Olympics Men's Basketball Results to Date

[JugglingReferee]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

When's the final?

Wimmen's - Saturday afternoon, bronze, then gold.

Men's - Sunday afternoon, bronze, then gold.

NBC will probaly air it two Tuesdays from now, and only on the east coast.

[Rich]

Originally Posted by JugglingReferee

Wimmen's - Saturday afternoon, bronze, then gold.

Men's - Sunday afternoon, bronze, then gold.

NBC will probaly air it two Tuesdays from now, and only on the east coast.

Actually, the game was played at 2:30AM EDT and was shown live on NBC. I know, I stayed up to watch.

I'd focus on the officiating, but I wouldn't have a whole lot of positive things to say, especially when Spain's bench came onto the floor and threw towels on the floor without technical fouls being called.

[BktBallRef]

Originally Posted by RichMSN

Actually, the game was played at 2:30AM EDT and was shown live on NBC. I know, I stayed up to watch.

I'd focus on the officiating, but I wouldn't have a whole lot of positive things to say, especially when Spain's bench came onto the floor and threw towels on the floor without technical fouls being called.

Agreed. Mechanics, rule knowledge, and game management is lacking. FIBA officiating is not on the level of officiating in the United States at this point.

But then again, Olympic officiating/judging leaves something to be desired in several areas.

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by BktBallRef

Agreed. Mechanics, rule knowledge, and game management is lacking. FIBA officiating is not on the level of officiating in the United States at this point.

But then again, Olympic officiating/judging leaves something to be desired in several areas.

Agreed. I've seen better officiated HS games. The typical NCAA D1 game is better officiated than what I saw in the title game.

How can ANY official not penalize the bench throwing stuff onto the floor in protest of a call!!! That should be instant, automatic and unquestionalbe in any ruleset.

At least one of the officials was calling all over the court and getting the calls wrong a fair amount of the time. Consistency was completely absent...probably becasue one official was calling anything he thought he saw and the other two were calling what they did see.

[wanja]

Originally Posted by RichMSN

Actually, the game was played at 2:30AM EDT and was shown live on NBC. I know, I stayed up to watch.

Beijing dates and times are shown in the results list.