http://www.tsn.ca/olympics/news_story.asp?id=96518
"For the first time since NBA players began competing at the Olympics, the United States men's team will not be playing for a gold medal.
Argentina, which has never won a medal in men's Olympic basketball, upset the defending gold medalists, 89-81 in Friday's semifinal.
The American team came into these Games with a 109-2 record at the Olympics, but lost three times in Athens. Brown's team fell in the preliminary round by 19 points to Puerto Rico and by four to Lithuania."
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Well I have to say, I don't think this is as big of a shock as the media is making it out to be. The men this year didn't have the chemistry to make it this time around.