UCSB men's cross country vs UCONN women's basketball on ESPN

Women's basketball is pretty painful and I've always said that I could grab five random guys off the pick up courts and they'd beat the women's teams, but i don't think the cross country team spends much time on basketball! But as a gaucho myself (class of '91), I'd watch them give it a shot.

this is just straight up weird....

Yea this is obviously real.....

this is clearly fake

the guys who put this together are UCSB guys..... and I asked one of them who's my good friend if this is real and he said yes. Some dude has connections with ESPN apparently.

Five random guys would crush pretty much every XC team.:) But yeah womans college basketball is at the level of competitive mens intramural basketball. A lot of the top college team scrimmage against the guys and the games are competive. The teams are probably mainly ex HS players but still...

rsbones wrote:

Women's basketball is pretty painful and I've always said that I could grab five random guys off the pick up courts and they'd beat the women's teams, but i don't think the cross country team spends much time on basketball! But as a gaucho myself (class of '91), I'd watch them give it a shot.

MAN. I REALLY WANT TO SEE THIS!!!!!!!

rsbones wrote:

Women's basketball is pretty painful and I've always said that I could grab five random guys off the pick up courts and they'd beat the women's teams, but i don't think the cross country team spends much time on basketball! But as a gaucho myself (class of '91), I'd watch them give it a shot.

interestingly enough, geno has trouble putting together men's practice squads who can compete with his team.....

They would get absolutely crushed as would almost all competitve mens intramural teams. My guess is Most High school boys teams would also get crushed except for the really good hs boys teams with nba prospects

You have to realize how well the uconn women know the game, how well their coach draws up plays and has prepared them, how much they live and breathe bball, and that they will come into a game having practiced basketball 1000percent more than any intramural guys opponent as these folks live and breathe basketball. They also nail down shots very very well (high percentage). They know how the refs call fouls.

Even a skilled competitve former hs allstater and now very competitive intramural will just be too rusty for the uconn women IMO.

I have an idea: how about the mens Cal Tech D3 basketball team (or a similarly ranked guys team) versus the D1 uconn women??? I think the uconn women would win but itd be fun to watch.

They would get absolutely crushed as would almost all competitve mens intramural teams. My guess is Most High school boys teams would also get crushed except for the really good hs boys teams with nba prospects

You have to realize how well the uconn women know the game, how well their coach draws up plays and has prepared them, how much they live and breathe bball, and that they will come into a game having practiced basketball 1000percent more than any intramural guys opponent as these folks live and breathe basketball. They also nail down shots very very well (high percentage). They know how the refs call fouls.

Even a skilled competitve former hs allstater and now very competitive intramural will just be too rusty for the uconn women IMO.

I have an idea: how about the mens Cal Tech D3 basketball team (or a similarly ranked guys team) versus the D1 uconn women??? I think the uconn women would win but itd be fun to watch.

THIS WOULD BE SO SICK hahah!

seems pretty funny but whats the point behind it?

hmmmmmm wrote:

seems pretty funny but whats the point behind it?

the UCSB men's cross country team wants to show the world that runners aren't athletically retarded.

WHOOOOOOOOO00 wrote:

hmmmmmm wrote:

seems pretty funny but whats the point behind it?

the UCSB men's cross country team wants to show the world that runners aren't athletically retarded.

Let's hope they don't win - if they step on the court with UCONN, they will completely embarrass themselves, their school, and the sport of running in general.

These guys would get killed, and in the process, show the world exactly the opposite of what they were trying to do.

Sounds like a big crock of garbage. Maybe they should work on getting back to where they were in 2001 and 2006. If I recall they were at one point ranked 13th in the nation and finished fourth at Pre-Nats, remember that? They had the talent this year, I guess they were spending more time on the court then on the course!

Come on Gauchos!

ucsb will lose, i go to the school and was on the track team a couple years ago. The dudes on the xc team have like 3 guys who can play, then after that it goes way downhill.

we tried to do a sprint vs. distance basketball game in the past, the distance team backed down

not trolling, but i know i will probably get replies from the people on the team defending their ability to play

GAUCHOS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

honestly, I would love to see this.

and u are?? as far as i know they have 4 guys who played varsity ball back in high school. there is some legitimacy to their claims.