USA hoops update thread

[BuckBackHome]

USA - 102
Spain - 94

Keep up the hard work, guys!

[MolGenBuckeye]

Well done, also, to the Spanish coach for making a fool of himself postgame and refusing to shake hands with Larry Brown.

[BuckeyeNation27]

what happened at the end of the game. i see ESPN just says the coaches argued. what was it all about?

[Bucklion]

http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/summer...ory?id=1868303

Apparently Larry Brown called a TO with 23 seconds left and us up by 11. The Spanish coach basically just bitched about everything though, including playing in a tournament that "rewards teams that lose". Yo, assprick, it's been that way since I can remember, you aren't knocked out after one loss...funny the only time he complains about it is when they didn't lose in the first round this year. We finished fourth, and played the top team in the other bracket, and beat them...end of story. Personally, I would have inbounded the ball, and then called another one, just to [censored] him off even more. As far as I'm concerned he can choke on it.

[MolGenBuckeye]

So, by his logic, getting to play Spain was a reward?

Way to compliment your own team there! That ought to go over well with the players!

Edited to add quote:

[blah blah blah unimportant stuff]...said Pesquera, who also complained that the officials allowed the Americans to get away with multiple traveling violations."I think this game was played under NBA rules, not FIBA rules,'' he said

The way his players were flopping all game, it looked more like Assembly Hall rules.

[BuckeyeNation27]

im sure the players are on the whine boat with him and dont see how dumb he is being.

[osugrad21]

Stupid Americans get all the breaks

[BuckeyeNation27]

<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=590 border=0><TBODY><TR vAlign=top><TD><TABLE id=inlinetable cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=2 width=290 border=0><TBODY><TR><TH style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ff9100" colSpan=4>Friday, August 27 - SEMIFINALS </TH><TR align=middle bgColor=#ccccc4><TD align=left width=260 colSpan=2>Halftime</TD><TD align=middle width=20>T</TD><TD width=30> </TD></TR><TR align=middle bgColor=#ecece4><TD width=20></TD><TD align=left width=240>Argentina</TD><TD>43</TD><TD vAlign=top rowSpan=2> </TD></TR><TR align=middle bgColor=#ecece4><TD width=20></TD><TD align=left>USA</TD><TD>38</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

hanging in there. its sad that we have to "hang in" against another country in basketball.....a sport we invented and pay people millions of dollars to play.

[sears3820]

It looks like our shooting % is back to what were accustomed to seeing out of this team.

FG%- 36%
3PT%- 17%

[BuckeyeNation27]

<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=590 border=0><TBODY><TR vAlign=top><TD><TABLE id=inlinetable cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=2 width=290 border=0><TBODY><TR><TH style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ff9100" colSpan=4>Friday, August 27 - SEMIFINALS </TH><TR align=middle bgColor=#ccccc4><TD align=left width=260 colSpan=2>3rd, End</TD><TD align=middle width=20>T</TD><TD width=30> </TD></TR><TR align=middle bgColor=#ecece4><TD width=20></TD><TD align=left width=240>Argentina</TD><TD>70</TD><TD vAlign=top rowSpan=2> </TD></TR><TR align=middle bgColor=#ecece4><TD width=20></TD><TD align=left>USA</TD><TD>57</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

ugh......we suck.

[buckeyebri]

couldn't have said it better 27..

[Bucklion]

We're meat. The bronze game won't be any picnic either.

[BuckeyeNation27]

<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=590 border=0><TBODY><TR vAlign=top><TD><TABLE id=inlinetable cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=2 width=290 border=0><TBODY><TR><TH style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ff9100" colSpan=4>Friday, August 27 - SEMIFINALS </TH><TR align=middle bgColor=#ccccc4><TD align=left width=260 colSpan=2>4th, 7:30</TD><TD align=middle width=20>T</TD><TD width=30> </TD></TR><TR align=middle bgColor=#ecece4><TD width=20></TD><TD align=left width=240>Argentina</TD><TD>70</TD><TD vAlign=top rowSpan=2> </TD></TR><TR align=middle bgColor=#ecece4><TD width=20></TD><TD align=left>USA</TD><TD>61</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
cut to 9.........maybe there is hope?

[OilerBuck]

<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=590 border=0><TBODY><TR vAlign=top><TD><TABLE id=inlinetable cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=2 width=290 border=0><TBODY><TR><TH style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ff9100" colSpan=4>Friday, August 27 - SEMIFINALS </TH><TR align=middle bgColor=#ccccc4><TD align=left width=260 colSpan=2>4th, 3:00</TD><TD align=middle width=20>T</TD><TD width=30></TD></TR><TR align=middle bgColor=#ecece4><TD width=20></TD><TD align=left width=240>Argentina</TD><TD>81</TD><TD vAlign=top rowSpan=2></TD></TR><TR align=middle bgColor=#ecece4><TD width=20></TD><TD align=left>USA</TD><TD>72</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>We're freakin terrible

[buckeyefool]

Jesus crist Duncan hold on to the [censored]ing ball