ripcityproject.blogspot.com - 8/20/2008
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Quarterfinals time for Team USA. They face the one team who has given them the greatest test this entire summer....the Aussies. During that game Team USA played pretty bad, couldn't shoot the ball from the three point line or the free throw line. Australia is known to be physical. They shut down the pain. They also can shoot the ball and run a Princeton-type offense. Very patient. We'll see ...
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The Internets are alive: USA knocks off Australia in quarterfinals
Ball Don't Lie —
... The Rip City Project: "Team USA with another dominant performance. I'll admit the first quarter freaked me out, not because it was close but because of why it was close. Bad habits were creeping in all over the place. Quick shots, one-on-one, defensive lapses, being spread out all over the place ... I was having flashbacks to Athens. But the difference is Team USA made the adjustment. In 2004 and 2006, what was scouting? What was making adjustments? They didn't exist as concepts because we were "so freaking good". Those concepts were replaced by ...
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