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Post by MCIGuy on Jan 17, 2010 9:12:59 GMT -5
I hope they have that intensity when they play uconn. Just don't trip them because one doesn't want to fire up UConn.
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Post by DanMcQ on Jan 17, 2010 12:07:39 GMT -5
After watching a bit of last night's game, I don't think it matters if you fire UConn up.
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Post by richfame on Jan 17, 2010 13:53:25 GMT -5
I really think uconn can beat a D1 mens team...Maybe even there own guys team
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Post by LizziebethHoya on Jan 17, 2010 14:05:44 GMT -5
UConn is absurd. Even if we play our very very best, we still have a very small chance of even challenging UConn. I will root for the Hoyas with all I got, but, UConn is just a female beast
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Post by richfame on Jan 17, 2010 14:09:53 GMT -5
Well Said Lizzie
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Post by jgalt on Jan 17, 2010 15:25:23 GMT -5
I really think uconn can beat a D1 mens team...Maybe even there own guys team Now this is interesting. I had an argument with a friend of mine who used to play at D-III Wash-U. I said that the Uconn women could beat the Wash-U team, despite the height difference because they are tough and fast. He of course disagreed, pointing out that the Wash-U men have dominated D-III play and have won the National title the past two or three years in a row. Thought?
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Jan 17, 2010 15:31:04 GMT -5
I don't know squat about Wash-U, but if they are the best D-III team they would completely dominate.
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Post by kchoya on Jan 17, 2010 22:01:14 GMT -5
I don't know squat about Wash-U, but if they are the best D-III team they would completely dominate. Exactly - UConn couldn't deal with 6-10 forward/center. Plus, the length and athleticism of men's teams would completely disrupt them.
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Post by MCIGuy on Jan 17, 2010 22:42:37 GMT -5
UConn's ridiculous dominance is why I don't get into women's college basketball as much as I used to while growing up. There are like only four great teams/programs at a time and they win virtually every year. Competition is absent in most conference games.
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Post by richfame on Jan 17, 2010 22:52:19 GMT -5
First of all in my opinion and I am in no way an expert but the uconn team that went undefeated wiht diana taurasi, and sue bird and swim cash yad yada I think 2002, is better than this uconn team. That being said Tina charles is a beast and maya moore is pretty smooth. I think they beat a D111, maybe not the top ones.... Funny uconn had the best commit in the country Della Nonna, and she decommited, flaked out actually saying she couldnt take the pressure of basketball anymore. If they had her with her head screwed on straight I coudlnt imagine how good uconn would be..
Anyways Gino could probably out coach most coaches on the mens level..
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Post by DFW HOYA on Jan 17, 2010 23:24:20 GMT -5
First of all in my opinion and I am in no way an expert but the uconn team that went undefeated wiht diana taurasi, and sue bird and swim cash yad yada I think 2002, is better than this uconn team. That being said Tina charles is a beast and maya moore is pretty smooth. I think they beat a D111, maybe not the top ones.... Funny uconn had the best commit in the country Della Nonna, and she decommited, flaked out actually saying she couldnt take the pressure of basketball anymore. If they had her with her head screwed on straight I coudlnt imagine how good uconn would be.. Anyways Gino could probably out coach most coaches on the mens level.. Elena Delle Donne was probably the greatest basketball prospect coming out of high school since Lisa Leslie. She was a 6-5 guard out of Wilmington (a 6-5 guard for women's basketball is unheard of). She signed with UConn but returned to Delaware to be near her older sister, who was born severely disabled (blind, deaf, mute, and with cerebral palsy). Elena is playing college ball at Delaware. As only a freshman at UD, Delle Donne is already a candidate for the John Wooden Award for women's hoops, averaging 25 points and 10 rebounds a game.
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Post by CTHoya08 on Jan 17, 2010 23:27:26 GMT -5
Don't the women use a different ball? Or is that just at lower levels? I think that would be a huge factor in any hypothetical game between the top women's team and any men's team, whether D1, D3, or high school.
At the end of the day, I think the height advantage that (most) men's teams would have would really be outcome determinative. Think about how often you see average male basketball players dunk. The advantage in interior play would likely be enormous.
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