Before saying they would be killed by any college basketball team, just remember Grambling went 0-28 last year, and would be a 37-40 point underdog to any tournament bubble team. But lets not get too far ahead of ourselves because with parity across conferences seemingly at an all-time high (we say this every year, no?) 21st 2002 X Games MERCH: brettmaes.comi turn 21 next Wednesday :)SC/IG/TT: brettmaes The WNBA is a tough first year transition for even the best college players. To nobodys surprise, Gonzaga (-145) enters this tournament as the favorite for the umpteenth time after winning it nine of the last 10 years and 18 times in 23 tries since head coach Mark Few took over in 1999. She stepped up, she knocked down big shots.". 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. 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. According to WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert, expansion discussions could begin in earnest next year. (Top photo of Mackenzie Holmes: Andy Lyons / Getty Images). Fifth 2019 Worlds They could def beat a HS team lol, just by knowledge of the game. Sure, they lost the championship, but if that game is played again on a . Here's an interesting article on the subject. Yeah, I know, A'ja Wilson kicked butt. Some of them are big pieces that haven't been able to play. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. Yes. Im a big fan (and proponent) of all things #Pac12AfterDark so I would prefer chaos out of that conference. The NBA isn't the NFL. 7 Baylor on Saturday in its final game of the regular season. pic.twitter.com/hw3lziRiwS, Kendall Coyne Schofield (@KendallCoyne) March 1, 2023. New customers only. Post #44 by kvash37 Wed Mar 30, 2016 3:56 am Yes, score would be something like 120-24. Yes, the top two Louisiana high school 5A boys teams would beat every womens college team. Athleticism is too important in basketball. March Madness excitement builds as top teams set their sights on a national championship. Voepel began covering women's basketball in 1984, and has been with ESPN since 1996. 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. Yes, those teams couldnt finish the job. 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. 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. We've received your submission. 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. He then transferred to UNLV, and back to Iowa State when Otzelberger was hired before the 2021-22 season. Her five career world championships gold medals in snowboard cross were already a record for total medals of any color in a single snowboard event at worlds. We've already seen Ohio State score outright home upsets . 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. 1 Year Quarters: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=se-2Z. Chantel: Yeah, youre not going to beat South Carolina by going bucket-for-bucket in the paint. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. 20th 2001 X Games Their current three-game winning streak followed a four-game skid, the longest for the Bears since losing 11 in a row on way to a 7-20 record in 1999-2000, the season before Kim Mulkey became their coach. Of course they would, but why compare the two? this is poor banter, Above average HS team? College teams wins. We've received your submission. Silver 2006 Olympics There arent that many mid-majors making noise this season, but are there any teams outside of the Top 25 that you might tune in to watch during conference tournament season? He put up 31 points in the Cyclones' win over then-No. 1 seed when its all said and done, which brings me to my last question. Stewart's usage rate is 27.5, right in line with her career norm of 26.9, but she's cut her turnover percentage from 13.0 last year and a career rate of 11.9 entering this year to just 5.8 . Phelan M. Ebenhack/Associated Press Friday night marks the beginning to the WNBA's 25th. After reaching as high as No. Girls basketball is so much worse than men's basketball. Lol real question? Gold 2005 Worlds MORE: U.S. 33 basketball teams get one chance to qualify for Olympics. Using our college basketball simulation engine , we had the UConn women play the UT men 1,001 times. The boys are taller, stronger, and faster. Unfortunately, I said something that I regret which has cost me the opportunity to finish out my dream at Iowa State. 1 seed Saint Marys is a key reason why. Ski and Snowboard. In between those games, the Bears lost by 19 and 21 points on the road to teams below them in the Big 12 standings. 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. The Kansas native has missed three games with a back injury this season. Ohio only. 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. Chantel: Good question. Sabreena: Hang on, Ive got some Maryland/Indiana thoughts. What women is stopping a even under sized big down low ? Their only advantage might be that the women play professionally so their coaching and play strategy might be better. I want to see if they can push that to 40. 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. 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. The fact that the SEC has two teams ranked in the top four, and thats it for SEC ranked teams feels a bit off to me. 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. More fair question would be something like best WNBA team vs. Division 2 or 3 College teams. Baylor (19-10, 10-7 Big 12) won 63-54 at 12th-ranked Texas on Monday, holding the Longhorns to a season low in points, ending their 12-game home winning streak and preventing them from clinching at least a share of the Big 12 title in front of their fans. high school has the size advantage, have you seen the rosters on any of the top 100 high school teams?? Peacock airs live coverage of the world freestyle skiing and snowboarding championships. The . Britney Griner is one of, if not the tallest woman in the WNBA at 6'8" (and she doesn't play for the Lynx). After 70 wins the question was a C&C Music Factory, "hmmmm." 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. A top HS team probably beats them. What the Terrapins did to Iowa was as impressive a performance as Ive seen all year, and the perfect example of a team peaking at the right time. Plus, the Atlantic Sun has two teams currently on double-digit winning streaks, which would make a Gulf Coast/Liberty final a real treat. Coyne Schofield is the latest U.S. Winter Olympic star to announce a pregnancy. Duality underpins practically everything about the brief existence of the KD, Harden and Kyrie Nets. Favorite us! Anderson, 32, plans to return to competition in late 2023 and try for one more Olympics, a fourth for her, in 2026,according toPeople. After thanking fans, teammates and coaches, Grill revealed his struggles with mental health. Anybody in the tournament they could have defeated? WNBA MVP Elena Delle Donne, Brittney Griner, Tina Charles and Breanna Stewart were not part of the four-game, eight-day college tour. 1 South Carolina. It would be like 999/1000 times. Gold 2011 X Games 2 seeds for the Final Four, but I wonder if this might be the year thats different. 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. Close. Pure athleticism will counter out any amount of fundamentals, especially when the fundamentals don't include the ability to dunk. Elite HS team? Lindsey Jacobellis becomes oldest world championships medalist in snowboard Mikaela Shiffrin resumes World Cup wins record chase this weekend. 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. 1 North Carolina in November, and has shot just shy of 40% from the field. Villanova guard Justin Moore (5) looks to pass around Seton Hall guard Femi Odukale during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023, in Newark, N.J. Villanova won 76-72. . Regardless of whether she requests a waiver for an additional year of eligibility, Soares has made her case for the WNBA. 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. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. 1 U.S. goalie at last years Olympics, had a daughter on Christmas. 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. They hadn't even lost three in a row since March 2008. However, for a team that could match up physically (I'm looking at you, Stanford Cam Brink and Lauren Betts), there's now more of a roadmap than there was even when these two teams faced . Unquestionably. Jackson was instrumental in the Storm's success in 2010 in winning her third WNBA . I think any state champion would smoke the best women's college basketball team. 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Post#1 by rcp002 Sun Mar 17, 2013 10:14 am, Post#2 by Jake0890 Sun Mar 17, 2013 11:37 am, Post#3 by Tyrone Luton Mon Mar 18, 2013 8:21 am, Post#4 by wiff Thu Mar 21, 2013 3:26 pm, Post#5 by FlutieX Fri Mar 22, 2013 6:25 pm, Post#6 by Chocobanana Fri Mar 22, 2013 9:01 pm, Post#7 by CBB_Fan Tue Apr 9, 2013 7:15 pm, Post#8 by Kembastockton Tue Apr 23, 2013 9:35 pm, Post#9 by Alienware Tue May 14, 2013 1:14 pm, Post#10 by Jory04 Tue May 14, 2013 2:25 pm, Post#11 by tsherkin Sat Jul 13, 2013 11:11 pm, Post#12 by miltk Sun Jul 14, 2013 2:01 am, Post#13 by TheToothFairy Mon Aug 5, 2013 4:52 pm, Post#14 by APacoJ Tue Nov 12, 2013 11:48 pm, Post#15 by HeartBreakKid Wed Nov 13, 2013 5:50 am, Post#16 by JN Tue Nov 19, 2013 5:08 pm, Post#17 by JN Tue Nov 19, 2013 5:20 pm, Post#18 by Johnlac1 Sat Nov 23, 2013 11:32 pm. Athleticism is too important in basketball. 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. No. Here are the odds to win the 2023 WCC Tournament courtesy of FanDuel and our best bet to win it: 21+. 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. Copyright @2023 TigerDroppings.com. This is a much better conference than in recent years, with five teams projected to make the NCAA Tournament in ESPNs latest bracketology. Tools and Resources Used by Real General Managers. If they are as good as advertised, Geno Auriemma's squad should at least be able to hang with a division one men's basketball team. She dominated the NCAA and is pretty dominant in the WNBA. 10 seed South Dakota in the second round of the NCAA Tournament, https://apnews.com/hub/womens-college-basketball, https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-womens-college-basketball-poll, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi edges Texas A&M-Commerce 93-88, Timme scores 17 in potential home finale for No. The Storm, led by 6'5 187 lb. 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. The only thing is everyone can then study your lines! Jacobellis said with a laugh, according to U.S. even at a collegiate level. That's not a putdown of the WNBA, it's just a fact. haha what? 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. 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. Which conference tournament has you most intrigued? A full box score is here. To appeal to the cynics who think this example is complete hogwash, we simulated the Lady Huskies against the National Champion Duke Blue Devils. The last few weeks have given teams a bit of a roadmap in how to play South Carolina close. Could they do it? Sabreena: Hopefully, these age better than our midseason roundtable. 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