US Women's National Basketball Team: "Waaah, no one likes us."

• Charles

  Not a big fan of women's basketball. Beach Volleyball is pretty good, though.
• spartybbcoach

  

  As a girls basketball coach I enjoy watching the USA women's basketball team. No, they are not the athletes that the men are, but the game is more pure. By that, I mean the game has more passing, offensive sets and the game is played below the rim. I am sure there are a lot of OC'ers who feel differently. BTW, I much rather watch paint dry then watch a NBA game. Everyone is entitled to their wishes.
• tk421

  

  Is pure an euphemism for boring? The women barely get off the ground when they jump for a rebound, they remind me of giant babies with their arms outstretched trying to reach the ball.
• ts1227

  

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• Ironman92

  

  Only up 3 late in the 3rd.
  
  6'8 monster from Austrailia
• thePITman

  

  Ironman92;1243309 wrote:Only up 3 late in the 3rd.
  
  6'8 monster from Austrailia

  What's the score? 44-41?
• Ironman92

  

  67-62 8:00 remaining
  
  USA leading
• Ironman92

  

  David Stern watching
  
  71-62
• baseball4

  

  Sonofanump;1242411 wrote:
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  I thought this was about sports??
• Sonofanump

  baseball4;1243366 wrote:I thought this was about sports??

  Har, har, har. I am sure you know the difference between sport and athletic event.
• gut

  I find the NBA rather boring, too.
• thePITman

  

  spartybbcoach;1242917 wrote:As a girls basketball coach I enjoy watching the USA women's basketball team. No, they are not the athletes that the men are, but the game is more pure.

  And a 4-year old on a tricycle racing grandpa down the driveway is the "pure" form of BMX racing.
• bigkahuna

  I actually enjoyed going to the girls' games in HS and in college.
  
  Our HS team was pretty good (much more entertaining than the 5-15 boys team). They made it to the regional finals almost every year and won a few league titles. If anything, it was just something for most of the guys to do; eh, maybe it was because the student section was so much fun...
  
  However, BGSU(w) were fun to watch. They're still a solid program that I follow even though I'm not in school anymore.
  
  I think the biggest problem here with both the men's and women's team is that they're dominating so much, that it's not exciting to watch. Yea, the men can put on a clinic, but they themselves look bored after halftime. I think if someone challenged the women a little more, it'd make the game more entertaining. Is women's bad, yes. But, I think in the olympics basketball itself is bad because we've been pretty untouchable lately. I mean, the women are on a 40 game winning streak...