jjjjjjjjjj wrote:
1:49/50 800m runners will be able to run and jump, so no worries about that part.
You really overestimate the type of athlete it takes to run 1:50.
How about this awesome team:
Seb Coe,
Said Outia,
Morcelli,
El Guerrouj,
Noah Ngeny
Very imposing ball roster, wouldn't ya say?
not kilgore wrote:
run run run?
They could not run with these women, ever.
They would not be taller, faster, or more basketball athletic.
There are at least 3 women the can dunk at UCONN.
They could not beat these women in a fight, decathlon, and certainly not a basketball game.
They would leave the court battered, bruised, and thoroughly beaten.
If you want people to respect your sport, you better respect theirs.
fools!
To point #1 - you are right, they couldn't run WITH them, the UCSB men's XC team would be running past them/in front of them from about 10 minutes on, if not earlier.
To point #2:
The UCONN women's starting line up consists of one girl who is 6'4 and has been reported on this thread to have about a 1" vertical (I cannot confirm nor deny this), a girl that is 6'0, and 3 girls who are 5'10. Size advantage somewhat out the window. I couldn't find the heights of some of the UCSB guys, but somebody pointed out that the 1:50 800m guy was about 6'3 or 6'4. To the speed, see above - some of the UCONN women may be sprint faster than some of the UCSB guys, but none will be past 10 minutes. As for "basketball athletics", if the UCSB guys can dribble, pass, and shoot well then their better fitness and potential size/leaping ability (if it is there - still no numbers on this) could make up for their lack of basketball knowledge and set pieces.
To point #3:
I would like to see this. The key though will be dunking in a game scenario with defenders around you. As been pointed out, it would be tough for the UCONN women who can dunk to outsprint any of the UCSB guys down the court. Running up and dunking uninterrupted to the basket doesn't matter in a game setting - game ability does.
To point #4:
What does a fight or decathlon have to do with any of this? As for the beating either side would take - tentatively I would take the UCONN women in the fight, but the decathlon would be a WHOOOOLE different story.
To point #5:
I am a bit confused who they would leave the court batter, bruised, and thoroughly beaten if none of the rest of your argument holds water.
To point #6:
They are certainly not disrespecting the women's basketball or the UCONN women's team in any capacity. As they have apparently stated a few times, this was just an idea they apparently had to raise money for charity, it caught fire, and they had no intention to disrespect the UCONN women. They acknowledged that they would probably lose and potentially get embarrassed. I have seen zero disrespect by these guys towards the UCONN women.
With all this said, it still comes down to he said, she said BS. Nobody knows how the UCSB guys are at basketball, how tall/big they are or how high they can jump, how they can shoot, etc. All this is speculation one way or another.
To disrespect the women athletes is obnoxious and arrogant.
and yes, these fools actually believe they had a chance.
This was not about charity, it was about self-importance.
These women would chew you up and spit you out.
Christ, if a bunch of cyclists or triathletes wrote something similar you punks would be spitting blood and farting sparks.
UCSB Distance (According to team roster)
6'6" jeff campbell
6'3" zak weinberg
6'2" doug whichard
6'2" charles maginnis
6'1" rusty parker
6'1" ryan martin
6'1" michael wysocki
6'0" erik aardal
6'0" nate cox
5'11" tyler brady
5'11" ryan jackson
5'11" kenneth raedel
5'10" andrew pilavjian
5'10" waleed totari
5'10" anthony masci
5'10" juan paredes
5'10" bhavik kanzaria
5'9" jeremy acosta
5'9" julian de rubira
5'9" baxter frick
5'9" jon telles
5'8" scott smith
Weak...there were 8 guys on my HS B-ball team who could dunk and I went to school with 200 boys in the entire HS. I'm joking to an extent about womens' basketball. But to compare women "athletes" to men is a joke. I stand by my argument, that if 3 UCSB dudes played in HS and another 2 or 3 have ANY ability, they win. not kilgore, how much basketball have you played? Have you played hoops against college level women or HS level boys?
not kilgore wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_mUHETKFC8&feature=relatedTo disrespect the women athletes is obnoxious and arrogant.
and yes, these fools actually believe they had a chance.
This was not about charity, it was about self-importance.
These women would chew you up and spit you out.
Christ, if a bunch of cyclists or triathletes wrote something similar you punks would be spitting blood and farting sparks.
"To point #3:
I would like to see this. The key though will be dunking in a game scenario with defenders around you. As been pointed out, it would be tough for the UCONN women who can dunk to outsprint any of the UCSB guys down the court. Running up and dunking uninterrupted to the basket doesn't matter in a game setting - game ability does."
You won't see it because UCONN doesn't have any women who can dunk.
not kilgore wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_mUHETKFC8&feature=relatedTo disrespect the women athletes is obnoxious and arrogant.
and yes, these fools actually believe they had a chance.
This was not about charity, it was about self-importance.
These women would chew you up and spit you out.
Christ, if a bunch of cyclists or triathletes wrote something similar you punks would be spitting blood and farting sparks.
not kilgore, what has got you all riled up? You are disrespecting these UCSB runners without knowing them. Then disrespecting me for actually providing some cognitive argument vs. your opinions. All of this is your thoughts and only your thoughts, with no support whatsoever. I'm starting to think you are just a torll, but here goes anywya:
Yes, I agree to disrespect women athletes is obnoxious and arrogant. None of these guys have done so. To disrespect these UCSB athletes is obnoxious and arrogant. And yes, they did believe they might have a chance, as well as quite a few others have pointed out possible methods to an outcome of UCSB victory. And these ideas actually hold water.
Do you know these guys? Or is this just your assumption that it was out of self-importance? I don't know any of them, so I can only take them at their word.
No, these women would not chew me up and spit me out. Even if they could, how would you know? All you are doing is making baseless attacks.
And no, I wouldn't be spitting blood and farting sparks if some cyclists or triathletes discussed this idea. I love far-fetched sporting events - I always love the little less controversial fat man relays and the distance vs. sprinter 4x400ms. In college I loved taking the cross country team into the public gym and running the courts for a couple hours until we were done.
Part of me is starting to think that some athletically-challenged runners are getting slightly jealous. They don't want these guys to do well because it only shows their inadequacies more. Runners, even those that devote their lives to it, can be extraordinary athletes. It isn't that hard to wrap your mind around it.
ehhhh wrote:
And yes, they did believe they might have a chance, as well as quite a few others have pointed out possible methods to an outcome of UCSB victory. And these ideas actually hold water.
I rest my case.
What case? You haven't made a case for jack sh*t. Stop trolling and move on. You lost as bad as you think the UCSB guys would.