A guys v. girls sports debate - Page 4

anatta · #31 02-15-2007, 06:44 PM

25 Marissa Coleman G/F SO 6-1 Cheltenham, Md./St. John's College [D.C.]
22 Shay Doron G SR 5-9 Ramat Hasharon, Israel/Christ the King (N.Y.)
15 Laura Harper F/C JR 6-4 Elkins Park, Pa./Cheltenham
1 Crystal Langhorne C/F JR 6-2 Willingboro, N.J./Willingboro
11 Christie Marrone G RS SO 5-6 Brooklyn, N.Y./St. John Villa Academy/Virginia Tech
21 Ashleigh Newman G JR 5-10 Shelbyville, Tenn./Shelbyville Central
44 Aurelie Noirez C SR 6-2 Vandoeuvre, France/Lycee Francois Arago
55 Jade Perry F/C JR 6-1 Central City, Ky./Muhlenberg North
20 Kristi Toliver G SO 5-7 Harrisonburg, Va./Harrisonburg
33 Emery Wallace F FR 6-1 Roanoke, Va./Hidden Valley
2 Sa'de Wiley-Gatewood G RS JR 5-9 Pomona, Calif./Lynwood/Tennessee

Maryland's Team this year, defending 2006 champs. One player over 6'2. I think average men's high school team is much bigger. Given a pool of say 600 boy students, I would think there should be two or three that are 6'6'' or taller.

My high school team was pretty average, we had 6'6" and 6'7" centers pretty much every year. Plus stronger, we always has a few football players, not that skilled, but some 6'3" power forward/linebacker that benches 300lbs. We also had a few dunkers, or at least 3-4 guys who could punch it. I would say nobody on the MD team can dunk.

The women will be better coached, play smarter, and likely shoot better. If we split the difference on the size of the ball, I'd take the men.

DrewDevil · #32 02-15-2007, 07:15 PM

Your HS team would kill Maryland. Your HS team would kill a team of WNBA all-stars.

Don't forget that in the WNBA, using a smaller ball, smaller slower players and inferior defenses, the shooting percentages are LOWER than in the NBA (around 37%).

I'm telling you, they suck.

ChromePony · #33 02-15-2007, 07:36 PM

My U-15 mens soccer team beat the University of Oregon Women's team back in the day, it was fairly close skillwise but we were definitely quicker than them and that made a huge difference. Not really what were talking about here, but thought I'd chime in.

Golden_Rhino · #34 02-16-2007, 06:10 AM

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The two teams would be fairly similar as far as talent goes, but I think that the women would win. I think they would win because an NCAA team (women's or not) is coached at a much higher level than a B division high school team ever would be. To be honest, I don't even think the game would be close (unless the high school team had like a 7 foot tall tenth grader or something).

RR · #35 02-16-2007, 07:36 AM

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The two teams would be fairly similar as far as talent goes, but I think that the women would win. I think they would win because an NCAA team (women's or not) is coached at a much higher level than a B division high school team ever would be. To be honest, I don't even think the game would be close (unless the high school team had like a 7 foot tall tenth grader or something).

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I wouldn't count on coaching strength to help. When Katie Smith was at Ohio State they would scrimmage the intramural teams and lose.

bottomset · #36 02-16-2007, 08:37 AM

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The two teams would be fairly similar as far as talent goes, but I think that the women would win. I think they would win because an NCAA team (women's or not) is coached at a much higher level than a B division high school team ever would be. To be honest, I don't even think the game would be close (unless the high school team had like a 7 foot tall tenth grader or something).

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alot of HS Bteams will have 3-4starters taller than the tallest player on the girls team and the vast majority will have a size advantage at every position, size and athleticism>>> coaching

Your Mom · #37 02-16-2007, 01:07 PM

I played in college pickup games with 2 different girls who saw playing time for a team that made the NCAA tournament (Missouri St./SMS). I'm about 5-9 and played as a freshman in high school and got cut every other year in Nebraska (a state not known for good high school basketball). I was way better than both of these girls. In fact, the girls were always the 10th best player on the court during these games and it wasn't really close. As long as the boys HS team is fairly well coached, the boys win rather easily.

Your Mom · #38 02-16-2007, 01:09 PM

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I've played in pickup games against supposedly the best player in womans D-I college ball at the time.

Needless to say, I was not impressed at all.

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Who was this? I always wanted to play vs. Jackie Stiles (all time women's NCAA scoring leader from SMS) but never got to.

DrewDevil · #39 02-16-2007, 01:25 PM

In 1991 and 1992, I played in many pickup games featuring Ms. Clarissa Davis, who had been the women's player of the year in 1986.

She was consistently the worst player on the court, including myself, a B-grade athlete who played JV basketball in H.S. but never made the varsity.

She also called the most ridiculous ticky-tack fouls I've ever seen on a pickup court when she realized she couldn't drive past anyone.

onlinebeginner · #40 02-16-2007, 03:21 PM

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If only I was American and knew exactly how good/bad the boys team you're talking about is (I do somewhat follow CBB), and if only I was a judge of basketball talent.

An educated guess? I' think I'd pick the boys, because they are the clear underdogs in this kind of matchup.

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you'd pick the boys because they are underdogs?
question wasn't who you would root for