Is this possible?
Is this possible?
Not possible at all.
I doubt you could find a DIII team they could beat.
I think about the only boys high school team they could beat would be some school for the blind.
How about CalTech?
They are well coached and intelligent enough to beat most boys high school teams. No chance at any college team.
Ray wrote:
They are well coached and intelligent enough to beat most boys high school teams. No chance at any college team.
But they don't have the physical talents. Any decent high school boys team would out-rebound them by a ridiculous amount. The UConn women would have to play perfect basketball to even have a chance and even then I don't see it happening.
Have you been to a boys basketball game recently? Many teams don't even have a legit rebounder. I've seen the women play and I've been to numerous boys games here in CT. The women can beat many of those High School teams. Not most, but many.
UConn women would crush 90% of boys high school teams here in Mass. I also think they would knock off more than a few low level DIII teams.
What the hell is the matter with you guys? I played Division 1 Basketball at Central Connecticut State University. Our tallest player was 6'7 when I played. I KNOW for a fact that D-3 schools here in CT are garbage. I've played with a lot of these girls from the UCONN team in pickup games and they have put me in their back pocket (including Maya Moore).
Its ignorant to think they would not beat most D-3 schools. I know they would beat every D-3 school here in CT. Talent goes a long way. All the physical tools in the world dont matter when the UCONN women would outwork, out think and out talent the competition.
You talk about rebounding. It wont matter much when Maya Moore goes 10-12 from the floor because nobody can check her.
I live in Northern Virginia. UConn women would lose handily to 90% of the boys high school teams here, and that is on the safe side.
Even mediocre teams have three or four guys who play above the rim (even if not all that artfully), and a modest 6"3 boy high schooler could post down and shoot 6 foot shots all day. And any good point guard could muscle and drive their way to lay-ups or passes for dunks. The men's game is different - just accept it - and appreciate the women for what they do.
Bullshit, Maya Moore could not get that open against a mid-level high school team.
Sure UConn probably works harder than a D3 or high school team. But hard work doesn't make you taller, quicker or stronger than the guys.
loch ness - you are right. And I say this as a supporter of women's basketball.
I live down the block from a great young player. She is first team all-State. I am not sure where she will end up in college, but it will likely be with a top 25 type program.
The boys in the neighborhood - and the guys team is nowhere near the relative caliber of the girls team - simply outmuscle her - and can get her out of her game quickly, especially when the game gets vertical. To her credit, she likes the challenge and gets better playing against the guys, but the women's game is just a different thing.
I recall an anecdote about the US women's soccer team - they found the 13/14 (maybe it was 14/15, not sure) boys national class players the right level of challenge, because the 15/16 boys were just too powerful and quick, and the practice value dissipated quickly. Given the emphasis on verticality, I think the same performance gaps apply even more so to basketball.
Grow UP wrote:
You talk about rebounding. It wont matter much when Maya Moore goes 10-12 from the floor because nobody can check her.
Unless she plays with a men's basketball, in which case (even if they are used to it) the women's teams would really struggle to hit outside shots.
You have to consider that some high school teams are better than some college teams. So, this means the UConn women would probably beat any high school team that isn't in the top 100 or so and then plenty of college teams who don't get their recruits from high caliber high school teams.
in high school my basketball skills are what you would call a joke. but i could still throw down on the best girls on our hs team. theyre good for girls
Here is my story about women's basketball.
When I was in HS our girl's basketball team was ranked in the top 15 in the nation.
Here was the starting line up and where they went on to get a scholarship for college
6'4 C- Auburn
6'1 PF- small D1
6'1- SF-South Carolina
5'9-SG- Small D1
5'7- PG- South Carolina
3 girls on the bench played D2 basketball
Once a week for practice the basketball coach would ask us to come play against them, to get use to playing more athletic people. Here was our line up
6'3 C- Pot head at school
5"10 PF- bench warmer baseball player, pothead at school
5'6 SF- Runner 125 lbs
5'8 SG- Kid who couldn't make the 9th grade basketball team
5'6 PG- Runner 130lbs
We would dominate this girls team once a week. They went on to win the State tourny and 4 girls played in the NCAA tourny in college. Women's sports just are not the same as mens.
I am guessing it is more like top 1000 boys HS programs instead of top 100. The number and quality of inner city basketball in places like NYC, LA, Phi, Chi and so on is nuts. The depth in mens basketball is incredible.Now if they played like 10000 games or something you would eventually hit the one where UConn shot 90% from the field and the guys had a horrid shooting night and the the girls could win.
Shoebacca wrote:
You have to consider that some high school teams are better than some college teams. So, this means the UConn women would probably beat any high school team that isn't in the top 100 or so and then plenty of college teams who don't get their recruits from high caliber high school teams.
I used to play pickup with several DI girls player, one being Tiffani Johnson, who went on to play center for the Houston Comets after playing at Tennessee. She was 6'4", 190-200 lbs. The other girls were no joke either. I didn't play high school ball and didn't even try out. I couldn't shoot, was relatively slow, and not well coached. I'll admit that at 5'10" 165 I wasn't the ideal person to guard her but I regularly drew the assignment. Why? I was stronger, really mean on the court, and knew how to play defense. She was good but anyone off the bench of our jv team could have handled her with ease. The first couple times we played I got schooled (wasn't comfortable playing hard against a girl) but once I knew she was serious, I usually played her evenly.
I now coach girls (xc/track/basketball) and I have a tremendous amount of respect for their ability. However the only edge they would have would be coaching and effort. And that's not enough. Boys pull away from girls physically in the 6th/7th grade and by high school it's not even close.
BUT, there are a lot of high school boy's teams out there that would get beaten. I watched a high school game in rural Indiana and none of the players were taller than 6'3" and none of them could dunk. Both teams would lose to them. They both had winning records. I coached at a private high school that had a team of 8, one player was 6'3" and the rest were < 6', and they won their conference tournament with ease and went 20-4 on the season. They would have been KILLED by UConn's women.
isnt the ball bigger as well?
For a comparison, look at how top-level female college track and field athletes line up against high school boys. If you put together an all-star team of collegiate women, they would be a very, very good boys high school team. If you just look at one team, like Texas A & M, they would be a very good high school team--three athletes under 11.2, two under 22.75, 1 42.5 4 x 1 and a 3:31 4 x 4, a couple of 20' long jumpers. Plenty of HS teams could beat them, but not your poor programs or small schools. I'd guess basketball would line up similarly in terms of how good a women's college team would be.