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Not a lot of pub but it’s on espn3 at 10EST

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1-10 from downtown and still up at the half. Not bad, these are going to start falling. Powell is a man amongst boys on this team first half.

Myles F—-g Powell, virtuoso performance

Big East wins big. Powell with 30 points. This kid will be a first round pick in next years draft. Saw him up close last week at Providence and love him now but not when he goes up against my friars. Fun player to watch.

Powell carried the team, and the rest did just enough to get by Venezuela. Not looking past Puerto Rico, but I think the big challenge will be Argentina team that's several levels up in terms of talent.

Obviously Myles Powell was the star tonight. What a performance!

But also a big shout out to Geoffrey Groselle as well. Venezuela had some big guys and Groselle disrupted their shots and handled the boards all night. USA is fortunate to have a 7'0" big man with international experience.

Agree with that Kayako but one game at a time. This team is fun to watch and has been so far representing well. Kudos to Groselle also.

kayako wrote:Powell carried the team, and the rest did just enough to get by Venezuela. Not looking past Puerto Rico, but I think the big challenge will be Argentina team that's several levels up in terms of talent.

Beating Puerto Rico tomorrow is the key. If USA wins then they most likely won't have to play Argentina until the gold medal game.

I was able to watch a lot of the game. They play 4 quarters. 3 point line looked to be at the international distance of course, which will be new this year in NCAA hoops.

Powell (#10) is amazing. Hits beautiful driving layups, drills 3 pointers, and all with guys in his face. The Big East was maintaining a lead throughout of around 6 8 10 points, then Powell in the 4th quarter drained like a 40 footer with 2 guys draped on him, and Venezuela never recovered.

Gillespie (#2) was great running the point. Reliable ball handling and good decisions.

Duke Jr (#7) was Gillespie's main backup, with a couple of pretty dishes for layups. Can be really explosive.

I've always been a huge fan of Wideman (#12), who gets tough rebounds, bruises people, plays great defense, and makes smart plays. Had a key dunk off a Gillespie missed layup early on. Grabbed huge boards late.

Diallo (#11) filled up the scoresheet, made a ton of nice plays, got big rebounds, was very active, and he and Powell have kind of taken on the leadership roles.

Samuels did a great job, very active.

Groselle was a nice surprise. Steady play under the hoop, good rebounding, and nice putbacks.

Heron had some nice moves but didn't play a big part last night. Cale had limited minutes.

Alexander couldn't find his groove last night. Nothing bad, but nothing noteworthy like he's capable of, and he kind of rushed things.

Friars Watson and Reeves had DNP's.

It was a really entertaining game and great to see the camaraderie between players and coaches. Really a no-drama win. Maintained the lead the entire game, everyone did their job competently and in many cases exceptionally. Great group. Fun to watch the familiar faces, in the Summer, and especially in this setting. And to think of the unavailable players like Markus Howard, Naji Marshall, Paul Reed, and Akinjo and LeBlanc.

The game was only on ESPN-3, and in their typical ESPN way, the telecast was in Spanish only, and there was no halftime studio show. Actually I'd rather hear Spanish spoken by a Peruvian announcer than anything babbled by Bilas or Seth Greenberg or Dakich.

Looked for the game down here. Nope, only a pro soccer talk show.