first up for USA is venezuela.

what was it 3 losses in last years championships for the USA. it won't be repeated this year.

Preliminary Round
Wednesday, Aug. 22
Uruguay vs. Panama, 3:30 p.m.
Puerto Rico vs. Mexico, 6 p.m.
Canada vs. Brazil, 8:30 p.m.
United States vs. Venezuela, 11 p.m.

Thursday, Aug. 23
Argentina vs. Uruguay, 3:30 p.m.
Venezuela vs. Canada, 6 p.m.
Panama vs. Puerto Rico, 8:30 p.m.
US Virgin Islands vs. United States, 11 p.m.

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Friday, Aug. 24
Mexico vs. Panama, 3:30 p.m.
Canada vs. US Virgin Islands, 6 p.m.
Puerto Rico vs. Argentina, 8:30 p.m.
Brazil vs. Venezuela, 11 p.m.

Saturday, Aug. 25
United States vs. Canada, 3 p.m.
US Virgin Islands vs. Brazil, 6 p.m.
Uruguay vs. Puerto Rico, 8:30 p.m.
Argentina vs. Mexico, 11 p.m.

Sunday, Aug. 26
Venezuela vs. US Virgin Islands, 4 p.m.
Mexico vs. Uruguay, 6:30 p.m.
Brazil vs. United States, 9 p.m.
Panama vs. Argentina, 12 a.m.

Second Round (all times TBA)
Teams TBD
Monday, Aug. 27
GAME 21: A1 vs. B4
GAME 22: A2 vs. B3
GAME 23: B2 vs. A3
GAME 24: B1 vs. A4

Tuesday, Aug. 28
GAME 25: B3 vs. A1
GAME 26: B4 vs. A2
GAME 27: A3 vs. B1
GAME 28: A4 vs. B2

Wednesday, Aug. 29
GAME 29: A1 vs. B2
GAME 30: A2 vs. B1
GAME 31: B4 vs. A3
GAME 32: B3 vs. A4

Thursday, Aug. 30
GAME 33: A1 vs. B1
GAME 34: A2 vs. B2
GAME 35: A3 vs. B3
GAME 36: A4 vs. B4

Semifinals
Saturday, Sept. 1
GAME 37: C1 vs. C4, 4 p.m.
GAME 38: C2 vs. C3, 11:30 p.m.

Finals
Sunday, Sept. 2 (times TBA)
Bronze medal game
Gold medal game

USA 112...venezuela 69

doesn't look like USA is going to get much competition until at least the very end of the first round when they play brazil. most likely will have to wait until argentina or puerto rico.

The USA have the right guards in place with Kobe and Jason.

i'm a piston fan but i have always admired the way kidd plays the game. he's one of those guys that always does what's best for his team but can come out and drop 30 if they need him to.

the U.S. defeated the virgin islands 123-59 thursday. things are lookin good.

the U.S. defeated canada 113-63 the other night.

next up is brazil, they should be a little more competition.

soccer?

basketball, but there is a soccer thread around here somewhere.

depends on what school you come from but soccer matches with scores like that would be crazy.

usa defeated brazil 113-76 the other night. this is starting to look like it may be easy for team USA. hope it's as easy when the olympics roll around.

team USA is rolling. they beat mexico 127-100 in their closest game to date. USA will play puerto rico tonight and hopefully atone for the beating they took the last time they played.

puerto rico was suppost to be one of the tougher teams in the tournament but the U.S. handed yet another team a loss beating puerto rico 117-78.

USA beat uruaguay 117-89