Does anyone actually watch womens basketball?

Beach volleyball, though,is far better

Buttock ball.

I agree. Good post.

If you are going to troll, OP, at least be original. This shtick has been done to death.

Duke is the worst offender. They have 11 transfers on the roster, including six grad students. They are basically a team of free agents.

When McCallie left the program, I thought it could be a hard rebuilding process. But Lawson took the short cut. Of course, she was a Vol and now a Dookie. So she must be doubly evil.

You might be in the minority, but you are in a good company. John Wooden once said "women's basketball is purer because it is played below the rim."

Hitting the ball across the net is the essence of volleyball. So the net has to be lower for women. Playing above the rim is not the essence of basketball. Putting the ball in the basket is, which can be done in so many different ways.

I have no interest in women's basketball, but I like women's tennis better than men's tennis. Women's bb is so boring and has no appeal.

Obviously, you haven't' talked to enough tennis fans. There are many misogynists among them who insist women's tennis is inferior because there are fewer aces, fewer unreturned serves, fewer net plays and rallies are longer. They are also people who prefer women's tennis precisely for those reasons. Tennis also has the identical dimensions of court and net for men and women.

The rallies also tend to be longer in women's volleyball in spite of lower net. And many people find that more entertaining. Boskovic is fun to watch because there aren't many women like her. But the game would be less interesting if most women could hit like her. And I'd rather watch players like Gabi anyway.

And it's interesting you included track and swimming in your discussion. Women don't race in a 90m sprint or 38km marathon. The swimming pools are also identical for men's and women's races. Anyone can tell how much slower women's time is. Yet that does not distract from out enjoyment of the sports.

Women's cannot beat or even catch up with men in "playing like men." If they want to make their sports popular, they have to make their game interesting in its own way. Tennis and volleyball have been already successful in that to an extent. Women's basketball should not try to become "more like men's basketball." It just needs to become a better version of their own game.

nope women are less athletic than men. you guys are idiots

Is there a sport where the women's and men's rules are the exact same?

With swimming adding the "mile" to the women's side does that even everything up?

Track has different hurdle heights and hep vs dec, 100h vs 110h

Tennis has less sets. One of the Grand Slam events even used different balls for the ladies last year. That didn't go over well.

Volleyball has net height difference.

Basketball has ball size difference. In college the women play quarters and the men half's. Are the women playing 4 ten minute quarters? Is the women's pro game as long as the mens?

Softball besides the obvious difference to baseball, even play less innings.

skiing someone mentioned ski length, but what sport requires athletes to use the exact same individual equipment? Are the women's courses shorter?

Soccer I believe the ball is different.

So basically it does seem as if the sports were adjusted to height and strength differences it'd make things better. If the women are constantly compared to the men that's not going to advance the sport.

I come back to correct myself, women's basketball does operate at a net loss across the board. College and wnba. I knew that but my wording was off in the quoted post. Mens football/basketball revenue enables all the other sports to operate no holds barred. Woke espn sells out to being fake. Their debate shows also encourage their analysts to get in rows and say stuff they don't even truly believe themselves so they can get views and clicks. They probably hate covering women's basketball but the pretend to love it because they only care about preserving their image and their own pocketbooks. Espn is the fakest of the fake. I only watch and visit their website because of comprehensive coverage of men's football/basketball but you always have to deal with and sift through the crap product (look at ticket sales and interest) and agenda that is women's basketball.

"Espn is the fakest of the fake"

Although the stats may be for sports you don't appreciate, at least they are real. There's a certain "news" site that just flat out lies.

Women want equality, equality means they play with the same rules as the men. I dislike how sports like Tennis change the rules. If women want equality it has to be true equality, not some grading curve.

T&F cannot cast stones at any sport when it comes to viewership numbers.

I’m from Connecticut and went to UConn. The UConn women’s team sells out their 10,000 person home arena at least a few times each season. While men’s basketball is generally more popular, the women do have fans. As someone who has watched a lot of men’s and women’s basketball, the way they play is a bit different but if it’s a close game I don’t think one is more entertaining than the other.

Yes! Every year I watch the televised broadcast of our girls HS basketball tournament. Excellent competition!👍

*HS tournament

"I come back to correct myself"

so when are you going to?