Anybody in the tournament they could have defeated? No way. whatdoidoidontkno Pacers 3 yr. ago college has the size advantage. Is the best team In The WNBA able to beat the worst NBA team? Collen was head coach of the WNBA's Atlanta Dream before she was hired by Baylor after Mulkey returned to her home state to become coach at LSU, now the third-ranked team and with its only loss coming against No. Especially if they got a D1 athlete. Post #44 by kvash37 Wed Mar 30, 2016 3:56 am Georgia, Alabama, and maybe even Michigan, would smoke some, if not most, of the XFL teams. Any WNBA team would get decimated by any mens college basketball team, it wouldn't even be close. With just two wins separating the Gaels from a conference title, I love this bet at a plus-money price. Im not sure. What the Terrapins did to Iowa was as impressive a performance as Ive seen all year, and the perfect example of a team peaking at the right time. Chantel: And Iowa is definitely not a Final Fo oh, wait, never mind (mea culpa, mea culpa). We've already seen Ohio State score outright home upsets . In my book, experience plus momentum is usually a pretty good equation for some March Magic when it comes to mid-majors. *** Skipped 2006 X Games New customers only. They also improved their home record to a surprising 9-6 mark, which comes in sharp contrast to this teams 3-11 record on the road. Grill posted a lengthy statement on Twitter later on Wednesday afternoon. Re: Would a Top WNBA team beat a good college bball team? No. I was really excited after training because I was putting down some really great times. She stepped up, she knocked down big shots.". The only thing is everyone can then study your lines! Jacobellis said with a laugh, according to U.S. If those shots are falling, we could see a surprise run from this group. TikTok video from Brian Shapiro (@ptlvegas): "Male VS Female debate: Could a WNBA team beat a men's college basketball team? Silver 2007 X Games 10 Gonzaga, More to do: Utah Valley clinches WAC title share with win over UT Arlington, No. She towers over everyone else in the WNBA and she is shorter than Jonas Jerebko and as thin as a rail. By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. not even the Indiana Fever. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtC7gM22K80. But I am most interested in whats happening in the ACC. 1 seed when its all said and done, which brings me to my last question. there are sure to be some surprises. Or could a top flight JV men's team beat a WNBA team. (Top photo of Mackenzie Holmes: Andy Lyons / Getty Images). The latest in the sports world, emailed daily. Close. Gold 2009 X Games Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving, Karl-Anthony Towns, Kawhi Leonard, Anthony Davis and Brandon Ingram will play outsized roles in how their respective teams close the season. Yes, Whatifsports.com can accommodate that request. From first downs to buzzer beaters, get KSL.coms top sports stories delivered to your inbox weekly. Canada is the reigning Olympic champion and two-time reigning world champion. "Sometimes our youth and inexperience catches up with us.". He then transferred to UNLV, and back to Iowa State when Otzelberger was hired before the 2021-22 season. I would say any top 10 team regardless of classification in GA could beat any WNBA team. We've compiled all the statistics that comprise the Lady Huskies 2009-10 unblemished season. This is the most wide-open field among the major conferences, and there is a sleeper Final Four contender somewhere in the ACC, even if Im not yet sure which team that is. Yes, the top two Louisiana high school 5A boys teams would beat every womens college team. NY, AZ, CO, CT, IA, IL, IN, MI, NJ, PA, TN, VA, WV only. College vs WNBA is where it gets tough because both are very skilled and college has the size advantage. Gold 2017Worlds The U.S. has played 44 games against NCAA teams since 1995. I think you could definitely get 5 posters that could beat most college teams but maybe not UConn or a WNBA team. However, for a team that could match up physically (Im looking at you, Stanford Cam Brink and Lauren Betts), theres now more of a roadmap than there was even when these two teams faced off in November. Zach Hyman and . It was an exhibition, but the U.S. starting lineup included Olympic champions Sue Bird, Diana Taurasi, Sylvia Fowles and Seimone Augustus. "But we have to be the best version of ourselves.". "I thought Aijha was certainly not going to be NaLyssa Smith, but was going to be a different type of NaLyssa Smith, a kid that was going to be in the running for player of the year in our league,'" Collen said. All content 2000-2023 RealGM, L.L.C. 2023 NYP Holdings, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Sabreena: I think this is a big week for LSU. If you took the high school boy's national champion and pit them against the WNBA champion, the Minnesota Lynx, the boys would win 9/10 times. With Smith, Egbo and Jordan Lewis gone to the WNBA, the Bears added three freshmen and four Division I transfers to the roster. Montverde has 2 players that are 6'8" and two that are 6'9". You can't throw a bunch of college players together who aren't used to playing with each other and expect them to beat a WNBA team. And he'd be doing it for a Los Angeles Times sports section helmed by editor Bill Dwyre, whose generous budget allowed Terry to travel to season openers on the road, All-Star Games, and playoff series as . Those confusing losses to DePaul and Nebraska are far in the rearview; the current iteration of Maryland is a defensive juggernaut that walls off the paint, gets out in transition and rolls off double-digit scoring runs in the blink of an eye. The U.S. womens basketball team suffered its first defeat to a college program in 20 years, falling 93-86 on Saturday to Oregon, which is ranked No. Gold 2007 Worlds The Lady Huskies, on the other hand, may want to start thinking about an exhibition game for charity against an all-male college basketball team. Voepel began covering women's basketball in 1984, and has been with ESPN since 1996. But the Bears' 66-game non-conference home winning streak, and string of 12 consecutive NCAA Sweet 16 appearances, ended when they lost to No. Villanova guard Justin Moore (5) looks to pass around Seton Hall guard Femi Odukale during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023, in Newark, N.J. Villanova won 76-72. . We were a very small school (<200), and didn't play in a super competitive state. A college team could beat an NBA team, there are too many variables. Kentucky owned the paint and rebounding against a team with very good fundamentals by being bigger and stronger. The Terrapins are 2-7 straight up in true road games (3-6 against the spread) with a 1-7 road record in conference play, including an overtime loss at middling Nebraska on Feb. 19 in their last road test. 2023 NYP Holdings, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Ionescu, who scored 30 points, is also a two-time reigning U.S. national champion in 33, a new Olympic event, making her a possible choice for either Olympic team. But yeah the OP's question is silly. Yet that would be underselling the upside for these Buckeyes and the significance of Wednesdays home-road splits for both them and the visiting Maryland Terrapins. After 65 wins, the question started off as a hypothetical one. Rounding out the top 10 teams to watch are Indiana, Notre Dame, UCLA, Utah, and Iowa. The WNBA is a tough first year transition for even the best college players. "We've proven that this group can win," second-year Bears coach Nicki Collen said. 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Ole Miss pushed the Gamecocks into overtime, UConn (with six bodies) drove them to the brink. It's only the second time a college has knocked off Team USA dating back to 1999, when. Sabreena: Hang on, Ive got some Maryland/Indiana thoughts. Even though Id still favor South Carolina in a potential matchup, that doesnt mean I am not very bullish on what Indiana can accomplish at the Big Ten tournament and beyond. Iowa State senior Caleb Grill was released from the team on Wednesday, less than a week before the Big 12 tournament was set to . During that four-game losing streak last month, the Bears had consecutive overtime losses at home to Top 25 teams Oklahoma and Iowa State. Theyve lost four straight and have dropped 10 of their last 14. Coyne Schofield is the latest U.S. Winter Olympic star to announce a pregnancy. Jacobellis made her first podium of any kind since sweeping the individual and Olympic team golds last February. The Toledo Rockets can hold their heads up high knowing their winning percentage in these 1,001 simulations was five times better than their efforts during the 2009-10 regular season. Lindsey Jacobellis becomes oldest world championships medalist in snowboard Mikaela Shiffrin resumes World Cup wins record chase this weekend. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. That's the beauty of a high-risk, high-reward system. This is where our hypothetical "Battle of the Sexes" hits the courts for the first time. Lord knows what past teams like 2019 LSU and 2013 FSU wouldve done. Sabreena: Whats wild about the Big Ten is for as much as weve extolled Indiana and Iowa, Maryland might be the best team right now. Cavallini planned to return to the national team after childbirth, her agent said when she announced her pregnancy in August. Her foul trouble against Iowa was a huge reason the Hoosiers had such difficulty reining in Clark. Loss on Sunday or not, Indiana basically has played consistently well since Berger came back in early January, and I would be praying to end up in a different region than this team on Selection Sunday. Scientists push for an agreement, Legislature passes bill requiring police to perform lethality assessment for domestic violence calls, Man with history of speeding charged in fatal motorcycle-pedestrian crash, Salt Lake releases water from Parleys Canyon reservoirs over possible flood risks, Storm's second wave heads for Utah, possibly adding 1-3 feet of mountain snow. The hypothetical man versus woman matchup is nothing new in sports. Sabreena: Florida Gulf Coast may not have Kierstan Bell or another WNBA first-round prospect this year, but the Eagles still have Karl Smesko, and that means theyll play the most modern offense possible. Yes, those teams couldnt finish the job. Grill averaged 9.5 points and four rebounds in 25 games this season. My thoughts are this could be answered in one of the 4 other posts over the last 2 days that ask the same question. The best WNBA team wouldn't beat a good high school men's team. The Ducks, led by senior triple-double machine Sabrina Ionescu, became the second college team to beat the U.S. after Tennessees 65-64 win in 1999. Gold 2011 X Games I think the bulk of the madness this year will come from all the power conferences beating up on one another with the 6 or 7 seeds being more dangerous than theyve been in awhile. The Rebels are just 6-10 in the Mountain West, but like UCF, they are geared to beat more talented teams (or lose by 30 to them). As an example. Phelan M. Ebenhack/Associated Press Friday night marks the beginning to the WNBA's 25th. The men could only eek out four wins the entire season as they counted on a roster consisting of mainly freshman. Sabreena: The most difficulty Siegrist has had all season was against Aaliyah Edwards, and I expect Edwards to once again be up to the challenge. What women is stopping a even under sized big down low ? Wouldnt even be close. M.A. like the video to. a champion wnba team couldn't beat oak hill, much less any high school top60 team. But with conference tournaments kicking off, lets take a gander at the landscape right now. We hold our players to high standards and there are expectations that our student-athletes are held accountable for, coach T.J. Otzelberger said in a brief statement, via CycloneFanatics Chris Williams. Would a Top WNBA team beat a good college bball team? Saint Mary's has been a top-10 team all year long thanks in large part to its stifling defense, which limits easy scoring chances and attacks the glass with reckless abandon. Girls basketball is so much worse than men's basketball. Gold 2014 X Games He tallied his 12th 20-point performance of the season in the win over the Pirates, scoring 23 points while going 5-for-8 from downtown. Darianna Littlepage-Buggs, named Big 12 freshman of the week for the seventh time earlier that day, had 19 points and 13 rebounds for Baylor, now 4-0 on the road against Top 25 teams. In between those games, the Bears lost by 19 and 21 points on the road to teams below them in the Big 12 standings. Grills removal comes at a very turbulent stretch for the Cyclones. However, for a team that could match up physically (I'm looking at you, Stanford Cam Brink and Lauren Betts), there's now more of a roadmap than there was even when these two teams faced . The difference in athletic ability just aren't fair. Indeed it would probably beat the best WNBA team. 2 seeds for the Final Four, but I wonder if this might be the year thats different. With that said, it's absurd to start the UConn discussion with if they could beat a nationally ranked high school team, division three or two team. But they are still missing 5-foot-11 playmaker Aijha Blackwell and 6-foot forward Dre'Una Edwards, a former Pac-12 freshman of the year with Utah who didn't get a waiver from Kentucky after being there the last three years. A top program with blue chip recruits? A hyped crowd, a game-winning shot and Caitlin Clark heroics make for historic day at Iowa. March Madness excitement builds as top teams set their sights on a national championship. After the scrimmage, coach made us run laps for running up there score. The purpose of this article is to not only give Joe/Joan Basketballfan the answer he/she has been craving over the last few months, but to also spark discussion and debate as to "what if" these games really did come to fruition. Usually, you can pencil in two to three No. It's crazy that people don't realize just how much stronger the fully grown adult WNBA players would be than a bunch of 15-17 year olds, lol. Baylor (19-10, 10-7 Big 12) won 63-54 at 12th-ranked Texas on Monday, holding the Longhorns to a season low in points, ending their 12-game home winning streak and preventing them from clinching at least a share of the Big 12 title in front of their fans. Sabreena: As much as I want to predict chaos, I cant see the Big East tournament ending any way but with UConn cutting down nets. WNBA MVP Elena Delle Donne, . I havent even yet mentioned Duke, which was leading the ACC up until the final game of the regular season and can put the clamps on just about any team in the country, or Florida State, which beat the Tar Heels and the Blue Devils during conference play. He shot a team-best 38.8% from behind the arc. It's crazy. After playing baseball for two seasons on the JV team at North County High School in Glen Burnie, Md., Skylar Kaplan was confidentas were her teammates and her summer travel team . Best way to see this play out is probably that women's college teams practice against a 'practice squad' team that usually consists of decent men players selected from a tryout. Saint Mary's has been a top-10 team all year long thanks in large part to its stifling defense, which limits easy scoring chances and attacks the glass with reckless abandon. Sabreena: Hopefully, these age better than our midseason roundtable. pic.twitter.com/hw3lziRiwS, Kendall Coyne Schofield (@KendallCoyne) March 1, 2023. A subreddit dedicated to NBA news and discussion. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. As thin as a hypothetical one title share with win over UT Arlington, No UT. She announced her pregnancy in August could only eek out four wins entire... 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