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litespeedhuskerfan said:
For all those asking why the women didn't notice the size of the ball...they did. What I don't know is why nobody listened to their concern. They should have...it isn't fair that they complain about, everything, and we have to pick and choose when they have a legit beef.
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OH
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If this was a joke and I think it was...it was PERFECT.

If you were serious, well, Alan Alda wants to shake your hand.
 
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I was at UNL in the mid 90's, we used to get some guys together every Wednesday and go to the Devaney and scrimmage against the Lady Huskers basketball team. We'd warm up while they were practicing, then about the last 30 minutes of their practice we'd scrimmage them, with refs and scoreboards and all. (One of our buddies' cousin was a team manager, so Coach Beck asked if she could find some boys to scrimmage against, so she asked our buddy to round up some guys)

We'd show up with 6 or so guys (one sub), some had played Class A varsity, some lower class B/C/D varsity, some got cut from varsity and some that didn't play basketball at all in high school- so a good mix of talent.

The girl Huskers would generally beat us in half court scrimmages, inbounds plays, etc. But when we'd get to full court scrimmages, we'd usually beat them. They were always competitive scrimmages, pretty evenly matched. But we were too fast in the open court for them.

This was when they were Top 25 if I recall correctly.
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Did they box you out well?
 
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SuperBigFan said:
For sure!

Honestly though...If you took the best D1 female team...what age level of boys could they beat, say, 5/10 times?

I am guessing...HS freshmen??? Maybe?
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HS freshman? That’s a stupid statement. My guess would be the The All state class A team in Nebraska would beat any Woman’s team.
 
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Dr_Alan_Grant said:
I remember in high school having separate bins for men's and women's balls. They were pretty clearly marked. Forget if they had the circumference printed on them or if it was just labeled w or m. But zero chance you wouldn't immediately know. Huge difference in feel.
How did they go a whole half. Would have taken 10 seconds to sort it.

Weird.
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Dr_Alan_Grant said:
I remember in high school having separate bins for men's and women's balls. They were pretty clearly marked. Forget if they had the circumference printed on them or if it was just labeled w or m. But zero chance you wouldn't immediately know. Huge difference in feel.
How did they go a whole half. Would have taken 10 seconds to sort it.

Weird.
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What are the officials doing, they should notice it before the toss the tip. And the first player that touches the ball has to notice. I am not sure I believe that actually happened.
 
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tjlSker90 said:
Yes not a chance. Maybe some top tier HS varsity teams with multiple kids going D1.. You're not just picking some random HS team off the street with NO college athletes and beating South Carolina or Uconn
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"Maybe some top tier HS team with multiple D1s?" Maybe? LOL. Not even close.

A decent Class B team or top C-1 is all that it would take. Just think about the difference in size and athleticism. How many girls on UConn can dunk in traffic or block a shot at rim level? A good C-1 team may have four kids at least 6'4" with maybe a couple athletic kids over 6'. I've known of C-1 teams with eight players who can dunk. Those women's teams wouldn't stand a chance. A friend of mine had a friend who played D-1 women's b-ball and was also a member of the US Women's Olympic team. She would play pickup ball with intramural players in the off-season (but only with guys she knew and trusted not some fat *** who would get her hurt). She couldn't keep up with them, but they let her play because she was their friend.

For many years, college kids were recruited by Connie Yori to scrimmage with the NU women. I've known a couple of them. They would run the opponent's defenses. And they had to dial it back in order not to completely disrupt things.
 
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SomedayHusker said:
How the hell did none of the players notice that in the first half?? I would notice if it were a women’s ball
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Every women's ball I've ever seen clearly says 28.5 on it. And if her team didn't notice that or the difference in size & weight well that is on them.

But just a side note. How the hell does the event coordinator and that group of officials make that mistake? That's ridiculous. A 14 year old volunteer at the Y wouldn't make that mistake. And $6,000 worth of officials can't notice that?
 
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Give me Sam Hoiberg, Oleg Kjonets, and 3 random starters from C-2 to D-2 and they beat South Carolina women.
 
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Dean Pope said:
Every women's ball I've ever seen clearly says 28.5 on it. And if her team didn't notice that or the difference in size & weight well that is on them.

But just a side note. How the hell does the event coordinator and that group of officials make that mistake? That's ridiculous. A 14 year old volunteer at the Y wouldn't make that mistake. And $6,000 worth of officials can't notice that?
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I can't remember the schools involved, but a few years ago there was a girls/boys Nebraska high school double-header where the people in charge failed to change game balls at the start of the boys' game. The refs noticed it at halftime, and they switched to the proper ball.

Some kid had scored like 22 points in the first half, and they asked him if he knew they were using a girls' ball. He said, "Hell yes I knew, but I was on fire. I wasn't gonna say anything."
 
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scarletred said:
Ahhh, what the hell does that have to do with the subject of the post about differences of the size of the basketballs..🥴
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Right? Even super young woke crazy kids are not crazy enough to think that girls are better than guys at basketball.
 
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Why don't they go back to those ridiculous., three-colored basketballs.
 
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Frosts Playcall Sheet said:
This board always has to have a post once a month to make sure everyone knows how old and white all the posters are
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For all the **** older white males get from non older white males is it not ironic and kind of funny that almost every non older white male......moves out to where we live as soon as they can afford it? We make amazing neighbors.
 
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This is like when Ronda Rousey was great in the UFC and the dudes that had a crush on her were convinced that she could be a guy.

Every varsity boys team has at least 1 dude that can dunk and 5-8 dudes that can touch the rim.

There might be 5 girls in all of CBB that can dunk.
 
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litespeedhuskerfan said:
For all those asking why the women didn't notice the size of the ball...they did. What I don't know is why nobody listened to their concern. They should have...it isn't fair that they complain about, everything, and we have to pick and choose when they have a legit beef.
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I’ll say this for Iowa (and Oklahoma did it too) I liked watching the 3 on 3 style of women’s basketball those states played. 3 best offensive players played offense and 3 best defensive players played defense. Made for some really entertaining games to watch.
 
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Big bo fan said:
What are the officials doing, they should notice it before the toss the tip. And the first player that touches the ball has to notice. I am not sure I believe that actually happened.
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So much this. It's quite noticeable. If you throw a softball out to a baseball pitcher, he's not going to toss 3 innings before going "hey, wait a minute, somethings off here."
 
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dinglefritz said:
This thread title should have been “Duke women played with men’s balls”.
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Singular though to be technically correct. We used to practice with the old yellow oversized medicine ball. I honestly don't know if that thing helped or hurt. I understand what the attempt was. If so the females should practice with men's balls everyday. Would make them better shooters and everyone would feel better. Themselves included I'll say
 
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Sounds like she wanted to make alot to do about nothing. Lib route of "get angry. Point (racist/(gender/etc blame). Assign it to a target.
 
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Dr_Alan_Grant said:
I remember in high school having separate bins for men's and women's balls. They were pretty clearly marked. Forget if they had the circumference printed on them or if it was just labeled w or m. But zero chance you wouldn't immediately know. Huge difference in feel.
How did they go a whole half. Would have taken 10 seconds to sort it.

Weird.
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It should have taken the players ten seconds to know they were playing with men's ball. How aware were these players? You give me a women's ball and I know it right away. When I was younger I use to have friends over to play 2 on 2 on my long driveway. We would set the rim at 8 1/2 feet or so and play with a youth league basketball that is even smaller than a women's ball. No goal tending was allowed so we could shoot 3s but we did not have to take the ball back on a rebound. Made for lots of fun games
 
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Wasker77 said:
It should have taken the players ten seconds to know they were playing with men's ball. How aware were these players? You give me a women's ball and I know it right away. When I was younger I use to have friends over to play 2 on 2 on my long driveway. We would set the rim at 8 1/2 feet or so and play with a youth league basketball that is even smaller than a women's ball. No goal tending was allowed so we could shoot 3s but we did not have to take the ball back on a rebound. Made for lots of fun games
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Gal's basketball is too strange - my hands wrap around it too easy.. I could forward with a bounce
 
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Wasker77 said:
It should have taken the players ten seconds to know they were playing with men's ball. How aware were these players? You give me a women's ball and I know it right away. When I was younger I use to have friends over to play 2 on 2 on my long driveway. We would set the rim at 8 1/2 feet or so and play with a youth league basketball that is even smaller than a women's ball. No goal tending was allowed so we could shoot 3s but we did not have to take the ball back on a rebound. Made for lots of fun games
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Hell, there were minute differences between brands of basketballs. This just seems weird.
 
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Frosts Playcall Sheet said:
This board always has to have a post once a month to make sure everyone knows how old and white all the posters are
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Guess this is directed at me? I stated my opinion and like a Florida fan told me after the Huskers dismantled the Gators in 1996 Fiesta Bowl. "I knew we were in trouble when both teams took the field. We were small and fast and you guys were big and fast." Same applies here. The talent of the South Carolina women would be equaled by a less talented but bigger male team that is equal in speed. If the males are bigger and faster it gets lopsided in a hurry. A high school Chucky Hepburns defense would shutdown most if not all female college point guards.
 
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