Played with plenty of D1 Girls basketball players and they were not on UConns skill level but an average guy like myself is too athletic for them(6 foot 1, but can't jump/yet still too athletic). Any group of guys that knows how to play basketball and is above 6 feet would beat them. Also many girls are not very good with a guys ball. Shooting with a girls ball is a joke imo. Any shot that hits the rim gets a soft bounce. Shots that would be misses everytime with a guys ball go in for girls so its very different. But most average guys highschool teams would win as long as they werent too short. Just from my experience, girls not fast enough or strong enough to keep up with guys.
dude, you never played anything that resembles the UConn women's team, the very best females in the nation that are talented, extremely well conditioned and extremely well coached. They would wipe the floor with 5 average guys with average skill sets.
I said they could lose to a good high school team, and would be comfortable beaten by the best high school teams.
I'm 35 and played ball in high school but I could round up 4 of my friends and we would beat UConn, and by double digits.
At 35 I'm still faster, can jump higher and am more athletic that any girl on that team. They are great, but they aren't men great.
In college myself and 4 other guys who didn't even play high school basketball (again, not myself and 4 varsity level hoops players) scrimmaged a group of gals from the Nebraska women's basketball team and we rolled them. As a poster above said if I didn't want them to get off a shot they wouldn't so if the game meant the winning team got $10,000 we would kick their ass.
I played top level high school basketball and our senior team would have killed UConn IMO.
We will never know but any college team (I don't care if they are Division VIII) would kill UConn by 40.
At 35 I'm still faster, can jump higher and am more athletic that any girl on that team. They are great, but they aren't men great.
In college myself and 4 other guys who didn't even play high school basketball (again, not myself and 4 varsity level hoops players) scrimmaged a group of gals from the Nebraska women's basketball team and we rolled them. As a poster above said if I didn't want them to get off a shot they wouldn't so if the game meant the winning team got $10,000 we would kick their ass.
I played top level high school basketball and our senior team would have killed UConn IMO.
We will never know but any college team (I don't care if they are Division VIII) would kill UConn by 40.
No you're not.
Maya Moore (who ESPN just compared her to Kobe Bryant) would juke you out of your jock, hit a fade away 'j' from 18 feet, with you both looking at the shot and weeping like a nanci-boi.
She's 20, you are middle aged, she is considerably more conditioned than you, and some say the greatest woman to play the game at her level.
If you think you are better than that, you are nuts, border line delusional.
This isn't Hollywood - guys are SIGNIFIGANTLY more athletic and strong than women. As others have said, Maya Moore would not have a chance to drive around a long, athletic male - nor would she be able to say in front of one on defense. And the advantage in the post would be immense, particularly in rebounding. The difference in strength would be overwhelming. The Uconn women would probably beat five average pickup players because of far superior teamwork and chemistry, and they are probably better than some crappy D3 teams - but I think they would definitely be one of the worst D3 teams if they played a full season and wouldn't come close to winning a single game if they played a men's D1 full schedule. People that think otherwise watch too many fairy tales on TV.
My mens league team which consists for a few all area and all conference players in the chi suburbs would mop them. They wouldnt be able to drive the lane or rebound at all.
How are the supposed to guard an athletic 6'4 PG a 6'7 center and then a bunch of 6'2,3,4 shooters and slashers theres no way we would never have to worry about our shot being blocked and defensivlely all we have to do is stay in close cuz they wont be able to shoot over us
How are the supposed to guard an athletic 6'4 PG a 6'7 center and then a bunch of 6'2,3,4 shooters and slashers theres no way we would never have to worry about our shot being blocked and defensivlely all we have to do is stay in close cuz they wont be able to shoot over us
I dont really care who could beat them, I am just sick of the media trying to shove down my throats that they broke Wooden's UCLA record. They have been doing this for years now and I think ESPN is to blame (it's a good bet) when Pat Summit was going for all time wins. Why do they think they can tell us it's the same record? Do we also combine NBA and WNBA records? NO. In fact no one says a peep about any other sport, but college basketball all of sudden all of the records are the same. Its probably because it's the most competively balanced and popular womens team sport, but come on, it is not the same record and never will be until men and women are playing on the same team!
She's Kobe Bryant? I've heard it all...
Even if she were as good as you say (my 4th grade son is good against other 4th graders) against men she would get pushed around, jumped over, posted up against, etc. UConn doesn't have 5 Kobe Bryant type women, nor do they have one.
Every time down the court I would think a men's team could score if they wanted to, so I will say they score 50% of the time at worst? That includes shooting 3 pointers. The Uconn women would score AT BEST 25% of the time down the court (would they even get any 3 point shots off?) and probably less than that because they are slower, weaker, and can't jump.
Final score
Lincoln YMCA B League champs 89
UConn Women 44
And their win streak would be over
The 1996 Women's Olympic Team trained in Colorado Springs. This was a team of high quality "name" players. At the request of the Olympic committee, the Air Force Academy put together a group of ex-players to scrimmage this "to be" Gold medal winning squad. The USAFA pickup players were two or more years removed from competitive D-1 level basketball. Some of the UsAFA team were not collegiate athletes at all. The pickup team regularly won by 50+ over the course of several weeks, in regulation games with officials. I'm quite sure the 1996 gold Medal Team could hold their own with this version of U Conn.----- A beats B...B=C...therefore A beats C....by fitty ......Fwiw And nobody would confuse Air Force hoops with anybody in the top 250 of college b-ball
She's not Kobe.
What ESPN was saying is what Moore is doing to the competition on her level, is equal to what Kobe is doing to the competition on his level.
That's all.
Now I am not doubting you have some some athletic ability, but to suggest that at age 35, you could school Moore (the best in the business in the women's game) is just wrong.
A good highschool team would dominate them pretty easily. Average joes? Uconn's team would win easily, in my opinion, the women would be too prepared and execute efficently
That said, does it matter what they would do against a men's team? Obviously, men are FAR more superior when it comes to athletics and thus even the weaker male athletes can generally destroy the best women athletes in generally every sport.
This question is akin to asking how many games Duke would win if they played in the NBA and a full 82 game schedule. They would get literally CRUSHED every game. They would be lucky extremely lucky to win 2-3 games, but that doesn't mean they aren't a great basketball team against the competition they play against.
You just can't compare women's and men's athletics.
That said, does it matter what they would do against a men's team? Obviously, men are FAR more superior when it comes to athletics and thus even the weaker male athletes can generally destroy the best women athletes in generally every sport.
This question is akin to asking how many games Duke would win if they played in the NBA and a full 82 game schedule. They would get literally CRUSHED every game. They would be lucky extremely lucky to win 2-3 games, but that doesn't mean they aren't a great basketball team against the competition they play against.
You just can't compare women's and men's athletics.
I tend to agree with GoBlue. I am 36 years old, 6'2'' and weigh about 220. I was the 6th man on a decent high school team, but nothing too special. Played power forward in H.S. (albeit a little undersized).
Give me 3 months to get in a little better shape (I hit the gym about 3 times a week now), and I could post up on the block and would either score or get fouled 80% of the time I touched the ball. No doubt.
Any average to decent H.S. boys team would absolutely murder the UCONN women. I am not a sexist, nor am I a woman-hater, but a lot of people truly do not realize the gap between men and women when it comes to athleticism, quickness, and most notably, strength.
In fact, I bet you that the championship team of the city rec league I play in would beat the UCONN women by 20-30. (Men in their 20's and early 30's, most are at least former H.S. ballers, a couple former D-III ballers, and all of whom are in pretty good shape.)
