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Xville
08-10-2016, 06:48 PM
So usa is losing to Australia right now at the half. Slim chance I know but if the usa does lose, go ahead and expect durant to join the aussies tomorrow.
GoMuskies
08-10-2016, 06:54 PM
Now that it's pros, does anyone really give a shit about USA Basketball?
X-band '01
08-10-2016, 08:27 PM
Australia is the first team that the USA has faced that actually has a pulse - do Andrew Bogut, Patty Mills and Matthew Delladova ring a bell?

Even their bench has a familiar face in former SLU guard Kevin Lisch.
waggy
08-10-2016, 08:33 PM
I thought Lisch was a St. Louis local?
X-band '01
08-10-2016, 08:36 PM
They've had a few other Aussies on their team; they also had Ian Vouyoukas who was on the Greek national team when they joined the A-10.
X-band '01
08-10-2016, 08:37 PM
I thought Lisch was a St. Louis local?

It's possible - I think he also had a sister who played at SLU as well.
Musketeer
08-10-2016, 08:38 PM
Australia is the first team that the USA has faced that actually has a pulse - do Andrew Bogut, Patty Mills and Matthew Delladova ring a bell?

Even their bench has a familiar face in former SLU guard Kevin Lisch.

but no mention of aron baynes or joe ingles....
Musketeer
08-10-2016, 08:41 PM
I thought Lisch was a St. Louis local?

lisch was an american until he recently became an australian citizen
Xville
08-10-2016, 08:45 PM
Now that it's pros, does anyone really give a shit about USA Basketball?

Eh...for some reason in team events when the usa is favored by so much, it's hard to care all that much. I think I'd feel the same way if they were college athletes. In single events, I like to see the dominance by Phelps, Ledecky but for team sports, it is just boring.
GoMuskies
08-10-2016, 08:58 PM
Eh...for some reason in team events when the usa is favored by so much, it's hard to care all that much. I think I'd feel the same way if they were college athletes. In single events, I like to see the dominance by Phelps, Ledecky but for team sports, it is just boring.

It's like cheering for the Soviets in 1980 in Lake Placid.
xu82
08-10-2016, 09:25 PM
It's like cheering for the Soviets in 1980 in Lake Placid.

Best party EVER that night.


......as far as I can recall. The dump on Cleneay was the place to be. What fools rented us big TV's?
waggy
08-10-2016, 09:34 PM
lisch was an american until he recently became an australian citizen


That explains that.
GIMMFD
08-11-2016, 12:26 AM
Gotta blame that on Coach K scheduling some cupcakes early on in the season. Still pulled it out though.
SemajParlor
08-11-2016, 12:31 AM
Oh Carmelo Anthony. How underappreciated you are, good sir. If only the average person realizes how freakin' good you are at basketball.
Lamont Sanford
08-11-2016, 10:15 AM
lisch was an american until he recently became an australian citizen

He got out before Crooked Hillary took office. Smart.
Muskie
08-11-2016, 10:47 AM
So did they win? I didn't even look. I might pay attention come medal round.
bleedXblue
08-11-2016, 10:48 AM
Watching this brutal.

They out to mix in more college players to make this more interesting.
X-band '01
08-11-2016, 11:32 AM
It would be funny to watch if Grayson Allen were on the team and tried to trip an opposing player in the Olympics. They won't tolerate that like the NCAA refs do.
GIMMFD
08-11-2016, 12:48 PM
Watching this brutal.

They out to mix in more college players to make this more interesting.

Are they allowed to do that with college coaches on the roster??
LA Muskie
08-11-2016, 01:41 PM
Yes. We have often had college players in national team competitions. And nearly the entire national team staff is composed of college coaches.


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