Lets use myself as an example to show you the differences in ability between NCAA Division 1 woman players and men’s players. Lets assume I am magically 40 years younger and I am in my prime. I am a Joe Average male player. I played a lot of basketball but it was intramurals, pickup games etc. Now lets say we have a scrimmage and I draw Caitlyn Clark to guard. How would I fair? I was 6′1 and 155 in my prime so size wise I matchup with Caitlyn. I would say that speed, quickness and strength would also be about the same. Now Caitlyn is in another class from me as a scorer, passer and ball handler so I would be in trouble. I could make her work for her shots and overall defensively I would probably fare about the same as most of her opponents. In other words she would have to work for her points but she would get her 20 to 30 points or so against me. On offense I would be in trouble as I was not a scorer. She would pretty much shut me down except for an occasional offensive rebound. So I would give up 30 points, be lucky to score 6 and probably grab a some rebounds.

Now lets say I have to guard any (healthy) Division 1 men’s player. I would have no chance. They could score at will and the only way I would get a stop is if they just missed their shot. They could score 100 if they wanted to. It would be like they were unguarded. I would be lucky if I got 1 rebound the whole game and I would not score at all enough they let me.

Now NBA players are the best of the best so they are even at a higher level. So lets summarize. Caitlyn is a great woman athlete and basketball player. She is better than most men players. She is a lot better than Joe Average like myself. But she has no chance against men college players. Biology plays too big of a role. Her size and speed (that destroys the Joe Average male player) does not matchup to elite male players.