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Next two games are Friday 10PM and then at (technically Saturday) 12:30AM EST. If we win either, we're guaranteed into the bracket portion. If we lose both, then Chile's vs. Mexico @3AM will decide whether Chile or the US gets in. (unless Philippines beats both Mexico and Spain AND scores 9+...

Tight game so far, but USA will be in the bonus for the last 4 and a half minutes, and this Philippine team has been foul-happy edit: Double-bonus now. 2 FTs and possession for every foul.

Philippines' girls playing pretty tough. They look like a team very comfortable in this format.

Spearman from behind the arc to start the scoring for USA!

It seems like points scored is the primary tiebreaker between teams with the same # of wins, so it may end up mattering for bracket seeding. Game 2 @ 12:55AM EST will be on a new session, vs. Philippines, who lost 17-19 in their first game vs. Chile.

I feel like the balance is a bit too cooked in the direction of perimeter shots with the 2/1 ratio, tho. Perimeter shot worth relatively 1.34x more, but is paint offense 1.34x easier...? Perhaps it is. (either way, mid-range shots go from being bad in 5x5 to being awful here, being only worth 1...

Dang, 3x3 is pretty fun to watch! Great pace o' play.

"Played her college ball, so far, at Florida as well as the Tennessee Lady Vols" Hey, our girl was never a Gator, announcer! Miami.

Agreed. Requesting a lock. Hopefully my post is the last post this thread ever receives either way.

It's worth the lower injury rate. Kickoffs are the highest per-play injury rate in the sport, all for a play that is a touchback most of the time. If we go away from this kickoff, it should be going to getting rid of the kickoff entirely.

For those of us who ar new to keeping up with basketball during its off-season, (if it's not just me, lol) when does 'pre-season' start?

Did we win? The game isn't on statbroadcast at all, and the Twitter account didn't post the final as far as I can see.

The best is still yet to come. ;)

She also took those "less than 7 second" shots in the first three quarters with 20 on the possession clock. Surrounded with a better roster, she'll need to grow out of that to elevate the offense. And just, in general, to stop shooting long 2s! Shoot 3s instead!

There we go!!