1960 USA BASKETBALL

SUMMER OLYMPICS

• The fifth olympic basketball tournament
• Host- Italy
• City - Rome

TEAMS

• There were 16 teams going for gold
• The 16 teams were split up into four groups
• Each team played every other team in it group once
• The top two teams in each group advanced to the semifinals

SEMIFINALS

• In the semifinal each team again played every other team in its pool
• The top two teams in each of the two semifinals moved on to the final

1960 TEAM

• The 1960 team is thought to be one of the best teams in history
• Ten members of the squad went on to play in the NBA

GOLD

• USA won gold
• Silver Soviet Union
• Bronze Brazil

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• www.nba.com/2010/news/features/steve_aschburner/08/04/1960.team/
• sports.espn.go.com/nba/halloffame10/columns/story?page=100812...
• www.sports-reference.com › ... › Summer Games › 1960 Roma › Basketball