not a chance, conditioning and execution
A good high school team with decent size and conditioning would be a pick-em. A great HS team with somebody like Terrence Jones would beat them comfortably
honestly kinda hard to compare em to hs, way too wide a range of teams across the country. i know in western pa high school basketball isnt big but i doubt theres one team that would beat these girls in the pittsburgh area. i think around a d2 mens team the athelitcism gap would be too much to overcome.
A fair age old question...In recruiting, a staff (male or female coaches) compete for the bigger, stronger, faster athlete. That is how U Conn has been able to dominate. Geno has been a great evauator and salesman. If u Conn played a decent high school team, the shoe would be on the other foot. U conn would be the smaller, weaker, slower group of athletes. Of course Auriemma is a champion for his team's accomplishments and should be. His edge about the lack of respect for their 88 game win streak is contrived, to fit the "inequality card". In the 3rd generation of title IX, it gets a little worn. Girls have had every advantage & more in their athletic programs, at all levels. When was the last time a school dropped a girls program, to comply with the Fed policy. How many females are playing in the NBA or any other major professional sport. The NBA takes a yearly financial WNBA bath, as do schools , in their politically correct effort. Yes, a few have lobbied & tried, only to fall short (Nancy Lieberman etc)....... my & 0.02
these girls still have massive experience over any hs team. like i said earlier, its really hard to compare them to hs because are we talking oak hill academy (which would run the girls bad, way too athletic) or the local school down the street in anywhere, usa. ive played pickup against some girls in my day, who didnt even play at uconn level but played d1 college, and they were better then i expected skillwise, but slow and weak. when i put hs in the poll, i really meant normal guys who played basketball in high school but didnt play any college ball at all.
whose the tallest or most athletic on there team? they would be undersized against most hs and college age pick up players none of them would be able to drive the lane or beat someone of the dribble for a shot
there entire game would be spot up shooting and considering they seemingly shot from a lower spot then men do, they would have to alter there shots a lot.
They would get beat by 20+ plus to any level of college
there entire game would be spot up shooting and considering they seemingly shot from a lower spot then men do, they would have to alter there shots a lot.
They would get beat by 20+ plus to any level of college
I'd put my money on the team of five talented, in-shape male pickup players of similiar age. With few exceptions the physical differences between men and women by that age are just too pronounced.
Several years ago there was a radio sports talk guy in Austin who was actually pretty funny. He went on a long rant one day about women's basketball couldn't match up to a boys' high school team. A former UT women's player challenged him to a 1-on-1 game, which he accepted. She was probably in her late 20s at the time, he in his late 30s. He had apparently been a jock in high school, but nothing beyond that, and was in pretty good shape for a casual gymgoer. He trounced her pretty one-sidedly.
Several years ago there was a radio sports talk guy in Austin who was actually pretty funny. He went on a long rant one day about women's basketball couldn't match up to a boys' high school team. A former UT women's player challenged him to a 1-on-1 game, which he accepted. She was probably in her late 20s at the time, he in his late 30s. He had apparently been a jock in high school, but nothing beyond that, and was in pretty good shape for a casual gymgoer. He trounced her pretty one-sidedly.
ive seen some fat slobs playin pickup ball that werent that athletic and held their own. no pickup team would even be able to remotely match their chemistry.
i guess you havent seen d3 or naia basketball, its pretty bad. i knew a guy who started for a d3 team 3 years and didnt even start to his senior year of high school (his team missed the playoffs that year).
You are 100% right. When I was in 9th grade, the Girls' varisty coach would have us scrimmage them and the game wasn't even close. Our girls team was state ranked and our Freshman team was well under .500.
Honestly, I don't think people understand the physical difference.
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Now, if you had a shooting contest, with women using the WNCAA ball vs NCAA men's shooters, that would be a different story. Much closer.
not even a close comparision especially if this was years ago which im guessing it was. 5 guys off this forum? are you picking at random or the best? im guessing theres some talent on here, just because of the sheer numbers, were talking a regulation ncaa game here, id like to see 5 guys be able to play that long against a constantly fresh uconn team.
