Summer Olympics Basketball Thread - London 2012

[BroadwayBomber55]

Okay folks,

Basketball in the Summer Olympics is back.

July 28-August 12, 2012
http://london2012.fiba.com/

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Men's Basketball - 2012 Summer Olympics

Outright qualified teams
http://www.comiteolimpicoportugal.pt...asquetebol.pdf

Host Nation: Great Britain
2010 FIBA World Championship: United States
2011 FIBA Africa Championship: Tunisia
2011 FIBA Americas Championship: Argentina and Brazil
2011 FIBA Oceania Championship: Australia
2011 FIBA Europe Championship: Spain and France
2011 FIBA Asia Championship: China

Wild Card Tournament: July 2-8, 2012
http://london2012.fiba.com/pages/eng.../schedule.html

Preliminary Round
Group A
Greece
Puerto Rico
Jordan

Group B
Nigeria
Lithuania
Venezuela

Group C
Russia
Dominican Republic
South Korea

Group D
Macedonia
New Zealand
Angola

Format:
- The teams will be divided into four groups (Groups A-D) for the preliminary round.

- Round robin for the preliminary round; the top two teams from each group will advance to the quarterfinals. The last-placed team in each group will be eliminated.

- A single-elimination tournament will then be held; the quarterfinals pairings will be:
A1 vs. B2
B1 vs. A2
C1 vs. D2
D1 vs. C2

- The semifinal pairings will be A1/B2 vs. C1/D2 and B1/A2 vs. D1/C2. The semifinal winners will qualify for the Olympics. No championship game will be held.

- The semifinal losers will play for the last Olympic qualifying berth.

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Women's Basketball - 2012 Summer Olympics

Outright qualified teams
http://www.comiteolimpicoportugal.pt...asquetebol.pdf

Host Nation: Great Britain
2010 FIBA World Championship: United States
2011 FIBA Europe Championship: Russia
2011 FIBA Asia Championship: China
2011 FIBA Oceania Championship: Australia
2011 FIBA Americas Championship: Brazil
2011 FIBA Africa Championship: Angola

Wild Card Tournament: June 25-July 1, 2012
http://london2012.fiba.com/pages/eng.../schedule.html

Preliminary Round
Group A
Turkey
Puerto Rico
Japan

Group B
Czech Republic
New Zealand
Argentina

Group C
Croatia
Mozambique
South Korea

Group D
Canada
Mali
France

Format:
The top eight teams qualify for the knockout round. All four quarterfinal winners advance to the Olympics, then the four quarterfinal losers play two rounds to allocate the final slot.
http://london2012.fiba.com/pages/eng.../schedule.html

[BroadwayBomber55]

Women's Wild Card Tournament Final Scores: June 25, 2012

From FIBA.com

Group A
Puerto Rico 53–65 Turkey

Group B
Czech Republic 70–51 New Zealand

Group C
Croatia 84–62 Mozambique

Group D
Mali 23–89 Canada

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Women's Wild Card Tournament Final Scores: June 26, 2012

From FIBA.com

Group A
Turkey 65–49 Japan

Group B
New Zealand 51–54 Argentina
Note: New Zealand is eliminated.

Group C
Mozambique 65–71 Korea
Note: Mozambique is eliminated.

Group D
Canada 47–56 France

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Women's Wild Card Tournament Final Scores: June 27, 2012

From FIBA.com

Group A
Japan 79–70 Puerto Rico
- Turkey wins Group A. Japan second. Puerto Rico eliminated.

Group B
Argentina 54–68 Czech Republic
- Czech Republic wins Group B. Argentina second. New Zealand eliminated.

Group C
Korea 75–83 Croatia
- Croatia wins Group C. South Korea second. Mozambique eliminated.

Group D
France 87–33 Mali
- France wins Group D. Canada second. Mali eliminated.

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Women's Wild Card Tournament Quarterfinal Matchups

From FIBA.com

Note: All Quarterfinal winners go to London 2012. The four quarterfinal losers play the four quarterfinal losers play two rounds to allocate the final slot.

29 June
14:30 Croatia vs. Canada

29 June
16:45 Czech Republic vs. Japan

29 June
19:00 Turkey vs. Argentina

29 June
21:15 France vs. Korea

[BroadwayBomber55]

Miami Heat G Dwyane Wade to have knee surgery, miss 2012 Olympics
http://espn.go.com/olympics/summer/2...ondon-olympics

A big loss for the 2012 team after winning the gold medal in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China.

Chris Bosh is also questionable for the 2012 Olympics too.

[BroadwayBomber55]

Miami Heat F Chris Bosh to sit out Olympics recovering from abdominal injury
http://espn.go.com/olympics/summer/2...s-rehab-injury

[BroadwayBomber55]

With Dwyane Wade, Dwight Howard, Derrick Rose and Chris Bosh injured, I think this will be the U.S. team that is going to London 2012.

Starting Five
C: Tyson Chandler
PF: LeBron James
SF: Kevin Durant
SG: Kobe Bryant
PG: Chris Paul

Bench
Backup C: Kevin Love
Backup Fs: Anthony Davis, Blake Griffin, Carmelo Anthony
Backup Gs: Deron Williams, Andre Iguodala and Russell Westbrook

Tough choice between Iguodala, James Harden and Eric Gordon for me at guard behind Kobe, CP3, D-Will and Westbrook, but I like Iguodala's defense.

As for forwards, Lamar Odom was a key player in the 2010 team, but he hasn't had a season to convince Jerry Colangelo and Coach K that he should be on the team.

[BroadwayBomber55]

Women's Wild Card Tournament Quarterfinal Final Scores: Friday June 29, 2012

From FIBA.com

Croatia 59–56 Canada

Czech Republic 53–47 Japan

Turkey 72–58 Argentina

France 80–63 Korea

Croatia, Czech Republic, Turkey and France qualify for London 2012.

[BroadwayBomber55]

Women's Wild Card Tournament Semifinal Schedule: Saturday June 30, 2012

From FIBA.com

30 June Argentina vs. Canada

30 June Japan vs. Korea

[dabomb2045]

With Dwyane Wade, Dwight Howard, Derrick Rose and Chris Bosh injured, I think this will be the U.S. team that is going to London 2012.

Starting Five
C: Tyson Chandler
PF: LeBron James
SF: Kevin Durant
SG: Kobe Bryant
PG: Chris Paul

Bench
Backup C: Kevin Love
Backup Fs: Anthony Davis, Blake Griffin, Carmelo Anthony
Backup Gs: Deron Williams, Andre Iguodala and Russell Westbrook

Tough choice between Iguodala, James Harden and Eric Gordon for me at guard behind Kobe, CP3, D-Will and Westbrook, but I like Iguodala's defense.

As for forwards, Lamar Odom was a key player in the 2010 team, but he hasn't had a season to convince Jerry Colangelo and Coach K that he should be on the team.

Rather take Aldridge over Griffin. His game translates to FIBA much better then Griffin, who has no post game, no jump shot and cant hit FT's.

[BroadwayBomber55]

Rather take Aldridge over Griffin. His game translates to FIBA much better then Griffin, who has no post game, no jump shot and cant hit FT's.

LaMarcus Aldridge will not compete Mike. Aldridge is injured.
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/blazers...0513--nba.html

[dabomb2045]

LaMarcus Aldridge will not compete Mike. Aldridge is injured.
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/blazers...0513--nba.html

Sucks. I still dont think Griffin is a good fit for this team.

[BroadwayBomber55]

Sucks. I still dont think Griffin is a good fit for this team.

The only power forward I can see that can replace Blake Griffin is Josh Smith.

But like Griffin, Smith can't shoot free throws.

[BroadwayBomber55]

Women's Wild Card Tournament Semifinal Final Scores: Saturday June 30, 2012

From FIBA.com

Japan 79–51 Korea

Argentina 41–58 Canada

Japan vs. Canada for the fifth and final wild card spot in the Women's Olympic basketball tournament.

[EvanJ]

Canada 71-63 Japan.

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Women's Olympic Basketball Tournament Complete Lineup

Host Nation: Great Britain
2010 FIBA World Championship: United States
2011 FIBA Europe Championship: Russia
2011 FIBA Asia Championship: China
2011 FIBA Oceania Championship: Australia
2011 FIBA Americas Championship: Brazil
2011 FIBA Africa Championship: Angola
Wild Card Winners: Croatia, Czech Republic, Turkey, France and Canada

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Men's Wild Card Tournament Preliminary Round Final Scores: Monday, July 2, 2012

From FIBA.com

Group A
Greece 107–63 Jordan

Group B
Nigeria 69–71 Venezuela

Group C
Russia 91–56 Korea

Group D
Angola 88–84 Macedonia

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Men's Wild Card Tournament Preliminary Round Final Scores: Tuesday, July 3, 2012

From FIBA.com

Group A
Jordan 52–93 Puerto Rico
- Jordan is eliminated.

Group B
Venezuela 82–100 Lithuania

Group C
Korea 85–95 Dominican Republic
- Korea is eliminated.

Group D
Macedonia 84–62 New Zealand

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Men's Wild Card Tournament Preliminary Round Final Scores: Wednesday, July 4, 2012

From FIBA.com

Group A
Puerto Rico 84–98 Greece
- Greece wins Group A, Puerto Rico takes second, Jordan is last and eliminated.

Group B
Lithuania 80–86 Nigeria
- Lithuania wins Group B based on greater overall point differential (LTU's +12 PD to NGA's +4), Nigeria takes second, Venezuela is last and eliminated.

Group C
Dominican Republic 69–84 Russia
- Russia wins Group C, Dominican Republic takes second, South Korea is last and eliminated.

Group D
New Zealand 68–64 Angola
- Macedonia wins Group D based on greater overall point differential (MKD's +18 PD to ANG's 0 PD), Angola takes second, New Zealand is last and eliminated.

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Men's Wild Card Tournament Knockout Stage - Quarterfinal Matchups: Friday July 6, 2012

From FIBA.com

11:00 Russia v. Angola

13:30 Greece v. Nigeria

17:00 Macedonia v. Dominican Republic

19:30 Lithuania v. Puerto Rico

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Men's Wild Card Tournament Knockout Stage - Quarterfinal Final Scores: Friday July 6, 2012

From FIBA.com

Russia 80–65 Angola

Greece 79–80 Nigeria

Macedonia 76–86 Dominican Republic

Lithuania 76–72 Puerto Rico

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Men's Wild Card Tournament Knockout Stage - Semifinal Matchups: Saturday July 7, 2012

From FIBA.com

Note: Semifinal winners automatically qualify for London 2012. The losers play in the third-place game to decide the final Olympic qualifying berth.

17:00 Nigeria v. Russia

19:30 Lithuania v. Dominican Republic