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Two notes from the class of 2011. First up, James McAdoo had 20 points, 7 rebs, 3 steals and two blocks as the U.S. U17 team defeated Poland to win gold at the FIBA World Championships. The effort in title game capped of a string of six double figure scoring games for McAdoo out of [...] Continue reading James McAdoo Wins Gold; Heels Offer Cody Zeller What: 2010 Nike Hoop Summit Where: Rose Garden, Portland, OR When: Saturday, April 10th, 10:00 PM TV: Fox Sports Future Tar Heels Harrison Barnes, Reggie Bullock and Kendall Marshall will be in action on a team of prep all starts taking on an international team. This will be the first time the trio, on [...] Continue reading Nike Hoop Summit Open Thread Not as good as the last one which was silver. Team USA finished up the World University Games by defeating Israel 90-81. Thompson had seven points and six rebounds in the win. Through ten games in his stint with Team USA, Thompson averaged 9.6 ppg and 5.9 rpg. Obviously we have long concluded that Thompson’s [...] Continue reading Summer of Deon is Bronze Team USA loses in the medal semifinals. After throttling Bulgaria in the quarterfinals, Team USA gave way a ten point lead in the fourth quarter to lose 69-68 versus Russia. The Russians outscored Team USA 20-9 in the final period of play to close out the win. Deon Thompson shook off a six point, five [...] Continue reading Summer of Deon! Update[7/10] Brian Barbour on July 9th, 2009 |  Comments are closed Team USA finished the round robin segment of World University Games play with a 4-0 mark after avenging an exhibition loss to Serbia 68-66. Deon Thompson played 16 minutes collecting six points and five boards. Team USA now faces Bulgaria(2-1) in the medal quarterfinals today at 2 PM EDT. Deon Thompson invades Greece, pillages everything in sight. Photo: USA Basketball Team USA rolled Greece 108-77 to qualify for the medal round quarterfinals of the World University Games. Thompson led the Americans with 17 points on 8-10 shooting. It will be interesting to see how Thompson does going forward here. Two years ago, he [...] Continue reading Summer of Deon! Update[7/7] Team USA celebrated the Fourth of July by dismantling South Korea 113-76 to move to 2-0 in University Games play. Seven Americans were in double digits and it sounds as though they all had a rollicking good time. Deon Thompson was, Tyler Hansbrough efficient, scoring 12 points in 12 minutes of play. Not a [...] Continue reading Summer of Deon! Update[7/6] Team USA beats dismantles Finland in so many ways I could not begin to list them all. Deon Thompson: 8 points, 7 rebounds, 2 blocks in 20 mins. Next up: South Korea. I was going to say that Deon Thompson is still fighting the Cold War but I think he missed most of it. Team USA won a typical Bo Ryan coached basketball game 67-63 versus Russia. Only two Americans were in double figures. Corey Fisher had 15 and Deon Thompson had 12 points to go along [...] Continue reading Summer of Deon! Update[6/30] The United States World University Games Team played in the Serbia International Invitational over the weekend as a tune up for the World University Games. Team USA split the two meetings beating Canada 85-81 and falling to Serbia 98-92. Deon Thompson scored 10 points, six rebounds and two blocks in the win over Canada but [...] Continue reading Summer of Deon! Update[6/29] Oh yeah. Deon Thompson has been selected to represent the United States on World University Games basketball team. Thompson, who will be the focal point of the Heels offense in 2009-10 will certainly benefit from playing on the international stage through the summer. Team USA will practice in Colorado through June 24th before heading to [...] Continue reading The Summer Of Deon Returns! Former Tar Heel Ademola Okulaja was diagnosed with cancer back in July and is presently undergoing treatment to battle the disease. During the run up to the 2008 Olympics, Okulaja was playing with Team Germany when he suffered an injury to his back that would prevent him from playing in Beijing. It turns out the [...] Continue reading Ademola Okulaja Fighting Cancer |
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