Check out the tweet. Sounds like a great game:
http://twitter.com/colobatchick
"yes! USA 68-serbia 66! Battle 17, butler 12. Wow! What a contest!"
success :)
USA! USA! USA!
Wow, sounds like an awesome game!
who do we have in the semi and when is it?
Zar- 9 mins 2 pts 1 Rb
Quote from: ATWizJr on July 07, 2009, 03:19:57 PM
who do we have in the semi and when is it?
According to this article (http://www.usabasketball.com/news.php?news_page=09_mwug_game_03) we play the loser of the Bulgaria v Latvia game (the 1 seed from our group plays the 2 seed from Group L) because we're advancing as group I's number 1 seed.
But according to the schedule from the same website (http://www.usabasketball.com/men_team.php?page=mwug_schedule) it's not quite as clear who we play and when. I suppose we'll see soon enough.
I am proud to be an American.
Quote from: Skatastrophy on July 07, 2009, 03:30:51 PM
According to this article (http://www.usabasketball.com/news.php?news_page=09_mwug_game_03) we play the loser of the Bulgaria v Latvia game (the 1 seed from our group plays the 2 seed from Group L) because we're advancing as group I's number 1 seed.
But according to the schedule from the same website (http://www.usabasketball.com/men_team.php?page=mwug_schedule) it's not quite as clear who we play and when. I suppose we'll see soon enough.
Wasn't this a knockout round game? Shouldn't we play the winner of another quarterfinal game?
rocky's edit: moved reply out of quote box...cleaned up extra posts...
i give up. mods, what am i doing wrong with the posting?
Quote from: ATWizJr on July 07, 2009, 03:52:59 PM
i give up. mods, what am i doing wrong with the posting?
Your text is showing up, you're just typing inside of the [./quote] tag so your comments are showing up as part of the post that you quoted.
Thanks. Didn't see that and have no idea why it is. but shouldn't we be playing another quarterfinal winner?
It's not really set-up as Quarters, Semis, and Finals - therefore, we are not playing another Quarterfinal Winner. USA and Serbia will move on from their group (USA as a #1 and Serbia as a #2). We will be playing the #2 from the other group in the Semis - the loser of the Latvia/Bulgaria game (the winner will get the #1 from that group and play Serbia.
If U.S. and Serbia both win - we play again in the Finals and the losers of the semis would play each other in the 3rd place game (assuming there is one).
at least that's my understanding. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong.
Per the schedule page (http://www.usabasketball.com/men_team.php?page=mwug_schedule), the quarterfinals don't start until Thursday. It looks like the first and second rounds were soccer-style groups to determine which 16 teams will be competing for the championship, and starting with the quarters it's more similar to the non-conference college tournaments where each loss sends you into a lower half of the bracket and you'd be playing for a lower final place.
QuoteSecond Round
The top two finishing teams from each pool advance to play for 1st-16th place.
The third and fourth place teams will compete for 17th -25th places.
NOTE: Results from first round games against advancing teams carry over to the second round.
Here's the full recap...
http://www.usabasketball.com/news.php?news_page=09_mwug_game_04
We'll play Bulgaria.
Quote from: rocky_warrior on July 07, 2009, 08:14:26 PM
Here's the full recap...
http://www.usabasketball.com/news.php?news_page=09_mwug_game_04
We'll play Bulgaria.
Hmmm. My AV software detected a Trojan via the link.
I assure you, I only practice safe web surfing.
Seriously though, my (usually reliable) virus scanner didn't see any problems with IE or Firefox. It's USA basketball's official site, and while it's possible there's a problem, I've been to the link several times without any virus warnings popping up.
Quote from: 77ncaachamps on July 07, 2009, 11:03:02 PM
Hmmm. My AV software detected a Trojan via the link.
Same with mine. I'm using Avast and that link set off the sirens.
Quote from: ChicosBailBonds on July 07, 2009, 11:55:29 PM
Same with mine. I'm using Avast and that link set off the sirens.
I use AVG and it also set off the alarm. It wouldn't surprise me if it is some Serb sore-loser hacker who is upset we beat them in basketball and bombed the crap out of their country a few years ago.
Another recap from Villanova by the Numbers
http://vbtn.blogspot.com/2009/07/wug-2009-usa-over-serbia-68-66.html (http://vbtn.blogspot.com/2009/07/wug-2009-usa-over-serbia-68-66.html)
anybody got today's result vs. Bulgaria?
Quote from: ATWizJr on July 09, 2009, 12:41:03 PM
anybody got today's result vs. Bulgaria?
I could be mistaken but the game starts at 8:00 P.M. Serbian time. It's only 8:30 right now, so it won't be finished up until about 3:00-4:00 or something like that.
USA is up 24-9 after 1st, per http://twitter.com/colobatchick
Quote from: lurch91 on July 09, 2009, 01:44:11 PM
USA is up 24-9 after 1st, per http://twitter.com/colobatchick
USA men up on BUL 46-24 @ halftime, 11 players scored so far, Q leads w 9, Battle, Hummel, Brack w 6 each.
Looks like USA won 96 - 66. Next opponent will be Russia in the semi-finals.