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. By subscribing, you acknowledge and agree to KSL.com's, they lost to No. But if the Gamecocks run into a team that gets hot from long range and can slow Bostons interior production, that could be a winning combination. 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. Grill averaged 9.5 points and four rebounds in 25 games this season. He shot a team-best 38.8% from behind the arc. like the video to. 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?) Now this is a hypothetical I can get with. UConn shocked the computers when they managed to win nearly 29 percent of the games against the Rockets. 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. In four World Cups in the last year, her best finish was fifth. Tools and Resources Used by Real General Managers. Ill be at the Target Center for the Big Ten tournament, which I think will be a lot of fun, too. Iowa State will take on No. Jessie Diggins is first U.S. cross-country skier to win individual world U.S. hockey captain Kendall Coyne Schofield is pregnant, plans return to U.S. 33 basketball teams get one chance to qualify for Olympics. (Ryan Hunt / Getty Images). 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. Silver 2006 Olympics If the USWNT can regularly lose to high school kids why wouldn't a random WNBA team lose too. Its unclear what specifically led to Grills removal from the 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. A decent high school team (+.500 record large school) would be a good match for a WNBA team. Yes. 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. 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 men could only eek out four wins the entire season as they counted on a roster consisting of mainly freshman. 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. 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. Im a big fan (and proponent) of all things #Pac12AfterDark so I would prefer chaos out of that conference. Moore-McNeil is the only IU player playing 33-plus minutes? 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. In between those games, the Bears lost by 19 and 21 points on the road to teams below them in the Big 12 standings. HS freshman aren't as tall as WNBA players. 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"We've proven that this group can win," second-year Bears coach Nicki Collen said. The WNBA is a tough first year transition for even the best college players. All rights reserved. Gold 2004 X Games The physical matchup against South Carolina is always going to be the problem and specifically with how well Kamilla Cardoso has played lately, and pairing her with Aliyah Boston, there just arent many teams nationally that can handle that length and size. 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. 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. Buggs grew a lot. Chantel: And Iowa is definitely not a Final Fo oh, wait, never mind (mea culpa, mea culpa). Sabreena: I think this is a big week for LSU. not even the Indiana Fever. Sabreena: Whats wild about the Big Ten is for as much as weve extolled Indiana and Iowa, Maryland might be the best team right now. More fair question would be something like best WNBA team vs. Division 2 or 3 College teams. For the first time, we have added a women's team to our college basketball simulation engine . Edit: boysvswomen.com if you doubt my claim. original sound - Brian Shapiro. He'd be covering the ascendant Los Angeles Sparks, a team on the precipice of back-to-back championships. It would be like 999/1000 times. "I thought Aijha was certainly not going to be NaLyssa Smith, but was going to be a different type of NaLyssa Smith, a kid that was going to be in the running for player of the year in our league,'" Collen said. The short answer is that it's possible, but really unlikely. I hope that all the players and Iowa State fans can find it in their hearts to forgive me. Athleticism is too important in basketball. Could the Uconn women hang with the big boys on the court? 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. No they wouldnt. Another, who works for an NBA team with a WNBA team of its own attached, says a reasonably good boys high school team could beat the Detroit Shock.) She towers over everyone else in the WNBA and she is shorter than Jonas Jerebko and as thin as a rail. 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. Chantel: The Pac-12 feels pretty wide open, too, given that I feel as though weve seen the highs and lows out of the top half of the league over the last few weeks Utah is coming in with a ton of momentum and Stanford is Stanford (though weve seen some struggles, as you mentioned), but then you have a bunch of teams like USC, UCLA, Colorado and Arizona that seem like they could play spoiler if everything goes right for them. I would say any top 10 team regardless of classification in GA could beat any WNBA team. Chantel: While I still have the Gamecocks as my national championship pick, Im slightly less confident than I was a few months ago. 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. 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. But my bigger issue with South Carolina is that Im still never going to be 100 percent confident (or even 70 percent confident) in its outside scoring options, who might end up being the weak links this March. 1 South Carolina. The Toledo Rockets out of the Mid-American Conference had a season to forget in 2009-10. Im not sure. On March 9th, after winning a record 71 games in a row, basketball fans wanted an answer. 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. Toledo Men vs UConn Women - 1001 Simulations. The Americans are on a 46-game win streak between the Olympics and FIBA World Cup dating to 2006. (Top photo of Mackenzie Holmes: Andy Lyons / Getty Images). All rights reserved. Watch the highlights from the Kentucky/Wisconsin game tonight and you will see why the womens team stands no chance. Even at UConn (my alma-mater) the practice squad can easily beat the women. With Smith, Egbo and Jordan Lewis gone to the WNBA, the Bears added three freshmen and four Division I transfers to the roster. Orangutan South Bend Simian Joined Apr 17, 2014 Messages 5,813 The Dons are a high-variance bunch that attempt 49% of their shots from deep the third-most by any team in the country. It's crazy that people don't realize just how much stronger the fully grown adult WNBA players would be than a bunch of 15-17 year olds, lol. Unfortunately, I said something that I regret which has cost me the opportunity to finish out my dream at Iowa State. When I was on my 8th grade middle school basketball, we scrimmaged the High School varsity girls team. The women can't score and can't rebound. TikTok video from Brian Shapiro (@ptlvegas): "Male VS Female debate: Could a WNBA team beat a men's college basketball team? 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. 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It was an exhibition, but the U.S. starting lineup included Olympic champions Sue Bird, Diana Taurasi, Sylvia Fowles and Seimone Augustus. "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. We were a very small school (<200), and didn't play in a super competitive state. 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. Can the Best WNBA Team Beat the Worst NBA Team? Britney Griner is one of, if not the tallest woman in the WNBA at 6'8" (and she doesn't play for the Lynx). even at a collegiate level. 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. Who on a bad college team is going guard Candace Parker? I honestly don't think the best wnba team could beat the best high school men's basketball team. 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 . 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. She dominated the NCAA and is pretty dominant in the WNBA. Montverde has 2 players that are 6'8" and two that are 6'9". Some of them are big pieces that haven't been able to play. 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. 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What's in store for spring? 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. If those shots are falling, we could see a surprise run from this group. I think you could definitely get 5 posters that could beat most college teams but maybe not UConn or a WNBA team. The size, strength and speed difference is too great. Jun 23, 2021. You think they would have trouble with a a womens team? 21+ and present in OH. Her foul trouble against Iowa was a huge reason the Hoosiers had such difficulty reining in Clark. Physiological differences between men and women mean that the women are just not as fast, strong, or jump as high as men. Still, anything can happen in March, and there are some value plays worth targeting further down the board. 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. Girls basketball is so much worse than men's basketball. *** Tore ACL/meniscus in 2012 X Games training run Yes, Whatifsports.com can accommodate that request. 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. 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.. MORE: U.S. 33 basketball teams get one chance to qualify for Olympics. Theyve lost four straight and have dropped 10 of their last 14. Voepel covers the WNBA, women's college basketball, and other college sports for espnW. TeammateAlex Cavallini, the No. 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. Elite HS team? Kendall Coyne Schofield, the U.S. hockey captain at last years Olympics and world championship, announced she is pregnant and due with her first child this summer. Gold 2017Worlds 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. Phelan M. Ebenhack/Associated Press Friday night marks the beginning to the WNBA's 25th. Layton woman dies in possible drowning in Hawaii, Man injured, officers placed on leave after police shooting in Farmington, What's coming and going on Netflix in March, KFC is bringing back a fan favorite after a nearly 10-year hiatus, What time is it on moon? 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? minutes. He put up 31 points in the Cyclones' win over then-No. What level of mens basketball could UCONN's womens team beat? Even Indiana suffered a second loss while South Carolina kept chugging along. The boys are taller, stronger, and faster. 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. After 65 wins, the question started off as a hypothetical one. Sabreena: I am more confident in South Carolina winning it all than I was a month ago because each of the contenders to take down the Gamecocks keeps slipping up. Sabreena: Hang on, Ive got some Maryland/Indiana thoughts. 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. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. MERCH: brettmaes.comi turn 21 next Wednesday :)SC/IG/TT: brettmaes "But we have to be the best version of ourselves.". Grill first committed to play for Otzelberger at South Dakota State when he was still in high school. Iowa State senior Caleb Grill was released from the team on Wednesday, less than a week before the Big 12 tournament was set to kick off, for failing to meet the programs expectations, the Cyclones announced. The Rockets averaged 55.2 points per game while surrendering over 66. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. Gold 2005 Worlds 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. 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. 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 . A top HS team probably beats them. 9/10 times? Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. Maryland is intriguing because it feels like all the Terrapins weapons are starting to emerge at the right time, and I still think Michigan could play Big Ten spoiler if Laila Phelia returns. In my book, experience plus momentum is usually a pretty good equation for some March Magic when it comes to mid-majors. Close. Jackson was instrumental in the Storm's success in 2010 in winning her third WNBA . Just based on size and strength. Probably not. 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. 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. Whatifsports.com is just taking that practice to the next level. men, just by nature, are much, much, better equipped to play a sport like basketball than women. I think any state champion would smoke the best women's college basketball team. 11 in The Associated Press rankings, they fell out completely this week and now sit at sixth in the Big 12 conference standings. Had Maya Moore not had an off night from the floor (1-11), available by clicking the example box score link in the table above, the Huskies might have added another win to their total. 20th 2001 X Games 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. 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. By Natalie Weiner May 23, 2019, 10:30am EDT It's a lay-up line like any other, with 14 men and two. 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. 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. 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. They will grab all the rebounds. They were a massive disappointment, yes, but also so transcendent for brief moments. A top program with blue chip recruits? The boys wouldn't have much height advantage at that age - it would just be a showcase of the difference in pure athleticism. 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. They hadn't even lost three in a row since March 2008. Then against the National Runners-up Butler, the Bulldogs won 98 percent of the time. this is poor banter, Above average HS team? The athleticism gap is huge. Most of these kids are 17/18 and could probably play in the nba. No. Theyre also the only other team besides Gonzaga to win this tournament in the last 14 years, breaking through in 2010, 2012 and 2019. For Stanford, Hannah Jump and Brooke Demetre would have to get going, and Brink would need to stay out of foul trouble. We've received your submission. a all star team from an average gym could beat a buncha girls. Regardless of how right (or wrong) we are or come to be, its March, and thats reason enough to celebrate. Australian Lauren Jackson, won their second WNBA championship this summer. 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. 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 . 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. The Peabody Warhorses would make the UConn Lady Huskies their bitches. The . The Storm, led by 6'5 187 lb. 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. Get thefree Action Network appfor expert picks, live odds, bet tracking and more. They would get creamed by any top 100 team. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. 1 North Carolina in November, and has shot just shy of 40% from the field. The Ivy League has also been interesting this season. Billie Jean King proved her critics wrong when she upset Bobby Riggs in tennis. Gold 2011 X Games "Our freshmen are honestly, they're special. Voepel began covering women's basketball in 1984, and has been with ESPN since 1996. Four interesting reader viewpoints to follow . 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. 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. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. Ole Miss pushed the Gamecocks into overtime, UConn (with six bodies) drove them to the brink. But even though I like the Bruins, Im not certain that theres a mid-major team that can play ultimate spoiler or go on a huge run during the NCAA Tournament. 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. Lord knows what past teams like 2019 LSU and 2013 FSU wouldve done. Not a competition. Athleticism is too important in basketball. Every professional and DI women's basketball team practices against men, and has for years. The Bears won all three of their national championships in Mulkey's 21 seasons. Indeed it would probably beat the best WNBA team. 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? Or could a top flight JV men's team beat a WNBA team. Sabreena: From a historical perspective, I have an eye on the SEC. Silver 2007 X Games 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. Gold 2010 X Games 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. Still, this isnt the same team were used to at this stage. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtC7gM22K80. EDIT: And here are some photos to underline my point. Twice. The difference in athletic ability just aren't fair. If Jacobellis continues through 2026, she can break the U.S. female record of five Winter Olympic appearances that she shares with four others, according to Olympedia.org. UConn, despite playing the Gamecocks tight, has had its own scoring woes without Azzi Fudd. 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