OT: How bout those Lady Terps?
 

Maryland’s lady Terps just won the NCAA’s. 78-75 in OT! The second half was some of the best round ball I’ve seen all season. Duke was bigger and stronger, but the Maryland team out ran em down the stretch.

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...Translation, for the sports-impaired? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

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The University of Maryland woman’s basketball team won the NCAA basketball championship tonight. Beating a much favored Duke team by overcoming a 13 point deficit and winning in overtime. They were considered to be too young and too small to beat Duke. IIRC, the oldest player is a junior. This is a big win for the Terps, only three other schools have NCAA titles in both men’s and women’s basketball.

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Yeah, that does sound like an achievement.

As a very irrevelent note, someone needs to get some non-gender-based leagues going. Apparently, men and women are equal; doesn't that mean they should compete together?

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Men and women aren't equal physically, thus the usual gender separation in sports. Not that there aren't some...ahem...rather husky women out there that I'd rather not meet in a dark alley somewhere http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...ies/tongue.gif

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Duke has a female player that looks like she could play with the men. She is big, tall, big, fast, big, hard looking, and did I say she was big. She looked like she could really bring the whoopass if needbe.

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Yes, but putting artificial gender restrictions on players strikes me as somewhat sexist.

On the other hand, I see nothing wrong with mens' and womens' clubs - Sometimes, you just gotta get away - But, there's a fine line between seperation and segragation.

And given that I cannot recall any major mixed-gender sport...

But it's way to soon for an OT.

Go Terps!

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IIRC, tennis has mixed-double matches, but then it's still M/F vs M/F, no M/M vs F/F or M vs F or anything like that. Just M/F vs M/F. Well, it's mixed anyways.

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There are some mixed-gender indoor sports... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

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I can see your point. Erh... you do mean Scrabble, right? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

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Like high school wrestling. I remember seeing a report on TV a few years ago: some schools that can't field both male and female teams allow mixed teams and M/F matches. Wrestlers compete within weight classes, which removes the size issue, at least on a gross level. The show featured one female wrestler (100 lb?) who was having some success against male opponents.