Turkey, Slovenia move to quarterfinal round
Charlotte Observer
(Associated Press) Turkey used a 21-4 run spanning the second and third quarters Sunday to eliminate France from the basketball world championships with a 95-77 win.Phoenix Suns forward Hedo Turkoglu scored 20 points and Sinan Guler 17 for Turkey, which played its first tournament game at the new Sinan Erdem Dome. A nearly capacity crowd of 15,000 - including 22 members of the Turkish national soccer team sitting courtside - watched the home team make shoot 35 of 55 from the field in the Round of 16 game.
US gets needed practice, expects to look sharper
Charlotte Observer
(By BRIAN MAHONEY, AP Basketball Writer) After one lackluster victory during pool play, Mike Krzyzewski encountered some feistier competition in his news conference than the U.S. faced on the court."Why didn't the USA score more?" one reporter asked.
Lesson learned, US will need more from its subs
Charlotte Observer
(By BRIAN MAHONEY, AP Basketball Writer) The last U.S. basketball team was so stacked that Dwyane Wade was the sixth man. Chris Paul and Chris Bosh were also part of that second unit, one good enough to beat any starting five in the world.When Mike Krzyzewski looked down at the bench he has now Monday, it sure didn't seem he liked what he saw.
Team USA clobbers Iran
Charlotte Observer
(Associated Press) The United States earned a top seed in the knockout round of the world championship with an 88-51 victory over Iran on Wednesday in the first meeting between the countries with a history of contentious relations.The U.S. team, which downplayed the political aspect of the game, methodically pulled away in the first half, wearing down the Asian champions with its depth and athleticism.
Help from Bobcats, Jordan a welcome boost for schools
Charlotte Observer
(By Ron Green Jr., rgreenjr@charlotteobserver.com)