NewsWhore
03-29-2012, 04:00 PM
The Dominican national basketball team will be playing its last chance to make it to the 2012 FIBA World Olympic Qualifier in Venezuela, from 2-8 July. The DR missed qualifying when the dream team of Charlie Villanueva (Detroit Pistons), Al Horford (Atlanta Hawks) and Francisco Garcia (Sacramento Kings) led by University of Kentucky head coach John Calipari, fell in the tournament's semifinal game against Brazil, a game where winning meant an automatic trip to the games this summer, having to settle for a bronze in the FIBA Americas Championship.
In the tournament, 12 teams will vie for the remaining three spots in the London games with the DR again counting on Villanueva, Sacramento's Francisco Garcia and Atlanta's Al Horford to help them advance. Horford has been out of action, recovering from a pectoral muscle surgery.
The competition will be very difficult. The DR is slotted to play in Group C with Russia and South Korea. The two other Latin American teams looking to go to the Olympics are Puerto Rico in Group A and Venezuela in Group B.
The DR team has yet to get together and to sign on who will be the coach.
http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/sports/2012/03/28/charlie-villanueva-on-dominican-republics-olympic-basketball-dream-our-goal-is/#ixzz1qVpZUcSa
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#16)
In the tournament, 12 teams will vie for the remaining three spots in the London games with the DR again counting on Villanueva, Sacramento's Francisco Garcia and Atlanta's Al Horford to help them advance. Horford has been out of action, recovering from a pectoral muscle surgery.
The competition will be very difficult. The DR is slotted to play in Group C with Russia and South Korea. The two other Latin American teams looking to go to the Olympics are Puerto Rico in Group A and Venezuela in Group B.
The DR team has yet to get together and to sign on who will be the coach.
http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/sports/2012/03/28/charlie-villanueva-on-dominican-republics-olympic-basketball-dream-our-goal-is/#ixzz1qVpZUcSa
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#16)