(Top photo of Mackenzie Holmes: Andy Lyons / Getty Images). For the first time, we have added a women's team to our college basketball simulation engine . For Stanford, Hannah Jump and Brooke Demetre would have to get going, and Brink would need to stay out of foul trouble. When I was on my 8th grade middle school basketball, we scrimmaged the High School varsity girls team. Gold 2004 X Games Athletisim isn't every thing. Most of these kids are 17/18 and could probably play in the nba. 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. 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. Pure athleticism will counter out any amount of fundamentals, especially when the fundamentals don't include the ability to dunk. The last few weeks have given teams a bit of a roadmap in how to play South Carolina close. 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 . All rights reserved. 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. Can the Best WNBA Team Beat the Worst NBA 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. haha what? 21st 2002 X Games 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. After the scrimmage, coach made us run laps for running up there score. The U.S. has played 44 games against NCAA teams since 1995. Voepel began covering women's basketball in 1984, and has been with ESPN since 1996. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtC7gM22K80. Come join our discussions, post your own battles and kick some ass! The latest in the sports world, emailed daily. Get thefree Action Network appfor expert picks, live odds, bet tracking and more. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. 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? a champion wnba team couldn't beat oak hill, much less any high school top60 team. I mean some of those WNBA players can ball and aren't exactly small. 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. Either way, Im riding with the best team in this conference and the one thats given Gonzaga the most trouble this year. They could def beat a HS team lol, just by knowledge of the game. Tell your friend, for the 100th time, yes. Jamie Anderson, a two-time Olympic champion in snowboard slopestyle, is due with her first child. HS freshman aren't as tall as WNBA players. 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. 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. 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. You are indeed where you belong. On March 9th, after winning a record 71 games in a row, basketball fans wanted an answer. The WNBA all stars couldn't beat a small junior college in the middle of nowhere's team. Yet that would be underselling the upside for these Buckeyes and the significance of Wednesdays home-road splits for both them and the visiting Maryland Terrapins. No they wouldnt. Ole Miss pushed the Gamecocks into overtime, UConn (with six bodies) drove them to the brink. 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. Blackwell averaged 15 points and 10.2 rebounds in 79 games the past three seasons at Missouri. Im a big fan (and proponent) of all things #Pac12AfterDark so I would prefer chaos out of that conference. But I am most interested in whats happening in the ACC. The high school boy's national championship just ended, with Montverde Academy being crowned. Thanks for contacting us. Billie Jean King proved her critics wrong when she upset Bobby Riggs in tennis. In Wednesdays mens snowboard cross at worlds, Austrian Jakob Dusek prevailed over German Martin Nrland Italian Omar Visintin. 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M.A. 1 seed Saint Marys is a key reason why. You think they would have trouble with a a womens team? Probably not. Boy this board is in love with the hypotheticals today. 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. 11 in The Associated Press rankings, they fell out completely this week and now sit at sixth in the Big 12 conference standings. Iowa State will take on No. The NBA isn't the NFL. MORE: U.S. 33 basketball teams get one chance to qualify for Olympics. TeammateAlex Cavallini, the No. At 6-6, she can shoot the 3, handle the ball and block shots. WNBA MVP Elena Delle Donne, . A subreddit dedicated to NBA news and discussion. In four World Cups in the last year, her best finish was fifth. Grill first committed to play for Otzelberger at South Dakota State when he was still in high school. No. if a men's team decided to full court press, the women wouldn't get the ball past midcourt. My thoughts are this could be answered in one of the 4 other posts over the last 2 days that ask the same question. 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. 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. Man, it's going to be a long three months in this sub. Gold 2003 X Games 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. NY, AZ, CO, CT, IA, IL, IN, MI, NJ, PA, TN, VA, WV only. Orangutan South Bend Simian Joined Apr 17, 2014 Messages 5,813 Some of them are genetic freaks like 6"5' which is really tall for a girl. 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 top American men wereNick Baumgartner andSenna Leith, who were eliminated in the quarterfinals. If those shots are falling, we could see a surprise run from this group. 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. 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. Moore-McNeil is the only IU player playing 33-plus minutes? Cavallini planned to return to the national team after childbirth, her agent said when she announced her pregnancy in August. 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. Gold 2008 X Games Gambling Problem? Plus, the Atlantic Sun has two teams currently on double-digit winning streaks, which would make a Gulf Coast/Liberty final a real treat. Chantel: While I still have the Gamecocks as my national championship pick, Im slightly less confident than I was a few months ago. 9/10 times? A top flight boys basketball high school could win the WNBA. We were a very small school (<200), and didn't play in a super competitive state. Snowboard Cross World Champion 2023 @SamkovaEva (now Adamczykova) Eva was dominating todays womens field and deserved her second world champion Titel @SamkovaEva @josiebaff @lindseyjacobellis #fissnowboard #snowboardcross #sbx #worldchampionships #bakuriani2023 pic.twitter.com/f3y58KNGZA, fissnowboard (@fissnowboard) March 1, 2023, Lindsey Jacobellis Copyright @2023 TigerDroppings.com. Meyers Taylor, 38, said before announcing her pregnancy that she hoped to return to competition but didnt know whether she would make a 2026 Winter Games bid. I think you could definitely get 5 posters that could beat most college teams but maybe not UConn or a WNBA team. The WNBA is a tough first year transition for even the best college players. 10 Gonzaga, More to do: Utah Valley clinches WAC title share with win over UT Arlington, No. 1 U.S. goalie at last years Olympics, had a daughter on Christmas. Now this is a hypothetical I can get with. While Geno Auriemma said that nothing is fixable at this point in the year, I think a lot gets fixed for the Huskies when Fudd is inserted into the lineup, so a UConn-SC rematch would look pretty different. This is where our hypothetical "Battle of the Sexes" hits the courts for the first time. 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. Gold 2005 Worlds 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? They have two more games to play in the regular season, but theyre riding a 12-game winning streak. Her foul trouble against Iowa was a huge reason the Hoosiers had such difficulty reining in Clark. The boys wouldn't have much height advantage at that age - it would just be a showcase of the difference in pure athleticism. 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