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Could the all-star WNBA team beat the lowest ranked seed in March Madness?
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Date: March 20th, 2026 12:03 PM Author: :-P (gunneratttt) or any d1 team? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5847872&forum_id=2...#49757391) |
Date: March 20th, 2026 12:05 PM Author: KPop Semen Hunter They couldn't beat a single HS varsity boys team (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5847872&forum_id=2...#49757397) |
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Date: March 20th, 2026 12:10 PM Author: UhOh (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5847872&forum_id=2...#49757403) |
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Date: March 20th, 2026 12:11 PM Author: :-P (gunneratttt) theres gotta be some really SPS teams at very small high schools they could beat! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5847872&forum_id=2...#49757407) |
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Date: March 20th, 2026 12:29 PM Author: KPop Semen Hunter These are 1A (lowest level) schools in oregon from tiny farm towns of like 200 people. that play 8 man football, I think they'd beat the women on strength and quickness and grind them down.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEuDpvQM8WY |
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Date: March 20th, 2026 12:37 PM Author: Brother Peter Dimond wish we could see that kind of matchup
also lol'd thinking i saw rsf's name there for a second. ty |
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Date: March 20th, 2026 12:41 PM Author: :-P (gunneratttt) what about some small STEM school or christian school filled with dysgenic inbreds? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5847872&forum_id=2...#49757487) |
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Date: March 20th, 2026 12:42 PM Author: KPop Semen Hunter Yeah the women could probably beat those with solid fundamentals and heart (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5847872&forum_id=2...#49757492) |
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Date: March 20th, 2026 12:58 PM Author: :-P (gunneratttt) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5847872&forum_id=2...#49757551) |
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Date: March 20th, 2026 1:05 PM Author: ,..,,,,,,....,,,..., What if we give the Christian school one 6’8” guy recruited by missionaries from a village in rural Nigeria, but he’s only been playing basketball for 2 years and has a bad handle, no jump shot, and frequently out of position on D? Does he take over the game with raw athleticism or watch in frustration as his teammates give up open 3s and refs call fouls every time he lays out a girl who tries to run through him? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5847872&forum_id=2...#49757581) |
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Date: March 20th, 2026 1:29 PM Author: Diamond Dallas Chad They don't look good at all in terms of skill or athleticism and are pretty short. I think the WNBA all stars would take them pretty easily (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5847872&forum_id=2...#49757660) |
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Date: March 20th, 2026 12:36 PM Author: .,.,,...,...,..,....,...,...,... There are 100% teams at very small high schools that they could beat. Angel Reece is 6'3". That's undersized at the D1 men's level, but big enough for many high school leagues.
One of the main reasons that it would be difficult for a women's team to beat a men's team is because men are taller and jump higher. Any men's D1 team is going to get effectively open shots all night against a WNBA all-star team because the women simply won't be tall enough to meaningfully contest most shots. That advantage disappears (and is even reversed) if a bunch of 6'4" WNBA players are playing a bunch of high school guys under 6'. My guess is that WNBA players could probably beat at least some D3 teams for the same reason. But once you get to the D1 level, even players at lower-tier schools are going to be too big and too fast. |
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Date: March 20th, 2026 12:41 PM Author: KPop Semen Hunter my female cousin is 6'2, played D1 college volleyball, her little brother completely destroyed her athletically when he was like 12. It's a whole different world (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5847872&forum_id=2...#49757491) |
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Date: March 20th, 2026 12:50 PM Author: .,.,,...,...,..,....,...,...,... These aren't some randos playing a little D1 ball. These are the best female athletes on the planet. Supposedly, Reggie Miller never beat his sister in a game of one-on-one until they were in college. Maybe he's just saying that to make her look good, but whatever. If you put a bunch of WNBA all-stars who are 6'3" or higher with a 35% three point percentage against some 5'9" 17-year-olds who are still learning to make a jump shot, they will do just fine. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5847872&forum_id=2...#49757520) |
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Date: March 20th, 2026 12:52 PM Author: Buses MASE! GUNNER! Come get .,.,,...,...,..,....,...,...,... for your simp crew |
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Date: March 20th, 2026 12:58 PM Author: :-P (gunneratttt) im guessing this is incognito jcm, and if so ive already pledged fealty as a simp white knight (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5847872&forum_id=2...#49757550) |
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Date: March 20th, 2026 12:56 PM Author: KPop Semen Hunter Lol lib
Here are pro women basketball players vs middle school boys https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UB-CfIlqVU |
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Date: March 20th, 2026 1:01 PM Author: .,.,,...,...,..,....,...,...,... The hypo here isn't some random "professional" players against some elite 14-year-olds. It's the very best WNBA players on the planet against some random high school team. Caitlin Clark is 6' and shoots 40% from the 3 point line. If you match her against some 5'6" guard at a random rural high school, she'll go off for about 80. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5847872&forum_id=2...#49757563) |
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Date: March 20th, 2026 1:03 PM Author: KPop Semen Hunter Yeah just get 5 Caitlins Clark against an actual ghost town hs with no upperclassmen and the women have a solid chance (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5847872&forum_id=2...#49757572) |
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Date: March 20th, 2026 12:12 PM Author: Taylor Swift is not a hobby she is a lifestyle (πΊπΈ π΅π±) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5847872&forum_id=2...#49757408) |
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Date: March 20th, 2026 12:51 PM Author: dupa ok now this isn't true. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5847872&forum_id=2...#49757525) |
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Date: March 20th, 2026 1:32 PM Author: Taylor Swift is not a hobby she is a lifestyle (πΊπΈ π΅π±) It 100% is. A high school club soccer team humiliated the USWNT. It would be even worse in basketball. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5847872&forum_id=2...#49757662) |
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Date: March 20th, 2026 1:37 PM Author: KPop Semen Hunter https://www.cbssports.com/soccer/news/a-dallas-fc-under-15-boys-squad-beat-the-u-s-womens-national-team-in-a-scrimmage/
Usa women's hockey vs 16 year old boys https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMsIgO3BGic |
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Date: March 20th, 2026 1:46 PM Author: dupa #1 that's not true. That was a top U15 MLS academy team and the score was 5-2. Soccer players enter full physical maturity at that age and can play at or near the top level. See e.g. Cavan Sullivan, lamine yamal and tons of other stars who were on first division teams in their domestic leagues before going to larger european clubs.
Second the claim was whether a WNBA team could beat any HS varsity team. Obviously they can beat many of them. Think about how many teams from small suburban towns are rostered with average height white kids. |
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Date: March 20th, 2026 2:06 PM Author: Taylor Swift is not a hobby she is a lifestyle (πΊπΈ π΅π±) I'll concede the second point. I assumed we were talking about dindu thunderdomers.
That said, I'll cover the other side of a 10:1 bet if you want to bet on the women. |
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Date: March 20th, 2026 12:07 PM Author: exotic stuntin prole ljl. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5847872&forum_id=2...#49757399) |
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Date: March 20th, 2026 12:21 PM Author: barnabyjones they cannot beat any team that has gone through puberty (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5847872&forum_id=2...#49757420) |
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Date: March 20th, 2026 12:26 PM Author: :-P (gunneratttt) what about a match against the top 5 mtf troon ballers that never went through puberty? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5847872&forum_id=2...#49757428) |
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Date: March 20th, 2026 1:33 PM Author: Darnell rofl (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5847872&forum_id=2...#49757669) |
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Date: March 20th, 2026 12:28 PM Author: SkaddenArse (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5847872&forum_id=2...#49757438) |
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Date: March 20th, 2026 12:29 PM Author: .,.,,...,...,..,....,...,...,... What do you mean by "could beat"? They would almost certainly be underdogs against any D1 team, but they could still pull out a win on a good day if their shots were falling and the opposing teams' shots weren't. I have played in coed basketball leagues before, and shooting tends to be the great equalizer. A 5'4" girl ended up being one of the top players in the league because she was the best 3 point shooter even though she couldn't create her own shot and she was a significant liability on defense. If you built an WNBA all-star team consisting of three point shooters and a few rim protectors, I think they could beat a men's team on the right day. But the men's team would have to have a cold shooting night. The women's team simply wouldn't be tall enough to contest most shots outside the paint, so the men's team will be getting basically open three pointers and mid-range jump shots all day. The women's team would also probably get killed in transition because they wouldn't be quick enough to defend against a fast break. If they played a half court game, the women would stand a much better chance. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5847872&forum_id=2...#49757442) |
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Date: March 20th, 2026 12:33 PM Author: KPop Semen Hunter They wouldn't get any shots off lol (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5847872&forum_id=2...#49757452) |
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Date: March 20th, 2026 12:39 PM Author: .,.,,...,...,..,....,...,...,... (guy who has never heard of a pick and roll)
You would need to run an offense that uses a lot of screens to create open shots because otherwise half the women's shots will be blocked, but the best players in the world are capable of doing that. |
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Date: March 20th, 2026 12:39 PM Author: :-P (gunneratttt) i mean a reasonable chance of beating them. lets say that the vegas odds would be 25:1.
of course any team *could* beat any other. theres a non-zero chance i beat ussain bolt in a footrace if he suffers a fatal heart attack before he reaches the finish line. no one is a perfect shooter, so there is technically a chance the NBA all star team misses every single shot. |
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Date: March 20th, 2026 12:47 PM Author: .,.,,...,...,..,....,...,...,... My guess is that there is an undersized, slow team somewhere in D1 where an WNBA all-star team would have at least 25:1 odds of winning. Air Force jumps to mind because they can't use NIL or the transfer portal nor can they recruit players above a certain height.
And it depends on a number of other variables. Are we assuming that the men's team knows that they are playing the WNBA all-stars and can spend a few days practicing a scheme that exploits their weaknesses? Or are we assuming that they are just thrown onto the court together? If the men's team isn't prepared, an upset becomes far more likely. Caitlin Clark shot around 40% from the 3 point line in college. That's absolutely deadly even in the men's game. If you put a couple ace three point shooters on the women's team and the men aren't used to focusing on stopping the 3 point shot, the women have a chance. |
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Date: March 20th, 2026 1:06 PM Author: :-P (gunneratttt) the captain of the lowest ranked d1 team posts on twitter his team would stomp the wnba all stars. the wnba all starts see this, and challenge them to an exhibition match that day. the wnba all-stars were on tour and have practiced and played many games together. they play in one hour.
you are the oddsmaker at a major casino and have been tasked 2ith setting the odds for the game. because no data is available or other casinos to consider, you will only be offering one bet: straight up moneyline win or lose. what do you set the odds at? |
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Date: March 20th, 2026 1:15 PM Author: .,.,,...,...,..,....,...,...,... Under that scenario, the women's team wouldn't have much time to design a winning game plan, either, but for the sake of this hypo, we'll assume that they have one. If you gave me 25:1 odds for the women's team, I would seriously think about it. They would be heavy underdogs, but if they stacked their lineup with 3 point shooters and designed their entire scheme around getting them open looks, they could maybe pull off the upset if they had a great shooting day and the men's team shot poorly. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5847872&forum_id=2...#49757614) |
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Date: March 20th, 2026 1:16 PM Author: :-P (gunneratttt) tyvm (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5847872&forum_id=2...#49757618) |
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Date: March 20th, 2026 1:14 PM Author: KPop Semen Hunter Air force could get 5 random guys from their football team and still destroy the wnba women (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5847872&forum_id=2...#49757610) |
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Date: March 20th, 2026 1:12 PM Author: sealclubber they would not have any fucking chance against a d1 team zero |
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Date: March 20th, 2026 1:37 PM Author: Diamond Dallas Chad Shooting is not "the great equalizer" in this hypo. If your 5'4 girl had been playing against a D1 team rather than in a "coed basketball league," every single one of her shots would have been blocked. No one would ever "create a shot" for her, because every single one of their shots would be easily blocked in 1 on 1 coverage. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5847872&forum_id=2...#49757683) |
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Date: March 20th, 2026 12:31 PM Author: richard clock no they would get wrecked by every 16 seed (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5847872&forum_id=2...#49757446) |
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Date: March 20th, 2026 12:43 PM Author: Post nut horror The women's national soccer team routinely gets wrecked by boys who've barely had their balls drop. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5847872&forum_id=2...#49757494) |
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Date: March 20th, 2026 12:53 PM Author: .,.,,...,...,..,....,...,...,... Apples and oranges. Soccer it's almost impossible for women to compete with men because men are so much faster and can kick the ball so much further. In basketball, the lack of speed and size is an enormous handicap, but, as I said, shooting can potentially make up for it. Elite women's players will be able to shoot the 3 at a much higher rate than some random low major D1 player, so there is a chance if they can get their 3's to fall and not give up too many easy buckets on the other side. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5847872&forum_id=2...#49757534) |
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Date: March 20th, 2026 12:54 PM Author: richard clock D1 guys can face guard their 3 point shooters and not let them get a single clean look. the women wont have the athleticism to shake free (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5847872&forum_id=2...#49757537) |
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Date: March 20th, 2026 1:06 PM Author: .,.,,...,...,..,....,...,...,... JFC has anyone on this thread ever played basketball? That's why you set screens and run plays to create open looks. Like I said, in the coed league that I used to play in, our offense was basically trying to create open looks for our 5'4" female sharpshooter. That's probably harder to do when we are talking about D1 athletes. But saying that they would never get a single open look is silly. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5847872&forum_id=2...#49757585) |
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Date: March 20th, 2026 1:08 PM Author: KPop Semen Hunter Cr just "set screens" against males way stronger and faster than you. Zero chance they figure out how to switch on defense. why don't bad NBA teams do this and win games (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5847872&forum_id=2...#49757592) |
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Date: March 20th, 2026 1:23 PM Author: Buses lol (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5847872&forum_id=2...#49757638) |
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Date: March 20th, 2026 1:40 PM Author: Diamond Dallas Chad lmao they wouldn't even need to "switch" on defense. the woman's shot would just get blocked from behind even if they didn't switch. this guy doesn't understand how SLOW women are at releasing their shots. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5847872&forum_id=2...#49757694) |
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Date: March 20th, 2026 1:11 PM Author: richard clock you are massively discounting the difference in athleticism. they are not going to be able to effectively set screens, the D1 guys are going to fight through the screens and generally completely disrupt whatever the wnba team is trying to do. the D1 team could just full court press the whole game and absolutely destroy the women. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5847872&forum_id=2...#49757600) |
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Date: March 20th, 2026 2:24 PM Author: .,.,,...,...,..,....,...,...,... Maybe, but I'm skeptical. Realistically, the only way the women can win this game is to outshoot the men, meaning they need a lineup of excellent 3 point shooters. Against that lineup, the last thing you want to do is give them open looks, which is the risk if you are pressing. I'd just try to play tight man defense the entire time. Make sure they have a hand in their face every time they shoot a 3.
I think a women's team with some good 3-point shooters and a scheme designed to get them open looks would put up some points. The defensive end is where the women would really struggle. If I were coaching the men, I would tell them to sprint down the court after every defensive rebound. The women simply won't be fast enough to keep up and you'll get tons of points off fast breaks. In a half court offensive set, the women would need a big Britney Griner type to have any kind of hope inside the paint. Even then, if the men have a good big man, it's game over. A decent D1 big man would score at will even against Britney Griner. The only hope that the women would have is if their opponents' big men were all undersized and not very athletic. If you force the men to take nothing but mid-range jump shots, maybe you could beat them on a bad shooting day. It will be tough, because most likely the women won't be able to meaningfully contest those shots, so some of them are going to fall. But if the women can shoot well from 3 and force the men to settle for mid-range jumpers, there is a chance.
So no, I don't think the WNBA all-stars could beat any D1 team in the country with any kind of consistency. And most D1 teams they wouldn't beat once in 20 tries. But I think you're going too far if you say that a WNBA all-star team could never beat any men's team under any circumstances. I think they could beat some high school and D3 teams and might even be able to take down a really bad D1 team on a good day. |
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Date: March 20th, 2026 1:46 PM Author: sealclubber "probably harder" please stfu and end this flame, pumo |
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Date: March 20th, 2026 12:46 PM Author: Buses us womens soccer team got beaten by a random club of boys under 15. this question is ridiculous
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Date: March 20th, 2026 12:49 PM Author: dupa Could the highest ranked NCAA team beat the lowest ranked G league team? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5847872&forum_id=2...#49757517) |
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Date: March 20th, 2026 12:50 PM Author: Richard Ames But what really matters is making sure their minimum salary is $600k a year for playing a sport no one watches that loses millions and millions of dollars annually. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5847872&forum_id=2...#49757524) |
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Date: March 20th, 2026 12:54 PM Author: Nude Karlstack (π§) players demanding high salaries in their jewish sport league money laundering "tv deal" operation is absolutely the correct thing for them to do (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5847872&forum_id=2...#49757536) |
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Date: March 20th, 2026 12:52 PM Author: exotic stuntin prole i am a 5’6” chubby lawyer who hasn’t played an organized sport since 4th grade baseball and me and my 3yo and 6yo sons could beat the wnba team. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5847872&forum_id=2...#49757531) |
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Date: March 20th, 2026 1:19 PM Author: ,..,,,,,,....,,,..., How about this hypo : a NYC biglaw office fields a random team of men. Your median player is short, bald and in poor cardiovascular health. You have a guy who runs marathons but he is too autistic to play pickup basketball with bros and struggles to hit layups. At least one of your starting 5 is an obese service partner with balky knees. You have an Asian guy who played JV at his prep school and he thinks he’s the shit and will put up erratic 3s with a taller woman right in his face and none of his teammates ready to rebound, or try to dribble through 3 defenders and get stripped. Does masculine superiority suffice to overcome these handicaps? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5847872&forum_id=2...#49757627) |
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Date: March 20th, 2026 1:43 PM Author: Diamond Dallas Chad The obese service partner is a rock in the paint and sets bone-crushing picks. The asian guy gets hot and puts up 40. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5847872&forum_id=2...#49757703) |
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Date: March 20th, 2026 1:46 PM Author: :-P (gunneratttt) theyd litigate on fouls so hard they'd get sufficient free throws that the jv azn will generate enough points to win. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5847872&forum_id=2...#49757714) |
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Date: March 20th, 2026 2:26 PM Author: .,.,,...,...,..,....,...,...,... Yeah, this is just idiotic. Like I said, I used to play in a coed league. Arguably the best player in the league was a 5'4" girl simply because she was the best shooter in the league. Caitlin Clark would pretty much score at will against a 5'6" fat lawyer. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5847872&forum_id=2...#49757820) |
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Date: March 20th, 2026 1:15 PM Author: Waingro the mebounds alone would win the game (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5847872&forum_id=2...#49757613) |
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Date: March 20th, 2026 1:39 PM Author: won't log off we have this same dumb question every year (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5847872&forum_id=2...#49757688) |
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Date: March 20th, 2026 1:41 PM Author: :-P (gunneratttt) you create some content. just trying to generate some legitimate non-israel banter. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5847872&forum_id=2...#49757696) |
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Date: March 20th, 2026 1:43 PM Author: KPop Semen Hunter This is a great thread we should have one of these per month (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5847872&forum_id=2...#49757704) |
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Date: March 20th, 2026 1:44 PM Author: :-P (gunneratttt) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5847872&forum_id=2...#49757707) |