Tue Dec 11, 2001, 10:57pm
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Re: Re: Re: Re: FIBA is better - at least in theis sitch
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Originally posted by Mark Dexter
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Originally posted by BktBallRef
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Originally posted by Mark Dexter
I think the deep-seeded hatred for FIBA comes from two sources: ....(2) The whole 1984 US vs. Russia game was decided by the VP of FIBA, if I remember correctly.
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Ah, Mark, the 1984 Olympics were played in Los Angeles. The Soviet Union, as well as the other Comuunist block nations, boysotted the Games, because we boycotted the 1980 games in Moscow. Incidentally, the USA, led by Michael Jordan, won the gold medal in basketball. They were the last completely collgiate USA team to win the gold medal.
My guess is that you were very young at the time. 
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Well, I wasn't alive in 1980, and was only 1 during the 1984 Olympics.
When was the big scandal where the US team should have won and ended up refusing their silver medals?
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It was in Munich, Germany 1972 and the VP of FIBA was a Yugoslavian - and therefor closely aligned with the USSR.
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