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April 8, 2008 12:48 pm
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I kept reading your short concise post and finally realized that the whole reason for your post was to get folks to read Freeman's article.
As someone who had few want to read a blog entry about the Women's final four I applaud your ingenuity in getting people to read Freeman's article with the word Ladies in the title and at a time when the Men's f
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April 4, 2008 1:58 pm
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Doyel, seriously? That was your whole argument?
I never thought I'd say this, but Mike Freeman just kicked your butt.
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April 4, 2008 2:02 pm
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Women's basketball is the poster child for what is wrong with title IX. By forcing just about every school who has a men's BB program to add a women's (because it's not that expensive), a situation has been created where a MUCH smaller talent pool has been stretched very thin. There is just no getting around the reality that the number of boys who play basketball on all levels his higher than th
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April 4, 2008 12:43 pm
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Women's basketball is horrible and actually painful to watch, whenever I watch for more than 30 seconds my head starts to hurt and blood actually pours from my eyes.
Half the women suck and can't make a shot to save their lives and the other half suck just as much except they luck up and make a shot for time to time.
There is no excitement in the game unless you get exci
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April 4, 2008 12:41 pm
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I agreed with Freeman when he wrote the story about Tyler Hansbrough being overvalued as a "hustle player" because he's white. But this, I'm afraid, is ridiculous — and my mind is wide open.
Women's basketball is like men's basketball under water.
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April 4, 2008 2:21 pm
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Although one can argue that the ladies games are as competitive in their repective level of play, and can generate just as much excitement for their fans as can the men's games, comparing the two is simply foolish. The easiest argument to make against the ladies game is that they have to use a smaller and lighter basketball than the men, yet still can't generate much more scoring than an average M
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Since:Mar 16, 2007
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April 4, 2008 12:54 pm
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Seriously, womens basketball is a lay-up drill exercise with an occasional shot from 16' going in between the other 20 misses. Why not just watch the men warm up and you'll see the same thing with more 16 footers going through the hoop.
I'd rather watch 5 year olds playing tee ball. Atleast there are occurances for the occasional laugh. When a kid runs to t
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April 4, 2008 12:49 pm
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Freeman says that the women have caught up to the men in quality of play. That's all I read. Maybe I'm sexist, but women's basketball is a waste of air time. It's competitive. The women work hard, play hard, etc. But it isn't worth watching. The TV execs are trying to find a viable women's sport to put on the air and are shoving women's b-ball down our throats.&
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April 4, 2008 12:17 pm
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Wow an entire sentence. That is front page material. I wonder how long it took for this article.
In all seriousness, I am a basketball fan (NBA and college) but I cannot get into the women's tournament. The games just aren't as exciting to me. I just prefer the athelticism of the men over the women. I want to see people dunk and make high flying pl
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April 4, 2008 10:51 pm
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Nice, Doyel. After reading Freeman's rambling, I didn't need more convincing. All you need to know happened in Tampa Bay two weeks ago with four double-digit seeds advancing. Women's college basketball has such disparity that it's completely useless to watch. When two ranked teams play, take the better ranked one to win. If they're very close in ranking, take the home
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April 4, 2008 3:36 pm
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Let the Men's tourney winner play the women's tourney winner and find an incentive for both teams to play as hard as they can for the whole game. This will certainly clear up the difference between the two.
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April 4, 2008 12:19 pm
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If that one sentence is your retort to Freeman's article or there was a website glitch it doesn't matter. The arguement is rediculous and so is Freeman. I've watched a total of maybe 20 minutes of NCAAW ball this year (all top 10 matchups) and I gotta say I wasn't impressed. Lower the rim a foot and maybe I'd tune in more.
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Since:Feb 22, 2008
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April 4, 2008 3:15 pm
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In one of my college classes the other day, my professor pointed out that women's athletics are now popular. I leaned over to my buddy and said, "what world does he live in? They still are not popular and probably will never be.
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April 4, 2008 2:06 pm
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I admit that the disparity between the games is still huge, but the gap HAS narrowed significantly the past ten years.
Even if you don't agree, have SOMETHING to say...what the hell they paying you for? Sheesh...
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April 4, 2008 12:44 pm
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Best article ever!!!
Hahahahahahaha....
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