# USA Basketball will NOT win the gold

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-basketball-will-not-win-the-gold/258201>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [August 3, 2004, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-basketball-will-not-win-the-gold/258201 "2004-08-03T21:53:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Pashnish\_Ewing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8797f3/32.png) [@Pashnish\_Ewing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pashnish_Ewing)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2004, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-basketball-will-not-win-the-gold/258201/41 "2004-08-07T02:24:58Z")

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> [@toftdahl](#):
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> Huh. I would have thought they were heavy favorites to win.
> 
> Oh… You meant the men? Why didn’t you say that?

Is the WNBA still around?

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**Author:** ![Sinful](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@Sinful](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sinful)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2004, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-basketball-will-not-win-the-gold/258201/42 "2004-08-07T04:34:40Z")

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What’s up with Okafor’s PT?

Has he even played since the game with Puerto Rico?

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