature, are much, much, better equipped to play a sport like basketball than women. Top kvash37 Pro Prospect Posts: 840 And1: 367 Joined: Jul 07, 2009 Re: WNBA champions vs best men's high school team? Saint Mary's has been a top-10 team all year long thanks in large part to its stifling defense, which limits easy scoring chances and attacks the glass with reckless abandon. Fourth 2018 Olympics Orangutan South Bend Simian Joined Apr 17, 2014 Messages 5,813 For Stanford, Hannah Jump and Brooke Demetre would have to get going, and Brink would need to stay out of foul trouble. Favorite us! Using our college basketball simulation engine , we had the UConn women play the UT men 1,001 times. Indeed it would probably beat the best WNBA team. Gonzagas biggest loss in WCC play each of the last two years has come against Saint Marys, and I just dont have a lot of faith in the Zags defense or their supporting cast around star scorer Drew Timme. A hyped crowd, a game-winning shot and Caitlin Clark heroics make for historic day at Iowa. Physiological differences between men and women mean that the women are just not as fast, strong, or jump as high as men. We've compiled all the statistics that comprise the Lady Huskies 2009-10 unblemished season. Gold 2007 Worlds Those confusing losses to DePaul and Nebraska are far in the rearview; the current iteration of Maryland is a defensive juggernaut that walls off the paint, gets out in transition and rolls off double-digit scoring runs in the blink of an eye. If you took the best AAU basketball team they'd beat the wnba. "I think she's that good, who would give us an interior presence offensively, that gave us a toughness. The best WNBA team wouldn't beat a good high school men's team. The Storm, led by 6'5 187 lb. Watch the highlights from the Kentucky/Wisconsin game tonight and you will see why the womens team stands no chance. But hey, Notre Dame won the ACC, so kudos to us. Re: Would a Top WNBA team beat a good college bball team? It wouldn't even be remotely close. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. I had this debate many times since Brittney Griner was at Baylor and I am a Baylor alumni. Voepel covers the WNBA, women's college basketball, and other college sports for espnW. You could take the WNT and it still wouldn't be competitive. The Lady Vols have had some quality losses this season, and theyve been in basically every game theyve played this year for 30-ish minutes. Abby Meyers and Brinae Alexander are shooting the lights out, and I dont have words to explain how frustrating it must be to have Shyanne Sellers guarding you. HS freshman aren't as tall as WNBA players. Coyne Schofield, 30 and a three-time Olympic medalist, will presumably miss the world championship in April in Canada, where the U.S. will look to win a global tournament for the first time since the 2019 Worlds. The reasons for their failure may have been inherent to the whole project. She dominated the NCAA and is pretty dominant in the WNBA. MORE: U.S. 33 basketball teams get one chance to qualify for Olympics. 10 Gonzaga, More to do: Utah Valley clinches WAC title share with win over UT Arlington, No. Close. Any decent high school team could beat a WNBA team. The computers generated a winning percentage and points per game average for both teams. I don't mean to think of males as always superior, but women's centers are 6'8, and they wouldnt be able to stop anyone inside. We wont see top seeds Gonzaga or Saint Marys until Monday, and it feels like a near-certainty on paper that one of those two teams will be cutting down the nets on Tuesday. As a team, UConn shot under 30 percent from the floor and under 25 percent from beyond the arc, but they did convert some free throws and created more turnovers than the Rockets. After having three players selected in the WNBA draft last year, including two-time Big 12 player of the year NaLyssa Smith and Queen Egbo in the first 10 picks, the Bears went into this season with eight newcomers. The Ducks, led by senior triple-double machine Sabrina Ionescu, became the second college team to beat the U.S. after Tennessee's 65-64 win in 1999. Given the most recent injury news out of Storrs (Dorka Juhsz missing Mondays game with an ankle sprain) and that Azzi Fudd is still participating in only warm-ups, Im just not certain this team will have the depth to get through the Big East tournament unscathed. Boy this board is in love with the hypotheticals today. The Gaels actually rank two spots higher in net efficiency thanks to their stellar defense, which held the Zags to two of their worst offensive outputs all year in these teams two meetings in the regular season. Sabreena: From a historical perspective, I have an eye on the SEC. Just like the college team, the high school team would have height and speed on the women. UConn shocked the computers when they managed to win nearly 29 percent of the games against the Rockets. Now a college teams going through an NBA season would be complete garbage but they could win a few games under the right circumstances. But if the Gamecocks run into a team that gets hot from long range and can slow Bostons interior production, that could be a winning combination. A nationally ranked boys high school basketball team would probably beat a WNBA team. After 70 wins the question was a C&C Music Factory, "hmmmm." Which conference tournament has you most intrigued? But I think we're talented enough to beat anyone.". Some of them are genetic freaks like 6"5' which is really tall for a girl. A full box score is here. When I played on my high school team, we had a record of something like 5-20. Ohio only. Notre Dame won the regular-season title (though the obvious caveat of Olivia Miles health is in play), but I think Virginia Tech is playing the best of any team in the conference, and North Carolina also has its full starting lineup back with some ground to make up in the minds of the selection committee. It would be like 999/1000 times. I hope that all the players and Iowa State fans can find it in their hearts to forgive me. Could Monica Czinano and Hannah Stuelke be enough of a force inside to slow down the Gamecocks if Caitlin Clark gets going and puts up triple-double numbers? Estimated read time: 4-5 1, 2023 10:44 p.m. EST. haha what? The Bears won all three of their national championships in Mulkey's 21 seasons. In Wednesdays mens snowboard cross at worlds, Austrian Jakob Dusek prevailed over German Martin Nrland Italian Omar Visintin. By subscribing, you acknowledge and agree to KSL.com's, they lost to No. a all star team from an average gym could beat a buncha girls. The very top boys' HS teams would crush them. I would love to see a bunch of 10th graders take on a WNBA team. This is just about the most balanced team in the country offensively with Mackenzie Holmes and Grace Berger generating offense from the post and the perimeter, and oodles of shooters surrounding them in Sydney Parrish, Yarden Garzon and Sara Scalia. Gold 2011 X Games But they are still missing 5-foot-11 playmaker Aijha Blackwell and 6-foot forward Dre'Una Edwards, a former Pac-12 freshman of the year with Utah who didn't get a waiver from Kentucky after being there the last three years. Twice. A subreddit dedicated to NBA news and discussion. She owns 16 individual gold medals and 19 individual medals overall among the biennial world championships (the last in 2017), the annual X Games, which stopped holding snowboard cross competitions after 2016, and the Olympics. Sabreena: Florida Gulf Coast may not have Kierstan Bell or another WNBA first-round prospect this year, but the Eagles still have Karl Smesko, and that means theyll play the most modern offense possible. For the first time, we have added a women's team to our college basketball simulation engine . Either way, Im riding with the best team in this conference and the one thats given Gonzaga the most trouble this year. Why we are expecting a low-scoring affair between two expl Mike McCarthy shreds ex-Cowboys coordinator after firing, Patrick Mahomes' wife posts cozy couple's pic during Joe Rogan drama, Hoops star twins mock NCAA after 1st name-in-likeness punishment: 'Be f--king for real', NFL prospect driving recklessly in crash that killed teammate, staffer: cops, Surging Knicks destroy Nets in statement victory, Patrick Kane well worth the struggle to bring him to Broadway, PGA Tour becoming like LIV Golf after latest schedule changes, Dodgers' biggest problem isn't their new shortstop deficit, 'Disgraceful' Meghan, Harry 'provoked' King Charles to evict them: royal expert, 11-year-old reads aloud from 'pornographic' book he checked out from library at school board meeting. In my book, experience plus momentum is usually a pretty good equation for some March Magic when it comes to mid-majors. I think a team like Simeon in Chicago this year could beat a WNBA All-Star team. She towers over everyone else in the WNBA and she is shorter than Jonas Jerebko and as thin as a rail. 2023 NYP Holdings, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Even at UConn (my alma-mater) the practice squad can easily beat the women. potatococ. Azeez (13.5 sacks in 24 career games) and last year's first-round pick Kayvon Thibodeaux (four sacks) could benefit from another stud outside linebacker in rotation. Chantel: Belmont. Sure, they lost the championship, but if that game is played again on a . The Ivy League has also been interesting this season. More fair question would be something like best WNBA team vs. Division 2 or 3 College teams. Ionescu, who scored 30 points, is also a two-time reigning U.S. national champion in 33, a new Olympic event, making her a possible choice for either Olympic team. ", AP women's college basketball: https://apnews.com/hub/womens-college-basketball and https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-womens-college-basketball-poll and https://twitter.com/AP\_Top25. The Peabody Warhorses would make the UConn Lady Huskies their bitches. The Toledo Rockets can hold their heads up high knowing their winning percentage in these 1,001 simulations was five times better than their efforts during the 2009-10 regular season. Four interesting reader viewpoints to follow . Iowa State senior Caleb Grill was released from the team on Wednesday, less than a week before the Big 12 tournament was set to kick off, for failing to meet the programs expectations, the Cyclones announced. You think they would have trouble with a a womens team? It's only the second time a college has knocked off Team USA dating back to 1999, when. Edit: boysvswomen.com if you doubt my claim. But Juhsz specifically sat Monday to be ready for the tournament, and as long as the current starting five plus Caroline Ducharme are good to go, I think this group has enough to get the job done in what is basically their backyard at Mohegan Sun. If the USWNT can regularly lose to high school kids why wouldn't a random WNBA team lose too. like the video to. When Mike Terry was assigned to the WNBA beat in 2001, the stars seemed aligned. On Tuesday night, head coach Jon Scheyer's first Duke basketball team held on to beat the visiting NC State Wolfpack (22-9, 12-8 ACC), 71-67.Once again, with the help of the loud-as-ever Cameron . Wisconsin is a strong team defense, slow down, good shooting team and they got beat by pure athleticism by a team that starts 5 freshmen. 1 seed when its all said and done, which brings me to my last question. 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