Women’s basketball? Not so much.

 It’s March Madness time, which means everyone is talking about seeds and Cinderellas and brackets. This is pretty much my most favorite time of the year, except for maybe when my birthday falls on Thanksgiving – which it does in 2008. Nothing like eating all kinds of homemade food and then having an excuse to party for a couple days straight.

But I digress.

The vast majority of the discussion in March centers on the Men’s NCAA Tournament and for good reason. After all, people actually WATCH and ATTEND men’s basketball games. You know, since they’re actually exciting and play a pretty entertaining brand of basketball.

 On the other side, you have women’s basketball, which generally serves as a pathetic attempt at playing the grand game of roundball. Sure, the girls can shoot better these days and every once in a blue moon, some freak girl will come along who can actually touch the rim without a trampoline. But in most cases, it’s like watching 5th and 6th grade intramurals. There’s layups, there’s heaves from eight feet away, there’s jump shots at the free-throw line, there’s point guards who weave in and out of traffic with the ease of a rhino – it’s just not entertaining.

 Basketball fundamentals are important, granted. But they go hand in hand with athleticism. The fact is, no matter how well Candace Parker (Tennessee women’s star) can dribble or make the right pass or show good form on a jumpshot, if you took 5 Candace Parkers – a junior who is the best women’s player in college bar none – and matched them up against 5 Eric Gordons - one of the very best freshmen guards in men’s ball – the Gordons would win every single time and probably by about 40 points each time.

In fact, I would wager on a good high school men’s team beating Tennessee or Connecticut women’s teams easily almost every time. It’s just not the same game and not the same skill level folks.