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From: kovalsky@trwspp.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Olympic Basketball
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Date: Tue, 24-Jul-84 12:18:04 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jul 24 12:18:04 1984
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The Canadians winning the Gold in Basketball? Let's get serious! I would be
willing to bet a large sum of money that the Americans will win the Gold
*hands down*. I don't think any team they play will even come close to them
and look for some blowouts of 50-60 points in the opening rounds.

They have beat the NBA All-Stars 8 games in a row in exhibitions and most of
the time they have looked awesome. And for your information, the NBA has the 
best players in the WORLD, by far. I agree that they should play some games
against international competition since the International Rules are quite
different in some cases, and they should get used to playing with these rules.
However, I think Bobby Knight is a good enough coach that he will have his 
players ready for anything. They have so much talent they don't know what to
do with it (but somehow they will manage).

I have heard that Canada is good and I think they have a good shot at the 
Silver or Bronze. I will be attending 2 Preliminary Round games on July 29 
(Spain vs. Canada & Austrailia vs. Brazil) so I will be able to tell how
good these Canadians really are. I will post a report to the net after these
games. USA plays China on July 29 in an opening game also. 

Go USA!

	Bruce Kovalsky