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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! Maybe. Deon Thompson is one of 15 college basketball players battling for 12 spots on the United States University Games team which will compete in Serbia beginning on June 25th. In 2007, we had the “Summer of Deon” here at THF when Thompson was playing on the USA U19 team in the World Championships. [...] Continue reading Summer of Deon II? Brian Barbour on July 22nd, 2007 | Comments are closed The US U19 team ended up winning the silver medal in the World Championships following a 74-69 loss to Serbia. Deon Thompson once again played big when it counted most going for 16 points on 8-12 shooting in 30 minutes. Deon also had four boards, two blocks, one steal and three turnovers in the losing [...] Continue reading Deon Scores 16 as US Takes Silver Brian Barbour on July 21st, 2007 | Comments are closed Yeah, French surrender jokes are very cliche. There has been a lively discussion on the 850 the Buzz blog about whether UNC is overrated next season because they lost Brandan Wright and Reyshawn Terry. To those folks I give you Deon Thompson’s line from the U19 semifinal in the World Championships where the US rallied [...] Continue reading Deon Thompson Forces French Surrender |
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