Men&#39;s Basketball: No medal for favorite after upset
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ATHENS Serbia-Montenegro is shockingly out of medal contention in Olympic men&#39;s basketball, and the team&#39;s head coach doesn&#39;t have many admirers left at home.
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The U.S. men's basketball team was  beaten by Argentina Friday, denying it an Olympic gold medal  for the first time since 1992 when NBA players started  competing.
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After days of searching from the Acropolis to the Aegean Sea, the United States men&#39;s basketball team finally found its missing jump shot.
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They were lucky to get the bronze. They came with one of the finest big men in all of basketball -- but with nobody to back him up.
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The University of New Mexico men&#39;s basketball team hasn&#39;t cracked the major polls since its final week of the 1998-99 season, which ended in a second-round NCAA Tournament loss to Connecticut.
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There was no celebrating when Illinois&#39; players found out they were the No. 1-ranked team in college basketball on Monday afternoon.
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That Tubby Smith would win his 200th game as Kentucky&#39;s basketball coach on Wednesday night was a given. That a freshman would lead the way was not.
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NO. 9 NORTH CAROLINA 91, NO. 8 KENTUCKY 78: At Chapel Hill, NC - Rashad McCants scored 28 points, Sean May had 14 points and 19 rebounds and Jawad Williams tipped in a miss to thwart a second-half rally by
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On the men&#39;s side, top-seeded Marat Safin was upset by Radek Stepanek of the Czech Republic 7-6 (10-8), 4-6, 6-3. Stepanek, No.
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ATHENS, Greece Aug. 27, 2004 - The US men&#39;s basketball team will go home from the Olympics without a gold medal for the first time since it began using NBA players after the Americans were beaten soundly by Argentina 89-81 in the semifinals Friday.
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China grabbed its first-ever men&#39;s Olympic gold in track and field on Friday, but it was a night of misery for Americans, who saw any chance of a fourth consecutive gold in basketball crushed.
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Bronze is the best the American men's basketball team can do, and the reason is simple: They were beaten by a better team, Argentina. Manu Ginobili scored 29 points to lead his nation to another victory over the country that used to dominate the sport, an 89-81 win in the Olympic semifinals Friday night.
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Losing ten players usually means a rebuilding year. Not at Murray State. Despite the loss, the Racers were picked as the pre-season favorite to win the Ohio Valley Conference.
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Once there was shock. Now there are shrugs. The U.S. men's basketball team wasn't taking its latest Olympic defeat too hard Sunday, knowing its spot in the quarterfinals was assured.
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The United States men's basketball team lost to Puerto Rico, 92-73. The loss could put the American gold medal hopes in jeopardy.
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The last of the unbeatens are 1-2-3 in the Top 25 Â again. North Carolina, Memphis and Kansas, the only Division I teams yet to lose this season, were the top teams in The Associated Press' college basketball poll for a seventh straight week Monday.
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George Mason finally discovers an upset formula after a season of frustration Saturday in Richmond with a 64-61 upset of Hofstra in the CAA tournament.