could the best boys HS b-ball team in your state beat the best WNBA?

I really enjoy the women's game. A superstar like Caitlin Clark really makes for great entertainment but even without her the game at the top level is improving and talent is deeper.

Yes, quality male high school teams are physically stronger and quicker and play a different, and vertical game.

I don't think this fact detracts from the women's game, which while different is exciting in its own right. I so enjoyed Caitlin Clark this year. It takes confidence and guts to even take 30 foot shots much less make them. Kudos to the Iowa coach for letting her utilize her unique skills . I realized her impact when I saw a very good 12 year old boy in the neighborhood attempting to imitate her shooting style. Women's sports mean a lot to me because my father, brother and me all attended school on athletic scholarships, but my mother, the best athlete in the family had very little opportunity in the late 50's to participate. Whether it was free throws, golf (she shot in the 70's), throwing a football - you name it - at 5ft 1 she could do it all.

I feel much the same way about D1 women"s lacrosse, but have a quibble with the rule differences. These athletic women could easily manage the men's game faceoffs, could handle the physical play permitted with the men, and would improve their team defense with long stick defensive players. But still a great sport to watch - a neighbor just signed with a major D1 program, is a great student at a public high school (not a prep school) and will have a great opportunity to play a physically demanding team game.

What you are forgetting is that the women are using a smaller ball but the rims are not proportionally smaller. So, they are essentially cheating. Smaller ball with large rim. Cheating.

Why can’t women compete against women? Some of you guys are a bigger threats to women’s sport than transgender athletes.

Mate, I’m not selling anything so I don’t care if you buy it. I’m also not dumping on women’s sport but was highlighting my first hand experience in the subject - maybe you could share yours.
As for the game, it was played at a training facility in the early 1990s. Coaching staff and players only. It was part of the build up for the women’s team (maybe U19 world champs).
At another tournament, I saw Lauren Jackson play one of her first tournaments. She is a few years younger than me but even then it was obvious she was going to be a star - she was the talk of the tournament. Myself and several of my teammates also acknowledged that she was the first girl that would cause us trouble. Obviously as she got taller and better, she would have been more than trouble.

It's not cheating, it's just different. Even the fifa mens ball ball is different than an NBA ball and players take time, not Ling but still time, to get used to it.

It is like the women on the LPGA using the same ball as the men but having a bigger cup to hit to. Why should they get that advantage? Or a woman having a larger bulls-eye to hit to.

Until about 20 years ago, FIBA used size 7 ball for both men's and women's games. Women could shoot with that ball with little problem. College players needed a little adjustment when they played international games.

When FIBA changed to size 6 for women's games, the biggest improvement was not shooting, but ball handling.

My towns best under 10 rec team would beat the best wnba team. Town of 15,000

Clearly none of you idiots have ever watched the WNBA. The 2 best teams this year will likely be the Las Vegas Aces and NY Liberty, both basically all star teams. Aces have A'Ja-Plum-Parker-Gray-Jackie and Liberty have Sabrina-Jonquel-Stewie-Vandersloot. I know that isn't gonna mean anything to most here but instead of commenting 'get in the kitchen and go make a sandwich' under every WNBA post, how about google those players or watch a game and then check yourself

PS - it's laughable how guys think "but women can't dunk" is some inditement of the WNBA. It's more pure and better basketball half the time. Is Mac McClung gonna lead the 76ers past the Celtics. Obi gonna carry the Knicks past the Heat? Dunking doesn/t equal winning

If you're used to shooting with a size 7 moving down won't necessarily make you a better shooter but if you're used to shooting with a 6 moving up to a 7 will be a tough adjustment. I'm decent with a 6 but not with the larger ball. I've never used a FIBA ball but I've heard that some NBA players take some time adjusting to it.

Liar, liar pants on fire....

I would bet on the boys. Lex young has run 13:43. Gorze has run 13:56. We have 3 guys with sub 8:40 2 miles. It just isn't that hard to run 10k. It is very close to a 5k for a distance guy.

Now at the marathon, the woman would win. But that is pretty just because talented kids don't run marathons.

Height makes more difference in basketball than any other sport, so the usual male advantages in sport make more of a difference here.

Many D1 women's basketball programs include male students in practices to bring a challenge to their scrimmages. These are men that were no where good enough to play D1. The original question here was the best boys team in your state. The best boys team in my state would typically have at least 3 D1 players. That's a complete mismatch and really a silly question.