US Basketball Men in Unfamiliar Territory
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The US men&#39;s basketball team is in the unfamiliar position of trying to look forward after backing into the quarter-finals of the Olympic basketball tournament.
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ATHENS - The US might have found its shooting touch in time to retain gold in Olympic basketball, but American attempts at diplomacy continue to miss badly.
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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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The United States basketball team didn&#39;t just lose to Argentina and, with it, a chance to play for the Olympic gold medal. The high-priced roster of NBA players might have lost something even more precious than that: the world&#39;s respect.
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The United States lost 89-81 in thesemi-final of the men&#39;s basketball tournament Friday. This is the third loss for US in the tournament as they lost 94-90 to Lithuania and 92
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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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No, not by hopping the next flight out of Athens, which was what all the US men&#39;s basketball players no doubt felt like doing after shooting bricks and playing like strangers in their miserable first week of the Olympics.
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Many of college basketball's traditional powers feature lineups full of freshman who may have otherwise jumped from high school to the NBA.
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All that talk of the United States returning to the top of the basketball world will have to wait. The reality is that the Americans are no closer now than they were two years ago.
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The status-seekers in menÂs college basketball juggle national exposure, money and the disadvantage of playing top-ranked opponents on the road.
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ATHENS, Greece -- Things are clearly far from perfect for the US Olympic men&#39;s basketball team. But now, perfection isn&#39;t important. Victories are. Against anybody.
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Folks back in the United States are searching for an explanation to their basketball team&#39;s misfortunes.
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American arrogance is a major culprit as to Team USA's continuing struggles in international basketball and until the U.S. stops underestimating its opponents it will continue to lose.
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Give the USA basketball team a break. After all, these are the nice guys, the ones who came. There are a lot of other players who couldn&#39;t find time in their busy summer schedules for the Olympics. And you know what? The Americans may yet ...
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Many menâs basketball programs are moving to Division I in the hope of gaining exposure, money and a bit of glory.
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ATHENS -- Almost a clean getaway . . . Team USA is trying so hard to be the international good fellas. No showboating. No mugging. No smiling. No complaining to refs (when Lamar Odom angrily threw down a towel in response to one call against his team, coach Larry Brown whirled around, directed him back to the bench, and kicked ...
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The US men&#39;s Olympic basketball team will try to bounce back from an upset loss in their opening group match against Puerto Rico with a match-up against host Greece.