With less than a week left before Olympic basketball begins, Interbasket is previewing the twelve national teams participating in the tournament. We will review the six teams in Group A today and Group B later on this week (Click here […]
Tag: Argentina
2008 Olympic Basketball Group Preview & Analysis
With the two Olympic Basketball Groups now set and determined, which group would you rather be in? Or as a thread in our Olympic Basketball Forum asks, “which is the Group of Death, A or B?” The twelve participating national […]
After poor performances, Manu Ginobili challenges himself before Game Three
It’s very unusual to see Manu Ginobili struggle. It was the first time I watched Ginobili and thought, “Wow, he looks tired.” And it didn’t help that he had the feisty, annoying Sasha Vujacic harassing him. It was evident that […]
Ginobili gets the Last Laugh in Phoenix
Every time Manu Ginobili touched the ball last night in the Spur’s game against the Phoenix Suns, he was booed with fervor by the hometown Phoenix fans. They booed every single time he touched the ball, they cheered when he […]
FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament
Who will host the FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament? With all the regional championships completed and nine teams set for next year’s Olympic games, three berths remain for teams vying for Beijing. And those three remaining spots will be determined […]
Two More Olympic Berths Set
With the wins by Argentina (over Brazil) and the United States (over Puerto Rico) in the 2007 Tournament of the Americas, two more berths to the 2008 Olympics in Beijing have now been determined. Argentina and the United States have […]
TOA: Four Teams Left, Only Two will get Olympic Berths
This is what most expected – Argentina, Brazil, Puerto Rico and the United States are in the semi-finals with two berths to the 2008 Olympics at stake. Considering their recent history, the Americans haven’t run into any problems this tournament. […]
TOA: Battle of the Unbeatens as Argentina meets the US tonight.
The two remaining undefeated teams in the Tournament of the Americas will meet tonight. And though both have safely advanced to the next round, don’t expect Argentina (6-0) to rest any of their players. And don’t expect the USA (6-0) […]
Reversal of Fortunes: Puerto Rico up, Brazil down
Puerto Rico 97: Brazil 75 The answer to the question: What’s Up with Puerto Rico? may have been answered. Maybe they needed something to wake them up. Just yesterday, they were only two minutes away from being eliminated and leaving […]
TOA Day Five: USA Blasts Brazil, Argentina Survives.
USA 113: Brazil 76 What was supposed to be the United State’s toughest test turned into another blowout. Team USA continued their dominance of group B by manhandling Brazil last night 113-76. Brazil did hang tough for about one quarter […]
TOA Recap: Undefeated Brazil and USA to Meet Today
USA 123: Canada 59 After demolishing the Virgin Islands 123-59 on Thursday, the United States used a balanced offensive attack and strong defense to rout Canada 113-63. Again, the Americans were led in scoring by Carmelo Anthony with 25 points […]
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