there are sure to be some surprises. Can the Best WNBA Team Beat the Worst NBA Team? Post #44 by kvash37 Wed Mar 30, 2016 3:56 am No. Call 1-800-GAMBLER, 21+. Here's an interesting article on the subject. NY, AZ, CO, CT, IA, IL, IN, MI, NJ, PA, TN, VA, WV only. 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. 2023 NYP Holdings, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Plus, the Atlantic Sun has two teams currently on double-digit winning streaks, which would make a Gulf Coast/Liberty final a real treat. Not a competition. OlympicTalk is on Apple News. 2023 NYP Holdings, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Sabreena: I think this is a big week for LSU. What women is stopping a even under sized big down low ? Wouldnt even be close. 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 . After reaching as high as No. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. Gold 2005 Worlds The high school boy's national championship just ended, with Montverde Academy being crowned. I do think it would be interesting to see South Carolina have to face off against an offensive powerhouse that cleans the defensive glass well. Come join our discussions, post your own battles and kick some ass! My high school's 4x400m record is better than the women's world record, and everyone at my high school is white. All content 2000-2023 RealGM, L.L.C. 1 seed when its all said and done, which brings me to my last question. Answer (1 of 9): Easy. 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. It was an exhibition, but the U.S. starting lineup included Olympic champions Sue Bird, Diana Taurasi, Sylvia Fowles and Seimone Augustus. Gold 2022 Olympics Orangutan South Bend Simian Joined Apr 17, 2014 Messages 5,813 "There's some inconsistency. Coach K's team won 100-percent of the time. We hold our players to high standards and there are expectations that our student-athletes are held accountable for, coach T.J. Otzelberger said in a brief statement, via CycloneFanatics Chris Williams. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. It's not uncommon for coaching staffs to ship in all-male practice squads to toughen up their women for the games that really count. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. 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? Just based on size and strength. Defending champion South Carolina has the personnel and experience to repeat. The WNBA all stars couldn't beat a small junior college in the middle of nowhere's team. 1 in the AP preseason poll. Try a week on us. "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. pic.twitter.com/hw3lziRiwS, Kendall Coyne Schofield (@KendallCoyne) March 1, 2023. My highschool team would have been crushed. Theyre also the only other team besides Gonzaga to win this tournament in the last 14 years, breaking through in 2010, 2012 and 2019. Physiological differences between men and women mean that the women are just not as fast, strong, or jump as high as men. This is the most wide-open field among the major conferences, and there is a sleeper Final Four contender somewhere in the ACC, even if Im not yet sure which team that is. 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. Probably not. *** Skipped 2009 Worlds College vs WNBA is where it gets tough because both are very skilled and college has the size advantage. They could def beat a HS team lol, just by knowledge of the game. Voepel covers the WNBA, women's college basketball, and other college sports for espnW. A top HS team probably beats them. TeammateAlex Cavallini, the No. 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. 3 min read. For sake of comparison, we are going to give the nod to Gonzaga over Baylor for college basketball's best team in 2021. Every professional and DI women's basketball team practices against men, and has for years. 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. After thanking fans, teammates and coaches, Grill revealed his struggles with mental health. Gold 2007 Worlds They were a massive disappointment, yes, but also so transcendent for brief moments. 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. 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. The reality is there are only four real contenders. 9/10 times? 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. Silver 2006 Olympics 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. Now, I do think it's within the realm of possibility that a good WNBA team could beat the 5 worst NBA players, if those 5 NBA players are teamed up randomly without a chance to get used to. 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. She towers over everyone else in the WNBA and she is shorter than Jonas Jerebko and as thin as a rail. Gold 2010 X Games On March 9th, after winning a record 71 games in a row, basketball fans wanted an answer. 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. The Americans are on a 46-game win streak between the Olympics and FIBA World Cup dating to 2006. I wont be surprised to see another outright loss on Wednesday. I thought this version of the Gamecocks would be worse than the 2021-22 team because of the graduation of Destanni Henderson, but Zia Cooke has improved as an offensive option, Cardoso is on an absolute tear, and the duo of Raven Johnson and Kierra Fletcher has stabilized the point guard position enough to keep the offense humming. Im a big fan (and proponent) of all things #Pac12AfterDark so I would prefer chaos out of that conference. Still, this isnt the same team were used to at this stage. Gold 2008 X Games whatdoidoidontkno Pacers 3 yr. ago college has the size advantage. Penny and Blue have something to share with you! But she suffered a lower leg injury in the third game this season, and played only limited minutes in five more until mid-January. Gambling Problem? Here are the odds to win the 2023 WCC Tournament courtesy of FanDuel and our best bet to win it: 21+. Elite HS team? More fair question would be something like best WNBA team vs. Division 2 or 3 College teams. A full box score is here. 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. What's the best NCAA team you think the WNBA team could beat, then? ", Caleb Grill (@caleb_grill0) March 1, 2023. Unfortunately, I said something that I regret which has cost me the opportunity to finish out my dream at Iowa State. Subscribe to The Athletic for in-depth coverage of your favorite players, teams, leagues and clubs. Bronze 2023 Worlds, Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on Flipboard (Opens in new window), Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window), Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window). As a team, UConn shot under 30 percent from the floor and under 25 percent from beyond the arc, but they did convert some free throws and created more turnovers than the Rockets. The U.S. has played 44 games against NCAA teams since 1995. The U.S. has . ", 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. 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. 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. A decent high school team (+.500 record large school) would be a good match for a WNBA team. Even at UConn (my alma-mater) the practice squad can easily beat the women. Tools and Resources Used by Real General Managers. She dominated the NCAA and is pretty dominant in the WNBA. The Dons are a high-variance bunch that attempt 49% of their shots from deep the third-most by any team in the country. In my book, experience plus momentum is usually a pretty good equation for some March Magic when it comes to mid-majors. Im curious to see what Tennessee can do. 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. "But we have to be the best version of ourselves.". Grill averaged 9.5 points and four rebounds in 25 games this season. We've received your submission. Could the Uconn women hang with the big boys on the court? 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. 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 . MERCH: brettmaes.comi turn 21 next Wednesday :)SC/IG/TT: brettmaes 1, 2023 10:44 p.m. EST. According to WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert, expansion discussions could begin in earnest next year. 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. I would say any top 10 team regardless of classification in GA could beat any WNBA team. 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. Could they do it? 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. Gold 2003 X Games If opposing teams let Souley Boum get cooking, goodnight. 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. 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. The Toledo Rockets out of the Mid-American Conference had a season to forget in 2009-10. Mark Salomon Knows a wide variety of random sports stuff Author has 10K answers and 3M answer views Updated 2 y The better boys' HS teams would play competitively with and often beat WNBA teams. high school has the size advantage, have you seen the rosters on any of the top 100 high school teams?? So, \_()_/. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtC7gM22K80. With conference tournaments tipping off across the country, were soon going to have a clearer idea of what the NCAA Tournament bracket will look like. It's only the second time a college has knocked off Team USA dating back to 1999, when. That isnt the case this year, and No. To appeal to the cynics who think this example is complete hogwash, we simulated the Lady Huskies against the National Champion Duke Blue Devils. Toledo Men vs UConn Women - 1001 Simulations. haha what? I hope that all the players and Iowa State fans can find it in their hearts to forgive me. MORE: U.S. 33 basketball teams get one chance to qualify for Olympics. I was really excited after training because I was putting down some really great times. Favorite us! The athleticism gap is huge. Any decent high school team could beat a WNBA team. Pure athleticism will counter out any amount of fundamentals, especially when the fundamentals don't include the ability to dunk. EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) Connor McDavid had two goals and an assist, and the Edmonton Oilers beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-2 Wednesday night. 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. The very top boys' HS teams would crush them. Anderson, 32, plans to return to competition in late 2023 and try for one more Olympics, a fourth for her, in 2026,according toPeople. A top program with blue chip recruits? Boy this board is in love with the hypotheticals today. WNBA MVP Elena Delle Donne, . 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. Powered by phpBB Forum Software phpBB Limited. 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. 1 seed Saint Marys is a key reason why. But even if UConn wins the Big East, I have a hard time seeing the Huskies ending up as a No. College vs WNBA is where it gets tough because both are very skilled and college has the size advantage. Jacobellis added to her unparalleled record in major championships. 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 . 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. 10 seed South Dakota in the second round of the NCAA Tournament at the Ferrell Center. 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. 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 . - NBA2k22 Frosti 268K subscribers Subscribe 11K 299K views 1 year ago it really doesnt matter what you put here. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. UConn, despite playing the Gamecocks tight, has had its own scoring woes without Azzi Fudd. Jamie Anderson, a two-time Olympic champion in snowboard slopestyle, is due with her first child. 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But the Bears' 66-game non-conference home winning streak, and string of 12 consecutive NCAA Sweet 16 appearances, ended when they lost to No. They would get creamed by any top 100 team. Seventh 2014 Olympics Jackson was instrumental in the Storm's success in 2010 in winning her third WNBA . 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. While the Bulldogs still lead the nation in offensive efficiency (123.4) and rank 10th in adjusted efficiency margin, thats a far cry from the top-two ranking theyve boasted five of the last six years which often leads oddsmakers to price Gonzaga at -400 or better to win this tournament. Follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram to get the latest updates on LSU Football and Recruiting. Height, strength, quickness, jumping all in conjunction. When Mike Terry was assigned to the WNBA beat in 2001, the stars seemed aligned. Which conference tournament has you most intrigued? Next up is Maryland (20-9), which has similarly been unbeatable at home but struggled mightily on the road. T&C apply. I havent even yet mentioned Duke, which was leading the ACC up until the final game of the regular season and can put the clamps on just about any team in the country, or Florida State, which beat the Tar Heels and the Blue Devils during conference play. Im not sure. BALL GAME . A college team could beat an NBA team, there are too many variables. In our first college version of Getting Technical, The Athletics womens basketball writers Sabreena Merchant and Chantel Jennings discuss whats ahead this March. For Stanford, Hannah Jump and Brooke Demetre would have to get going, and Brink would need to stay out of foul trouble. 1 South Carolina. You could take the WNT and it still wouldn't be competitive. 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. 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 men could only eek out four wins the entire season as they counted on a roster consisting of mainly freshman. Sabreena: Hilariously, we find ourselves in the same conference. Zach Hyman and . Gold 2015 Worlds 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. Chantel: Belmont. 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. He then transferred to UNLV, and back to Iowa State when Otzelberger was hired before the 2021-22 season. After the scrimmage, coach made us run laps for running up there score. Edit: boysvswomen.com if you doubt my claim. 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. 34 Likes, 43 Comments. What's in store for spring? Australian Lauren Jackson, won their second WNBA championship this summer. 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. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. 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. 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. Grills removal comes at a very turbulent stretch for the Cyclones. The Peabody Warhorses would make the UConn Lady Huskies their bitches. Im a little surprised to see the top-seeded Gaels dealing at this price with some books offering them at shorter than even odds to win the WCC Tournament. 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. 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. Thanks for contacting us. HS freshman aren't as tall as WNBA players. Grill posted a lengthy statement on Twitter later on Wednesday afternoon. Yes, those teams couldnt finish the job. 1 North Carolina in November, and has shot just shy of 40% from the field. Ohio State, Stanford, LSU, and UConn are all projected to go deep into the tournament. I had this debate many times since Brittney Griner was at Baylor and I am a Baylor alumni. "We can't just show up, and just be more talented and be deeper, and be all these things. Company Overview The WNBA -- which features 12 teams and is the most successful women's professional team sports league in the world -- is a unique global sports property combining competition . 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. 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. potatococ. A subreddit dedicated to NBA news and discussion. 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Athletisim isn't every thing. Gold 2015 X Games Blackwell averaged 15 points and 10.2 rebounds in 79 games the past three seasons at Missouri. The Kansas native has missed three games with a back injury this season. As an example. Sabreena: From a historical perspective, I have an eye on the SEC. 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. 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. The Ducks beat Team USA, 93-86, on their home floor to open an already ridiculously hyped year. 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. Sabreena: Hang on, Ive got some Maryland/Indiana thoughts. 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. Updated Mar. More fair question would be something like best WNBA team vs. Division 2 or 3 College teams. In between those games, the Bears lost by 19 and 21 points on the road to teams below them in the Big 12 standings. 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. He shot a team-best 38.8% from behind the arc. 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Now a college teams going through an NBA season would be complete garbage but they could win a few games under the right circumstances. Grill first committed to play for Otzelberger at South Dakota State when he was still in high school. I would love to see a bunch of 10th graders take on a WNBA team. 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. Iowa State will take on No. At 6-6, she can shoot the 3, handle the ball and block shots. Moore-McNeil is the only IU player playing 33-plus minutes? The computers generated a winning percentage and points per game average for both teams. 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. Kentucky owned the paint and rebounding against a team with very good fundamentals by being bigger and stronger. A hyped crowd, a game-winning shot and Caitlin Clark heroics make for historic day at Iowa. 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. Its unclear what specifically led to Grills removal from the team. Chantel: Ditto. 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. Yes, Whatifsports.com can accommodate that request. 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. Just like the college team, the high school team would have height and speed on the women. Chantel: And Iowa is definitely not a Final Fo oh, wait, never mind (mea culpa, mea culpa). Meteorological winter brought Utah heavy snowfall. Especially if they got a D1 athlete. 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. 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. With that said, it's absurd to start the UConn discussion with if they could beat a nationally ranked high school team, division three or two team. That's the beauty of a high-risk, high-reward system. Very top boys & # x27 ; s basketball team practices against men, and Brink would need to out... 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