Sabreena: Its finally March, Chantel, and I think the question everyone has on their minds with the start of the tournaments is: Can anyone challenge South Carolina? 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Jacobellis said with a laugh, according to U.S. This is where our hypothetical "Battle of the Sexes" hits the courts for the first time. Taking top 5 in the US vs WNBA, who knows? That's the beauty of a high-risk, high-reward system. Regardless of whether she requests a waiver for an additional year of eligibility, Soares has made her case for the WNBA. If you took the high school boy's national champion and pit them against the WNBA champion, the Minnesota Lynx, the boys would win 9/10 times. During that four-game losing streak last month, the Bears had consecutive overtime losses at home to Top 25 teams Oklahoma and Iowa State. Unfortunately, I said something that I regret which has cost me the opportunity to finish out my dream at Iowa State. Estimated read time: 4-5 And after Sundays win over Illinois which snapped this teams nine-game losing streak the Buckeyes ranked fifth in adjusted efficiency among all teams with a losing record. You can't throw a bunch of college players together who aren't used to playing with each other and expect them to beat a WNBA team. Its unclear what specifically led to Grills removal from the team. What level of mens basketball could UCONN's womens team beat? 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. Meteorological winter brought Utah heavy snowfall. 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 . 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. Athleticism is too important in basketball. Watch the highlights from the Kentucky/Wisconsin game tonight and you will see why the womens team stands no chance. 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. With Smith, Egbo and Jordan Lewis gone to the WNBA, the Bears added three freshmen and four Division I transfers to the roster. Sabreena: I think this is a big week for LSU. Yes, score would be something like 120-24. 1 and No. EDIT: And here are some photos to underline my point. Moore-McNeil is the only IU player playing 33-plus minutes? Just like the college team, the high school team would have height and speed on the women. They were a massive disappointment, yes, but also so transcendent for brief moments. The Storm, led by 6'5 187 lb. 1 Year Quarters: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=se-2Z. Granted, some would think UConn's two percent chance of winning is far-fetched, but I think most would agree that so were Butler's chances of reaching Indianapolis. Lord knows what past teams like 2019 LSU and 2013 FSU wouldve done. Either way, Im riding with the best team in this conference and the one thats given Gonzaga the most trouble this year. The reality is there are only four real contenders. But even if UConn wins the Big East, I have a hard time seeing the Huskies ending up as a No. Yes, Whatifsports.com can accommodate that request. Most of these kids are 17/18 and could probably play in the nba. Bronze 2023 Worlds, Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on Flipboard (Opens in new window), Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window), Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window). But could another in March? You think they would have trouble with a a womens team? While everyone was commenting about the hair, or the funny actions on the court, it was a way for me to get out of that state of mind and feel like me being myself instead of the dark place I have been in this season. this is poor banter, Above average HS team? Or could a top flight JV men's team beat a WNBA team. Answer (1 of 9): Easy. Edit: boysvswomen.com if you doubt my claim. Rounding out the top 10 teams to watch are Indiana, Notre Dame, UCLA, Utah, and Iowa. They hadn't even lost three in a row since March 2008. Yes, the top two Louisiana high school 5A boys teams would beat every womens college team. The Cyclones, despite their recent struggles, are still widely expected to make the NCAA tournament. Toledo Men vs UConn Women - 1001 Simulations. If opposing teams let Souley Boum get cooking, goodnight. The Lady Huskies, on the other hand, may want to start thinking about an exhibition game for charity against an all-male college basketball team. 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. Kentucky owned the paint and rebounding against a team with very good fundamentals by being bigger and stronger. Chantel: I, for one, am excited to see how all our predictions come to pass. I was really excited to be able to get on the podium here, its always a big challenge just to make it into finals, so Im very happy with myself.. The top American men wereNick Baumgartner andSenna Leith, who were eliminated in the quarterfinals. even at a collegiate level. TeammateAlex Cavallini, the No. For sake of comparison, we are going to give the nod to Gonzaga over Baylor for college basketball's best team in 2021. Sabreena: As much as I want to predict chaos, I cant see the Big East tournament ending any way but with UConn cutting down nets. The Ducks beat Team USA, 93-86, on their home floor to open an already ridiculously hyped year. The hypothetical man versus woman matchup is nothing new in sports. For the first time, we have added a women's team to our college basketball simulation engine . Company Overview The WNBA -- which features 12 teams and is the most successful women's professional team sports league in the world -- is a unique global sports property combining competition . Julius Randle was able to dominate the 7 foot tall Big 10 player of the year, Frank Kominsky, and there is not a WNBA player who could hold a candle to him in any basketball skill. You could take the WNT and it still wouldn't be competitive. Any mens high scholl basketball team that is competetive enough to win a state high school tournament in one of the 15 biggest states in the US could easily wreck the best WNBA team ever. Buggs grew a lot. Gold 2014 X Games I want to see if they can push that to 40. The Lions are an experienced group that shoot the ball well, crash the defensive boards and defend the 3-point line, which is a strong formula for knocking off the trigger-happy teams atop the bracket. Sabreena: Hilariously, we find ourselves in the same conference. Collen was head coach of the WNBA's Atlanta Dream before she was hired by Baylor after Mulkey returned to her home state to become coach at LSU, now the third-ranked team and with its only loss coming against No. Fourth 2018 Olympics 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. 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. Now, if you were talking an WNBA All-Star team, you MIGHT be able to field a team that could compete with a high-level HS team, or even an average college team (assuming they could play like a mid-major team and just shoot a ton of threes to win), but NEVER a good or college team. It wouldn't even be remotely close. ", 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. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. Could they do it? Now, as to whether a WNBA all-star team could beat college men: I will grant that "regular" DI/DII men's teams should win, but you'd be surprised how terrible some DIII men's squads. I think it would be more interesting to know what the lowest level of mens team could beat a pro womens team. The Dons are a high-variance bunch that attempt 49% of their shots from deep the third-most by any team in the country. Gold 2003 X Games Grill's dismissal is surprising both due to the fact that the season is almost over and that he has a long history with Otzelberger. The reasons for their failure may have been inherent to the whole project. 2 seeds for the Final Four, but I wonder if this might be the year thats different. That's not a putdown of the WNBA, it's just a fact. 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. New customers only. Lindsey Jacobellis becomes oldest world championships medalist in snowboard Mikaela Shiffrin resumes World Cup wins record chase this weekend. Gold 2005 X Games 22 TCU wins 75-73 to deny No. March Madness excitement builds as top teams set their sights on a national championship. 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. 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. The athleticism gap is huge. They could def beat a HS team lol, just by knowledge of the game. Indeed it would probably beat the best WNBA team. The men could only eek out four wins the entire season as they counted on a roster consisting of mainly freshman. They also improved their home record to a surprising 9-6 mark, which comes in sharp contrast to this teams 3-11 record on the road. Chantel: Ditto. WNBA MVP Elena Delle Donne, Brittney Griner, Tina Charles and Breanna Stewart were not part of the four-game, eight-day college tour. 20th 2001 X Games My high school's 4x400m record is better than the women's world record, and everyone at my high school is white. A top flight boys basketball high school could win the WNBA. Weve already seen Ohio State score outright home upsets over Rutgers, Iowa and now Illinois, with the latter two wins coming by 16 and 12 points, respectively. ", Caleb Grill (@caleb_grill0) March 1, 2023. As for not beating overseas teams, Harvard just beat Japans national . But hey, Notre Dame won the ACC, so kudos to us. A .500 high school team in Arkansas's 3rd biggest classification would probably run roughshod against all but the best women's teams. What's the best NCAA team you think the WNBA team could beat, then? 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. Lol real question? 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. https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/xyjeek/you-will-get-beat-down-the-men-who-practice-with-the-wnba, Mikey Williams gonna dunk on any and every WNBA bigs. 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. original sound - Brian Shapiro. Try a week on us. Girls basketball is so much worse than men's basketball. "But we have to be the best version of ourselves.". When Mike Terry was assigned to the WNBA beat in 2001, the stars seemed aligned. Subscribe to The Athletic for in-depth coverage of your favorite players, teams, leagues and clubs. 21+ and present in OH. I think the bulk of the madness this year will come from all the power conferences beating up on one another with the 6 or 7 seeds being more dangerous than theyve been in awhile. She stepped up, she knocked down big shots.". Whatifsports.com has also taken into account, during these simulations, the physical make-up of the women; being that on average they are smaller than the men they will be facing. "We've proven that this group can win," second-year Bears coach Nicki Collen said. If the USWNT can regularly lose to high school kids why wouldn't a random WNBA team lose too. 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. 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. Coyne Schofield is the latest U.S. Winter Olympic star to announce a pregnancy. Physiological differences between men and women mean that the women are just not as fast, strong, or jump as high as men. Her foul trouble against Iowa was a huge reason the Hoosiers had such difficulty reining in Clark. 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. Coyne Schofield is married to Chicago Bears offensive linemanMichael Schofield. 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We are not making it all up in our heads, thinking well of Kris Dunn because we want to: he has real talents to bring, and a body that for the time being will allow him to use them. The computers generated a winning percentage and points per game average for both teams. All rights reserved. And part of that comes from the fact that there just seemed to be so many more injuries this season, which impacted records, and if those teams can get healthy by the tournament, then their records/seedings might not reflect whats actually in the cupboard. UConn, despite playing the Gamecocks tight, has had its own scoring woes without Azzi Fudd. The Bears won all three of their national championships in Mulkey's 21 seasons. So, \_()_/. Close. 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? Gold 2015 X Games If those shots are falling, we could see a surprise run from this group. Gambling Problem? 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. The question of the day: Could the best college basketball team beat the worst NBA team? 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. Ole Miss pushed the Gamecocks into overtime, UConn (with six bodies) drove them to the brink. The Tigers fell flat on their faces the first time they faced off against South Carolina no shame, considering thats what happens to most teams but getting another date with the Gamecocks, and at least playing it close, could go a long way in preparing LSU for whats to come later in the NCAA Tournament. Follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram to get the latest updates on LSU Football and Recruiting. 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. edit: forgot the w in wnba, changes it a little. I honestly don't think the best wnba team could beat the best high school men's basketball team. She towers over everyone else in the WNBA and she is shorter than Jonas Jerebko and as thin as a rail. The U.S. has played 44 games against NCAA teams since 1995. Our starting line-up went: I think the elite wnba teams could handle a bad college team. But yeah the OP's question is silly. MERCH: brettmaes.comi turn 21 next Wednesday :)SC/IG/TT: brettmaes Ohio State, Stanford, LSU, and UConn are all projected to go deep into the tournament. Chantel: Belmont. Can the Best WNBA Team Beat the Worst NBA Team? However, for a team that could match up physically (Im looking at you, Stanford Cam Brink and Lauren Betts), theres now more of a roadmap than there was even when these two teams faced off in November. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. Mark Salomon Knows a wide variety of random sports stuff Author has 10K answers and 3M answer views Updated 2 y The better boys' HS teams would play competitively with and often beat WNBA teams. SOCIAL MEDIA. Chantel: While I still have the Gamecocks as my national championship pick, Im slightly less confident than I was a few months ago. If youre looking for another long shot, keep an eye on San Francisco. My thoughts are this could be answered in one of the 4 other posts over the last 2 days that ask the same question. I havent even yet mentioned Duke, which was leading the ACC up until the final game of the regular season and can put the clamps on just about any team in the country, or Florida State, which beat the Tar Heels and the Blue Devils during conference play. Twice. I wont be surprised to see another outright loss on Wednesday. Canada is the reigning Olympic champion and two-time reigning world champion. He tallied his 12th 20-point performance of the season in the win over the Pirates, scoring 23 points while going 5-for-8 from downtown. Kellie Harper has two weeks to get her players better and find the right buttons to push, but I think if Jordan Horston can fill her stat line and not just from a scoring perspective this could be a team that shows the SEC shouldve gotten more respect during the regular season from voters. Re: Would a Top WNBA team beat a good college bball team? A nationally ranked boys high school basketball team would probably beat a WNBA team. She has plans to return to the national team when the time is right, a representative said. Here's an interesting article on the subject. Not that a college team could ever beat an NFL team, but there is never going to be one of these All-Star games of sorts. The two-time NAIA Player of the Year made an immediate impact at Iowa State, catching the eye of WNBA teams before suffering an ACL tear 13 games into the season. Updated Mar. Best way to see this play out is probably that women's college teams practice against a 'practice squad' team that usually consists of decent men players selected from a tryout. Sabreena: Hang on, Ive got some Maryland/Indiana thoughts. Jacobellis made her first podium of any kind since sweeping the individual and Olympic team golds last February. Four interesting reader viewpoints to follow . The women can't score and can't rebound. Probably not. It feels strange to say that the Hoosiers have great depth considering they only play six players, but after last season, six players feels like serious depth for this team. 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. re: can a top flight boys high school basketball team beat most any womans college team? Defending champion South Carolina has the personnel and experience to repeat. 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Darianna Littlepage-Buggs, named Big 12 freshman of the week for the seventh time earlier that day, had 19 points and 13 rebounds for Baylor, now 4-0 on the road against Top 25 teams. More fair question would be something like best WNBA team vs. Division 2 or 3 College teams. 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. 10 Gonzaga, More to do: Utah Valley clinches WAC title share with win over UT Arlington, No. Gold 2011 Worlds there are sure to be some surprises. After 65 wins, the question started off as a hypothetical one. Thanks for contacting us. Both times they lost: 5-0 and 3-0. He put up 31 points in the Cyclones' win over then-No. TikTok video from Brian Shapiro (@ptlvegas): "Male VS Female debate: Could a WNBA team beat a men's college basketball team? To appeal to the cynics who think this example is complete hogwash, we simulated the Lady Huskies against the National Champion Duke Blue Devils. College basketball conference tournament season has officially arrived as the calendar flips to March, and while the WCC Tournament isnt the first to tip off this postseason, itll be easily the biggest one to date when it officially starts on Thursday. Which conference tournament has you most intrigued? Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving, Karl-Anthony Towns, Kawhi Leonard, Anthony Davis and Brandon Ingram will play outsized roles in how their respective teams close the season. 1, 2023 10:44 p.m. EST. Chantel: Yeah, youre not going to beat South Carolina by going bucket-for-bucket in the paint. Iowa State senior Caleb Grill was released from the team on Wednesday, less than a week before the Big 12 tournament was set to . The short answer is that it's possible, but really unlikely. In our first college version of Getting Technical, The Athletics womens basketball writers Sabreena Merchant and Chantel Jennings discuss whats ahead this March. like the video to. Blackwell averaged 15 points and 10.2 rebounds in 79 games the past three seasons at Missouri. She dominated the NCAA and is pretty dominant in the WNBA. Which team has the most to prove during the conference tournaments? Zach Hyman and . 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. Gold 2011 X Games 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. Czech Eva Adamczykov (ne Samkov) earned her second world title, while AustralianJosie Baff, who was two years from being born when Jacobellis made her X Games debut in 2001, bagged silver. The WNBA all stars couldn't beat a small junior college in the middle of nowhere's team. The Ducks, led by senior triple-double machine Sabrina Ionescu, became the second college team to beat the U.S. after Tennessees 65-64 win in 1999. BALL GAME . A decent high school team (+.500 record large school) would be a good match for a WNBA team. Plus, the Atlantic Sun has two teams currently on double-digit winning streaks, which would make a Gulf Coast/Liberty final a real treat. College teams wins. Sabreena: From a historical perspective, I have an eye on the SEC. 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. They have two more games to play in the regular season, but theyre riding a 12-game winning streak. Jacobellis added to her unparalleled record in major championships. Gold 2004 X Games The difference in athletic ability just aren't fair. Coach K's team won 100-percent of the time. Using our college basketball simulation engine , we had the UConn women play the UT men 1,001 times. "We can't just show up, and just be more talented and be deeper, and be all these things. But I am most interested in whats happening in the ACC. potatococ. Ninth 2021 Worlds Is this the first time in a loooooong time that UConn is going to require an at-large bid to get into the big dance? He'd be covering the ascendant Los Angeles Sparks, a team on the precipice of back-to-back championships. *** Skipped 2009 Worlds Gold 2016 X Games I've yet to see a WNBA game where I viewed quality basketball, and given the physical differences, I can't imagine a WNBA team winning against a good Div I guys team. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. Whatifsports.com is just taking that practice to the next level. Im not sure. Wouldnt even be close. No way. Unquestionably. I think a team like Simeon in Chicago this year could beat a WNBA All-Star team. Take any of the final four teams against the Minnesota Lynx(2013 WNBA Champions) and it's not a contest. In between those games, the Bears lost by 19 and 21 points on the road to teams below them in the Big 12 standings. Any other potential Cinderellas we should have an eye on? Orangutan South Bend Simian Joined Apr 17, 2014 Messages 5,813 The purpose of this article is to not only give Joe/Joan Basketballfan the answer he/she has been craving over the last few months, but to also spark discussion and debate as to "what if" these games really did come to fruition. Athleticism is too important in basketball. Phelan M. Ebenhack/Associated Press Friday night marks the beginning to the WNBA's 25th. Regardless of how right (or wrong) we are or come to be, its March, and thats reason enough to celebrate. One day when I am brave enough, I hope to be able to share my story about my mental health and my mental illness I have been battling through all season, he wrote, in part. "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. Other U.S. hockey stars have come back from childbirth to play for the national team, including fellow 2018 Olympic champions Jocelyne Lamoureux-DavidsonandMonique Lamoureux-Morando, plusJenny Potter, who played through the 2002, 2006 and 2010 Olympics as a mom, including the 2007 Worlds less than three months after childbirth. Gold 2010 X Games Jacobellis, 37, took bronze at worlds in Bakuriani, Georgia, on Wednesday. A hyped crowd, a game-winning shot and Caitlin Clark heroics make for historic day at Iowa. All rights reserved. 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