Super OT: If Villanova men played UConn women
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Any team in NJ, from Par A to Group 1, that made the state quarterfinals would win--handily.
Any team in NJ that played in a Sectional Final or beyond would win by 40+
Teams like Roselle C, Bosco, Ranney, Bergen, St Peters, Shawnee, Linden, Newark East Side, would win by 50+.
Nova would literally win by 100+
The only thing that would hold the score down against Nova is them being tired from running the floor and dunking for 40 minutes straight
My own personal experience, and yes this or was way back in the day...........There was a young lady her name was Carol Blazejowski (called her Blaze), great outside shot, and was one of the most prolific scorers in the country. Well, she would come to the schoolyard in Jersey to play some hoops with the boys. One day it was just her and me, so we played a simple one on one game to 21. I think she scored 2 points, and I'm no M.Jordan or anything, but I was just too athletic, strong and quick for her.
Have women improved since then, both physically and athletically, yes of course, but so have the men. People keep trying to make men and women one in the same in this society, instead of celebrating the differences. Anyway, that's my story.
Have women improved since then, both physically and athletically, yes of course, but so have the men. People keep trying to make men and women one in the same in this society, instead of celebrating the differences. Anyway, that's my story.
Nah, she got real ugly when losing. :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:
This thing with Bobby Riggs was a real joke, King is still making a fuss
about beating an old man who never made it men's tennis.
about beating an old man who never made it men's tennis.
I can't even begin to tell you how wrong you are. As I said earlier. Active WNBA players could not win the court in pick up games with scrubs and you think UCONN could be competitive with a varsity boys team? Gotcha
As this post says......The womens national Championship team from 1982 was beaten EASILY by a group of mens intramural players at Rutgers. That should end all discussion on a question like this. I remember this well when I was going to school. Remember reading the buildup about the game in the Targum and then reading about it afterwards. Some people who I know were there said the game was not as close as the Targum even made it out to be. The walk on players at Villanova would have little trouble embarrassing the UCONN womens team, never mind the scholarship players...
I know you are making a joke, but Corey could drive and dunk on every possession, regardless on what defense they are playing.
This reminds me of the post that time about Brian Scalabrine - yeah a big, slow white guy on the Celtics. Some off the street kids or maybe high school or college players challenged him at a camp or something - he totally schooled them.
Watching women's basketball, even against themselves, can be excruciating to sit thru. But, I do get a kick out of the women's play by play person(usually a woman), and that persons attempt to glorify or Amp up the play on the court, it's hilarious.
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What if the Villanova men had to play with two guys with their legs tied together like in a three-legged race? Only one guy gets to run free.
Why do you say that? Because the caliber of women's play is not as high as men's? If that's the measuring stick, why watch college sports at all - why not just stick to the pros?
To me it's excruciating because the officiating is unbearably bad. They might as well self-call the game like ultimate frisbee.
And don't forget old man Riggs beat the crap out of Margaret Court a couple of months earlier, and Court holds the record for major championships with 24. (For all her fame, King only won 12 in singles.) Of course, knowing Court, one could think Riggs would rather lose to BJK than that raging b*&^*.
Anyway, the only way UConn would score is if Villanova got lazy defending the 3. But with the difference in length they wouldn't even have to be right in their faces to defend.
I was at RU when the men's team was miserable (no, the other time) and was being outdrawn by the Wicks-Howard-Foley-Austin-Malouf women who reached No.2 in the nation. One of our other columnists seriously wondered if the women would beat the men. So another responded by saying the men would win by 80. And they SUCKED. But it was true.
Look, if it was a free-throw shooting contest, a lot of women's teams would beat a lot of men's teams. But fundamentals only go so far when you are physically being utter dominated at every position by superior size, strength and speed.
The officiating is one thing, and yes the inability of the women to complete basic basketball maneuver's, play's, layups, while announcers revel on what they consider great abilities, is excruciating, frustrating, and frankly boring.
Of course, I can say the same thing about Rutgers Men's Basketball in recent years. But, that's another story. College sports is exciting, each game means something, fans are invested.
As far as Professional basketball is concerned, I don't watch that anymore either. But, not because of their ability or lack of, but because of the style of play. The over the rim style, which manifested in the 90's was a result of showboating, and took away from play making, defense and just good basketball. As a result it became about who had the best dunk, or who broke a backboard, and less about playing around the key. With manifestation of people like Stephan Curry, and others, the game is again shifting back to the game I remember, and enjoyed. But, that's just my preference.
But, unlike them(and maybe you), we have experience, and the ability to know the difference.
You are right, they wouldn't "kill" them every time, once in a while they would just get slaughtered.
Riggs had been a top level player as young man - he won Wimbledon among other things. Of course he was in his 50s when he played King and much diminished - then again - its not like he didnt deserve what he got - when you showboat like that, youd better back it up.
The college teams won fairly often. Of course that was a different era, and it was all stars. But this isnt like tthe womens vs mens thing - its more like a AAA baseball team playing a MLB team.
I'm sure Villanova would beat the Women's All America roster by 100 points.
You conveniently forgot to state, that prior to Riggs loss with King, he beat Margaret Court. Who, was considered the best "female" tennis player in the world.
Also, many think that Riggs actually lost on purpose to King in order to settle a gambling debt with the mob.
Total blow out, when I was at RU, I was a B league intramural average player, no high school ball. My friends and I would play the women’s team. I would match up against Sue Wick and hold my own. I played at the RAC with some of the Men’s team. I could jump and pooch dunk, it only led to having balls pinned to the back board. I played a lot against Eddie, he could guard me from 6 feet away and not worry....the difference is huge.
For reference....the women’s 1988 us Olympic team trained against a New Jersey high school all star team that eliminated all the guys over 6’3”. I knew a couple of the guys that tried out for the high school team.
For what I was told, the high school all-star team, under those conditions, played 5 closed games to the public and won on avesage by 20-30 points per game
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The women’s game is a joke. Barely enough good HS players to field 5 good teams. Zero parity.
There is some merit to your post. The talent pool in WBB is much shallower than in MBB, with more concentration at the top.
That said, even if your "five good teams" crack were true, which it is not, it's still a lot of fun when two of those five get together. I suspect you are not watching UConn/ND in OT right now. Too bad. You are missing some great basketball. Not great women's basketball. Great basketball.
I wouldn’t say that unless you’re very fond of hearing “Wake up the Echos” over and over and over...
