sekasum wrote:Partley true but check out the college rosters for men and women. You will find more girls getting the opportunity than boys. I don't hear the boys complaining though. I think it speaks to the lack of boys talent in our state and probably to the woeful job college men's coaches do as well.
balla45 wrote:Wow. Just because the 2009 class had a lot of very good female basketball players and few very good male basketball players, you seem to feel that ND female basketball players are better than their male counterparts. Next year, Kielpinski, Savageau, Schriener, Randall, etc., are just as good if not better than Buck, Peterson, Burck, etc.
ndsportsfan14 wrote:balla45 wrote:Wow. Just because the 2009 class had a lot of very good female basketball players and few very good male basketball players, you seem to feel that ND female basketball players are better than their male counterparts. Next year, Kielpinski, Savageau, Schriener, Randall, etc., are just as good if not better than Buck, Peterson, Burck, etc.
ect. Better Then Mouer
bestinthewest wrote:I dont know why everyone thinks that only tall girls can play D1. there are so many players under 6 feet that play D1, not to mention the WNBA. and they are succesful too. does anyone have any doubt that someone like Shaunna Long can't play D1? height doesnt always matter. its all in your game.
Eminence wrote:In college a 6'1" girls would be comparable to a 6'8" boy. A tall girl is 6'3" - 6'5" as compared to a 6'10" to a 7 foot boy which would be considered tall but average size for a post in a higher D-1 college.
Height means more in women's basketball than men's basketball because of the leaping ability. Men's verticles are so much higher that it offsets height. You could be 4 inches shorter but add the leaping ability and the player would sky over a taller post. For women, if you are 5'9" and going up against a 6'5" player, you have to out jump her by 8 inches. Probably not going to happen. Where on the boys side, Spud Web could dunk.
Shaunna Knife went to a D-2 school so whether she had or has the ability is a minute point. The one to watch at the d-1 level is her teammate KP. Both would have options of playing overseas but WNBA is tough to crack. You really have to be one of the top players in a top D-1 school.
Eminence wrote:In college a 6'1" girls would be comparable to a 6'8" boy. A tall girl is 6'3" - 6'5" as compared to a 6'10" to a 7 foot boy which would be considered tall but average size for a post in a higher D-1 college.
Height means more in women's basketball than men's basketball because of the leaping ability. Men's verticles are so much higher that it offsets height. You could be 4 inches shorter but add the leaping ability and the player would sky over a taller post. For women, if you are 5'9" and going up against a 6'5" player, you have to out jump her by 8 inches. Probably not going to happen. Where on the boys side, Spud Web could dunk.
Shaunna Knife went to a D-2 school so whether she had or has the ability is a minute point. The one to watch at the d-1 level is her teammate KP. Both would have options of playing overseas but WNBA is tough to crack. You really have to be one of the top players in a top D-1 school.
bestinthewest wrote:Eminence wrote:In college a 6'1" girls would be comparable to a 6'8" boy. A tall girl is 6'3" - 6'5" as compared to a 6'10" to a 7 foot boy which would be considered tall but average size for a post in a higher D-1 college.
Height means more in women's basketball than men's basketball because of the leaping ability. Men's verticles are so much higher that it offsets height. You could be 4 inches shorter but add the leaping ability and the player would sky over a taller post. For women, if you are 5'9" and going up against a 6'5" player, you have to out jump her by 8 inches. Probably not going to happen. Where on the boys side, Spud Web could dunk.
Shaunna Knife went to a D-2 school so whether she had or has the ability is a minute point. The one to watch at the d-1 level is her teammate KP. Both would have options of playing overseas but WNBA is tough to crack. You really have to be one of the top players in a top D-1 school.
do you know anything about the WNBA? you don't NEED to be one of the top players from a Top D1 school to make it. watch a game once and then tell me how many were from the top D1 schools.
bestinthewest wrote:Eminence wrote:In college a 6'1" girls would be comparable to a 6'8" boy. A tall girl is 6'3" - 6'5" as compared to a 6'10" to a 7 foot boy which would be considered tall but average size for a post in a higher D-1 college.
Height means more in women's basketball than men's basketball because of the leaping ability. Men's verticles are so much higher that it offsets height. You could be 4 inches shorter but add the leaping ability and the player would sky over a taller post. For women, if you are 5'9" and going up against a 6'5" player, you have to out jump her by 8 inches. Probably not going to happen. Where on the boys side, Spud Web could dunk.
Shaunna Knife went to a D-2 school so whether she had or has the ability is a minute point. The one to watch at the d-1 level is her teammate KP. Both would have options of playing overseas but WNBA is tough to crack. You really have to be one of the top players in a top D-1 school.
do you know anything about the WNBA? you don't NEED to be one of the top players from a Top D1 school to make it. watch a game once and then tell me how many were from the top D1 schools.
scoobyx2 wrote:bestinthewest wrote:Eminence wrote:In college a 6'1" girls would be comparable to a 6'8" boy. A tall girl is 6'3" - 6'5" as compared to a 6'10" to a 7 foot boy which would be considered tall but average size for a post in a higher D-1 college.
Height means more in women's basketball than men's basketball because of the leaping ability. Men's verticles are so much higher that it offsets height. You could be 4 inches shorter but add the leaping ability and the player would sky over a taller post. For women, if you are 5'9" and going up against a 6'5" player, you have to out jump her by 8 inches. Probably not going to happen. Where on the boys side, Spud Web could dunk.
Shaunna Knife went to a D-2 school so whether she had or has the ability is a minute point. The one to watch at the d-1 level is her teammate KP. Both would have options of playing overseas but WNBA is tough to crack. You really have to be one of the top players in a top D-1 school.
do you know anything about the WNBA? you don't NEED to be one of the top players from a Top D1 school to make it. watch a game once and then tell me how many were from the top D1 schools.
I went on the USAToday website and looked at last season's rosters for the WNBA. At a quick glance, I thought all of the players were from a D1 school or from overseas. There was a player out of high school that was on the roster for the Seattle Storm.
ndlionsfan wrote:I'm sorry, but I don't see any ND girls bball player making it to the WNBA or even play overseas. The level of competition here at the high school level just does not prepare them enough. I'll check back in four year and if any of these players dominate at the collegiate level against some tough competition (Big 10, Big 12, SEC, etc.) then I'll eat my words.
scoobyx2 wrote:ndlionsfan wrote:I'm sorry, but I don't see any ND girls bball player making it to the WNBA or even play overseas. The level of competition here at the high school level just does not prepare them enough. I'll check back in four year and if any of these players dominate at the collegiate level against some tough competition (Big 10, Big 12, SEC, etc.) then I'll eat my words.
Rebecca Kielpinski from Mandan who just finished her D2 career in Alaska will be playing pro ball in Denmark.
balla45 wrote:bestinthewest wrote:Eminence wrote:In college a 6'1" girls would be comparable to a 6'8" boy. A tall girl is 6'3" - 6'5" as compared to a 6'10" to a 7 foot boy which would be considered tall but average size for a post in a higher D-1 college.
Height means more in women's basketball than men's basketball because of the leaping ability. Men's verticles are so much higher that it offsets height. You could be 4 inches shorter but add the leaping ability and the player would sky over a taller post. For women, if you are 5'9" and going up against a 6'5" player, you have to out jump her by 8 inches. Probably not going to happen. Where on the boys side, Spud Web could dunk.
Shaunna Knife went to a D-2 school so whether she had or has the ability is a minute point. The one to watch at the d-1 level is her teammate KP. Both would have options of playing overseas but WNBA is tough to crack. You really have to be one of the top players in a top D-1 school.
do you know anything about the WNBA? you don't NEED to be one of the top players from a Top D1 school to make it. watch a game once and then tell me how many were from the top D1 schools.
6 Shannon Bobbitt G 5-2 130 12/06/1985 Tennessee 1
24 Marie Ferdinand-Harris G 5-9 153 10/13/1978 LSU 7
10 Kristi Harrower G 5-4 139 03/04/1975 Australia 6
55 Vanessa Hayden C 6-4 240 06/05/1982 Florida 4
22 Betty Lennox G 5-8 143 12/04/1976 Louisiana Tech 9
9 Lisa Leslie C 6-5 170 07/07/1972 USC 11
8 DeLisha Milton-Jones F 6-1 185 09/11/1974 Florida 10
3 Candace Parker F 6-4 175 04/19/1986 Tennessee 1
45 Noelle Quinn G 6-0 175 01/03/1985 UCLA 2
32 Tina Thompson F 6-2 178 02/10/1975 USC 12
14 Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton F 6-2 186 05/26/1986 Purdue R
All of these players are from a top D1 school or overseas. Hmm...
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