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Women's vs. Men's Hoops-Who would win?...Poll

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<<Have you seen their stats? They are incredible, they shoot like 50% from the floor, 42% threes, have a 30 point difference in offense/defense, its pretty nuts! >>

They couldn't do that vs. a men's team. They'd be lucky to get a shot off, much less hit 50% of them.

Now playing H O R S E against them probably would be tough..............
 


<< <<Have you seen their stats? They are incredible, they shoot like 50% from the floor, 42% threes, have a 30 point difference in offense/defense, its pretty nuts! >>

They couldn't do that vs. a men's team. They'd be lucky to get a shot off, much less hit 50% of them.

Now playing H O R S E against them probably would be tough.............. >>




but against a HS team? Cmon, they would whup most HS team's asses, IMO.


stats:

PPG: 87.7
FG% : 52.2
3pt%: 41.1
Points allowed: 50.7
Opp. FG %-31.6
Opp. 3pt%-30.8

All five starters average double figures in points, all five all-american.
 


<< a bad high school mens team would beat UCONN.

think about this: The 2000 GOLD MEDAL USA Women's soccer team (ya know Mia Hamm, Brandie Bra etv...) practiced against high school boys teams. THEY NEVER WON--- NOT EVEN ONCE! >>



in case you havent noticed, soccer is a different sport than basketball.
 
I remember reading that a few years ago when the Tennessee ladies won the NCAA championship they played an exhibition game against an exceptional men's high school team from ohio.

The high school team beat up on the ladies badly.
 


<< The men would win. If you ever watch women's basketball, you know why. 17/18 year old men can dunk, rebound above the rim, etc. They would also have a severe height disadvantage. The women wouldn't be able to stop them down low and would get around 4 rebounds in the entire game. >>




seriously...alot of the top draft picks in the nba are high schoolers anyway nowadays. they'd win on physical size and speed, etc.
 


<< I have a few comments here..

I live in Cleveland, and have seen LeBron James play....by the way, his team has several good players other than LeBron, but that is besides the point...and he will be the first player picked in the 2003 NBA draft, heck, if he was in this year's draft he would go in the top 3, if not the top overall pick.... >>



So, watching him play...is he the real deal? I've been intrigued ever since he was on the cover of SI. Is he head over heals better than the rest of the HS competition?
 
<<but against a HS team? Cmon, they would whup most HS team's asses, IMO.


stats:

PPG: 87.7
FG% : 52.2
3pt%: 41.1
Points allowed: 50.7
Opp. FG %-31.6
Opp. 3pt%-30.8

All five starters average double figures in points, all five all-american. >>

Marion Jones is the fastest woman in the world. She runs high 10's in the 100 meters. There are thousands of HS boys that run faster than that.

See the above about the UT women vs. a good boy's team. Total spankage by the boys.

Same with soccer.

Same in any sport. Basketball would be no different.

edited for spelling


 


<< but against a HS team? Cmon, they would whup most HS team's asses, IMO. >>



I may have to agree with that statement. I think there may be more bad HS teams than good ones. Think of all the shmoes that made your HS basketball team.
 
does anyone remember that old commercial for the wnba where they go to a park and play men to prove they are good?


it said this, now they didn't win all the games, but they won enough.....


now if the wnba players (all stars) can get beat by any joe off the street, what chance would a college team have against potential future pros? besides a 6-10 300 pound guy would score everytime he got the ball
 
Looking at UConn's roster, they generally range from 5'9" to 6'2", and have one player at 6'6". A good highschool varsity team would generally have a 4-5 inch height advantage at every position. There is NO WAY that their team could compete with a good high school men's team. They aren't as fast, can't jump as high, and would get VERY few rebounds. If they miss a shot (which they do half the time), they are out of luck. And if the men miss a shot on the other end, they will more than likely get the rebound and eventually score nearly every time down the floor. Plus, with the extreme height advantage that the men would have, the women would have a hard time getting shots off.

Women's basketball and men's basketball are two completely different games.
 
Womens world record is 10.49, and I doubt "thousands" of boys could run that. Jones regularly runs what, 10.8? Aint shabby, but those skills dont neccesarily matter on the b-ball court.
 
mpitts, height does not always equal rebounding...as I said earlier, Uconn is smaller than most of the other top-notch Div1 women's teams out there, and they still outrebound them..

guys, most HS teams don't have 6-10 centers!

I still say they beat most HS teams, but better teams with players who will play in college (any level) would likely beat them...


IAMME, as for LeBron James, let me first tell you that I am a huge, huge college & NBA hoops fan, and I watch the McDonald's HS All-American games every year, and follow all the recruiting updates, do all kinds of mock NBA drafts, and in college I played against outstanding Div1 players like Jimmy Jackson, Alex Davis, Perry Carter, Lawrence Funderburke, and more at OSU, etc, etc, so I think I know what I am talking about when it comes to hoops...I also have coached basketball at the jr high level for 6 years, so I have seen many of the current HS players around here since they were younger, and I can say, without any hesitation whatsoever, that LeBron James is the best HS basketball player I have ever seen, bar none. He is a legit 6-7, he can play the 1, 2, or 3 position, good 3 shot, decent post game, amazing hops (44" is the latest I have read), long arms, exceptional quickness....but by far the most impressive part of his game is his court presence, much like Jason Kidd, he seems to know where everyone on the court is, really, his passing reminds me a lot of Larry Bird, its that good. He dominated the Adidias camp last year after his sophomore year, which I am sure he will do again this year, and he still has another year of HS ball to work on his ballhandling and strength to prepare him for the NBA.

I might as well throw in my 2 cents about the whole issue of basketball players going from HS to the pro's....Why should anyone care? Major league baseball drafts around 800-1000 kids out of HS every year! Do you ever hear anyone cry about that? If someone in HS is good enough to be a professional, from a sport to a non-sport profession, and they can get highly paid to do so, why not?
 


<< I might as well throw in my 2 cents about the whole issue of basketball players going from HS to the pro's....Why should anyone care? Major league baseball drafts around 800-1000 kids out of HS every year! Do you ever hear anyone cry about that? If someone in HS is good enough to be a professional, from a sport to a non-sport profession, and they can get highly paid to do so, why not? >>



I can't wait to see LeBron James play.....I thought I read somewhere he was quoted saying he was going to play college ball....not sure though.

I think in the earlier days of high school to pro players, it was a concern of whether or not the players could handle it basketball-wise. I think KG, Kobe, and Jermaine O'Neal proved they can succeed (and then some..). What sucks is that the college game suffers. I watched Duwan Wagner (sp?) play recently and he was tearing it up. It's great to see his patience to play college ball and refine his skills some more before leaping to the NBA. Although he's a likely candidate to leave after his 1st year 😛

It's hard to argue against the dirt-poor inner city kids who have a chance to turn their lives around with basketball. I mean, if you had nothing, and the NBA promised you riches and fame, I think it'd be real tough to pass it up. After the NCAA suffering, I worry most about these kids making tons of moolah and having their morals all screwed up.
 
well, we are only talking about 3 to 5 kids a year, and I just don't think it is a big deal.

As far as college hoops being hurt, what the heck is wrong with the NCAA tourney this year?
 


<< well, we are only talking about 3 to 5 kids a year, and I just don't think it is a big deal.

As far as college hoops being hurt, what the heck is wrong with the NCAA tourney this year? >>



It's definitely not a huge loss for the NCAA (the numbers are slowly growing, though), but it would have been fun to watch Kobe and KG play in college. 🙂
 
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