? Fourth 2018 Olympics 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. By subscribing, you acknowledge and agree to KSL.com's, they lost to No. 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. 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. 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. . Thanks for contacting us. "We showed we could play with anybody in the country," junior guard Sarah Andrews said after the Texas game. According to WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert, expansion discussions could begin in earnest next year. Some of them are big pieces that haven't been able to play. Gold 2017Worlds 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. The hypothetical man versus woman matchup is nothing new in sports. March Madness excitement builds as top teams set their sights on a national championship. The difference in athletic ability just aren't fair. A full box score is here. 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. They hadn't even lost three in a row since March 2008. Mick Dierdorff, a two-time U.S. Olympian who won the 2019 World title, raced for the last time in his career at age 31. While Jeudy thinks it would be a great opportunity for the stars. Seton Hall, the worst three-point shooting team in the Big East (31.8%), made 7 of 12 shots from beyond the arc before halftime. 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 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?) 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. Gold 2003 X Games Sabreena: I dont want it to seem like Im diminishing the Hoosiers chances in March just because they lost one game on a buzzer-beater by the potential national player of the year. 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. In four World Cups in the last year, her best finish was fifth. Lindsey Jacobellisbecame the oldest world championships medalist in snowboard cross, one year after becoming the oldest individual Olympic medalist and gold medalist in all of snowboarding. Answer (1 of 9): Easy. 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. When Mike Terry was assigned to the WNBA beat in 2001, the stars seemed aligned. 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? 3 min read. "I think she's that good, who would give us an interior presence offensively, that gave us a toughness. A subreddit dedicated to NBA news and discussion. ", 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 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. *** Skipped 2009 Worlds She stepped up, she knocked down big shots.". 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. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. 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? The boys wouldn't have much height advantage at that age - it would just be a showcase of the difference in pure athleticism. And if the Tigers fail to even get that far, itll be easier for us amateur bracketologists to predict an early exit for them in the Big Dance. Jamie Anderson, a two-time Olympic champion in snowboard slopestyle, is due with her first child. 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. Gold 2005 X Games The women can't score and can't rebound. 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 . Every professional and DI women's basketball team practices against men, and has for years. Using our college basketball simulation engine , we had the UConn women play the UT men 1,001 times. Yes, the top two Louisiana high school 5A boys teams would beat every womens college team. Grill posted a lengthy statement on Twitter later on Wednesday afternoon. 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. From first downs to buzzer beaters, get KSL.coms top sports stories delivered to your inbox weekly. He shot a team-best 38.8% from behind the arc. Not a competition. Unquestionably. During that four-game losing streak last month, the Bears had consecutive overtime losses at home to Top 25 teams Oklahoma and Iowa State. 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. The boys are taller, stronger, and faster. M.A. 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 next finals are Fridays mens and womens snowboard halfpipe. Canada is the reigning Olympic champion and two-time reigning world champion. Estimated read time: 4-5 New customers only. 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. Grill averaged 9.5 points and four rebounds in 25 games this season. What level of mens basketball could UCONN's womens team beat? 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. 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. 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. I was really excited after training because I was putting down some really great times. A decent high school team (+.500 record large school) would be a good match for a WNBA team. 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. College vs WNBA is where it gets tough because both are very skilled and college has the size advantage. 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. 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? Elite HS team? The men could only eek out four wins the entire season as they counted on a roster consisting of mainly freshman. The U.S. has . Sabreena: The most difficulty Siegrist has had all season was against Aaliyah Edwards, and I expect Edwards to once again be up to the challenge. And he'd be doing it for a Los Angeles Times sports section helmed by editor Bill Dwyre, whose generous budget allowed Terry to travel to season openers on the road, All-Star Games, and playoff series as . The reasons for their failure may have been inherent to the whole project. The NBA isn't the NFL. Any WNBA team would get decimated by any mens college basketball team, it wouldn't even be close. Now this is a hypothetical I can get with. I had this debate many times since Brittney Griner was at Baylor and I am a Baylor alumni. MORE: U.S. 33 basketball teams get one chance to qualify for Olympics. 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. Not a doubt in mind. The U.S. women, under new coachDawn Staley, previously beat Stanford (95-80), Oregon State (81-58) and Texas A&M (93-63) in the college series. Im excited to witness The Caitlin Clark Experience in person, and I think that buzzer-beating loss to Iowa will have Indianas focus on another level. Im not sure. Silver 2006 Olympics OlympicTalk is on Apple News. Blackwell averaged 15 points and 10.2 rebounds in 79 games the past three seasons at Missouri. Press J to jump to the feed. I honestly don't think they'd be able to keep up with girls like Liz Cambage, Delle Done, Aja Wilson, Mya Moore, Ogunwike sisters,etc. Chantel: I, for one, am excited to see how all our predictions come to pass. 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. Gold 2016 X Games Jacobellis, 37, took bronze at worlds in Bakuriani, Georgia, on Wednesday. After 70 wins the question was a C&C Music Factory, "hmmmm." Lord knows what past teams like 2019 LSU and 2013 FSU wouldve done. Which conference tournament has you most intrigued? 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. Their only advantage might be that the women play professionally so their coaching and play strategy might be better. More fair question would be something like best WNBA team vs. Division 2 or 3 College teams. 21st 2002 X Games 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. The best WNBA team wouldn't beat a good high school men's team. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. We've received your submission. WNBA MVP Elena Delle Donne, . A bad college team would handle a WNBA team. 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 . I mean some of those WNBA players can ball and aren't exactly small. Sure, they lost the championship, but if that game is played again on a . She is dangerous, and she makes this team way more dangerous. 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. 1 seed Saint Marys is a key reason why. Gold 2010 X Games Yes, those teams couldnt finish the job. Unfortunately, I said something that I regret which has cost me the opportunity to finish out my dream at Iowa State. They could def beat a HS team lol, just by knowledge of the game. 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. But I think we're talented enough to beat anyone.". 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. Chantel: Ditto. Now that the University of Connecticut women's basketball team has added more national championship hardware to its trophy caseits seventh in school historyand won 78 games in a row, fans. The U.S. lacked some of its top bigs. Coyne Schofield is married to Chicago Bears offensive linemanMichael Schofield. a all star team from an average gym could beat a buncha girls. 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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. Chantel: Ah, yes, the SEC, it just means more. They also improved their home record to a surprising 9-6 mark, which comes in sharp contrast to this team's 3-11 record on the road. Probably not. 2023 NYP Holdings, Inc. All Rights Reserved. In Wednesdays mens snowboard cross at worlds, Austrian Jakob Dusek prevailed over German Martin Nrland Italian Omar Visintin. Plus, they actually defend well enough to throw other teams off balance, with Chloe Moore-McNeil as the head of the snake on that end of the floor. A nationally ranked boys high school basketball team would probably beat a WNBA team. SOCIAL MEDIA. Our starting line-up went: I think the elite wnba teams could handle a bad college team. Saint Marys 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. "There's some inconsistency. Who on a bad college team is going guard Candace Parker? Usually, you can pencil in two to three No. Athleticism is too important in basketball. 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 reality is there are only four real contenders. there are sure to be some surprises. The Terrapins are 2-7 straight up in true road games (3-6 against the spread) with a 1-7 road record in conference play, including an overtime loss at middling Nebraska on Feb. 19 in their last road test. 21+ and present in OH. 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. Here are the odds to win the 2023 WCC Tournament courtesy of FanDuel and our best bet to win it: 21+. Australian Lauren Jackson, won their second WNBA championship this summer. The latest in the sports world, emailed daily. I would say any top 10 team regardless of classification in GA could beat any WNBA team. When I was on my 8th grade middle school basketball, we scrimmaged the High School varsity girls team. edit: forgot the w in wnba, changes it a little. 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. Diamond Miller is good enough to be the best player on a title-winning team, and the rest of the crew has come along with her. Here's an interesting article on the subject. The tallest player on the Lynx starting lineup was 6'2" which is a PG on the Men's side. *** Skipped 2006 X Games 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. a champion wnba team couldn't beat oak hill, much less any high school top60 team. Toledo Men vs UConn Women - 1001 Simulations. That's the beauty of a high-risk, high-reward system. 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. The Cyclones, despite their recent struggles, are still widely expected to make the NCAA tournament. 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. Regardless of whether she requests a waiver for an additional year of eligibility, Soares has made her case for the WNBA. Grills removal comes at a very turbulent stretch for the Cyclones. After 65 wins, the question started off as a hypothetical one. A top HS team probably beats them. Gold 2004 X Games Now a college teams going through an NBA season would be complete garbage but they could win a few games under the right circumstances. 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. 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