Dearica Hamby, USA Basketball women’s 3×3 team eye an Olympic gold medal today: ‘We wouldn’t change a single thing that happened’
The U.S. women’s 3×3 basketball team has won five straight games to advance to the semifinals and will compete for an Olympic medal today. After a slow start to the Olympics, losing their first three games and coming within one loss of elimination, the U.S. turned things around and is once again competing for a […]
Olympics’ 8 men’s basketball teams still standing, ranked by gold medal chances
The men’s basketball tournament at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games is on its way to deciding the champion. After the group stage, the 12 teams have been whittled down to eight, and now a knockout tournament will be played until one team stands at the top of the podium with the gold medal. Heading into […]
USA Basketball goes for 58 consecutive Olympic wins against Germany tomorrow: here’s what you need to know
The U.S. women’s basketball team will face Germany in their final pool match tomorrow, August 4, at 11:15 a.m. Both teams have already qualified for the women’s quarterfinals with 2-0 records, but this match and goal differential will determine their actual tournament standings. The winner of the U.S. vs. Germany match will take first place […]
Hailey Van Lith, Dearica Hamby, and USA Basketball 3×3 team beat China to advance to medal games
When the U.S. women’s 3×3 basketball team went 0-3 in pool play, the prospect of a two-time Olympic gold medalist seemed like a pipe dream, with teamwork and inexperience seemingly insurmountable and USA Basketball’s selection decisions perhaps misplaced. The four-man team, consisting of Haley Van Lith, Dearrica Hamby, Sierra Burdick and Rhyne Howard, lost to […]
Olympics men’s basketball bracket, schedule, and results for knockout rounds at 2024 Paris
The most talent-rich men’s basketball tournament in Olympic history has advanced to the knockout rounds. The tournament began with 12 teams but has now been whittled down to eight with tournament brackets determined in group play. South Sudan, Japan, Puerto Rico and Spain are heading home, while the remaining teams will advance in a single-elimination […]
Hailey Van Lith, women’s 3×3 basketball team finally get a win: ‘We still have a chance’
Despite being off to a less than anticipated start, the USA Basketball women’s 3×3 team is yet to lose. To the surprise of many, the defending gold medal champions lost their first three pool matches of the Olympic Games and were in danger of elimination with a loss to Spain on Thursday afternoon. However, Hailey […]
Team USA women’s basketball extended their almost unbelievable Olympics streak in win over Belgium
The last time the U.S. and Belgian women’s basketball teams met, in an Olympic qualifier in February, the game came down to the final possession, when Breanna Stewart scored a tap-in goal to give the U.S. an 81-79 victory. This time, it wasn’t quite as close. While Belgium closed to within five points in the […]
USA women’s basketball wins 57th straight Olympics game to reach quarters
VILLENEUVE-D’ASCQ, France — Breanna Stewart scored 26 points and the United States beat Belgium 87-74 on Thursday night to book a spot in the Olympic quarterfinals. A’ja Wilson had 23 points and 13 rebounds for the United States, which has won 57 straight games since the 1992 Barcelona tournament. It was one of the closest […]
USA Basketball 3×3 women fall to Azerbaijan, drop to 0-2 in pool play: “We’re the most inexperienced team here”
On Tuesday, the U.S. women’s 3×3 team lost 13-17 to Germany in their Olympic opener in a game that lead guard Hailey Van Lith called “weak” and teammate Sierra Burdick admitted was “awful.” The U.S. women’s basketball 3×3 program’s poor start to the Olympics got even worse on Wednesday as Azerbaijan defeated the United States, […]
Hailey Van Lith, USA Basketball 3×3 team fall vs. Germany: ‘We started playing soft’
The U.S. women’s 3×3 basketball team, on its way to playing in the Olympics and defending its gold medal, lost its opening group game to Germany, 13-17. The four-piece team of Hailey Van Lith, Sierra Burdick, Diarika Hamby and Rhyne Howard has only been playing together for a few weeks, and that was evident in […]