Many people talk about the joy that they get from watching the men's college basketball tournament, commonly known as March Madness, each spring. Fewer people talk about watching the regular season with any kind of passion. And fewer still talk about watching women's college basketball at all.
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Many of the arguments against the women's game are suspect, even if some are factually grounded. The women aren't as athletic. They don't dunk. The same few teams are always winning championships. But it isn't like the men's game is so great. Even the best players have glaring holes in their game, team schemes are structured in such a way as to make the game borderline unwatchable, and the best players leave after one year.
Despite where you may fall on this spectrum, the numbers do not lie, and they point to the women's game being better than the men's product, according to Five Thirty Eight. Despite the dominance of UConn, the women have a talent pool that is just as deep and more evenly spread than the men. In fact, the women have seen a 16 seed upset a one seed in the NCAA tournament, a feat that has never happened for the men.
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And many more of the best female athletes go on to play basketball than the men. Many of the best male athletes end up pursuing football and baseball, whereas basketball is usually the top sport for a great female athlete.
The women's game also features juniors and seniors as their best players because of the dearth of players leaving early to play professionally. So while the men's game routinely sees a dominant freshman play for a year, the women's game features athletes with the same level of dominance that also fully develop their skills, not to mention great chemistry with their teammates.
Regardless of what the data says, people will always have personal preferences, which is just fine. But if you like the women's game better, don't be so quick to let people dismiss it as inferior to the men's game.
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