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USA BASKETBALL HISTORY

USA MEN’S OLYMPIC TEAM 1960 RESULTS

ROME, ITALY • AUGUST 26-SEPTEMBER 10, 1960

Touted as the greatest basketball team in Olympic history, the 1960 U.S. squad was so perfectly balanced that, unlike previous USA Olympic cage teams, no one player emerged as a dominant star. Five USA players finished the Olympic competition averaging in double figures, paced by Oscar Robertson and Jerry Lucas who both aver- aged 17.0 points a game. Proof of the wealth of talent available to 1960 USA Olympic coach Pete Newell is found in the fact that 10 members of the 1960 12-man roster went on to play professionally in the NBA. Opening against host Italy, the Americans posted an 88-54 win as Adrian Smith and Robertson each tallied 16 points. Japan was thumped 125-66 as Lucas scored 28 points, and the U.S. qualified for the semifinals with a 107-63 victory over Hungary as Robertson scored 22 and Lucas added 21 points. Opening against Yugoslavia in the semifinal round, Terry Dischinger scored 12 points as the USA took command 32-1, and the U.S. went on to record a 104-42 win with Dischinger and Robertson each scoring 16. The USA surpassed the century mark for the fourth straight time when they dashed past Uruguay 108-50 and Smith finished as high scorer with 15 points. With an overflow crowd in attendance, the USA closed out the semifinal action against the Soviet Union, which boasted a 7’3’, 320-pound center named Jan Kruminsh. Leading 35-28 at half, the U.S. offense scored 20 points in the first five minutes of the second half to put the game out of reach as the U.S. went on to claim an 81-57 win. Jerry West paced the Americans to the win with 19 points. In the final round, led by Lucas’ 25 points, six U.S. players reached double figures as the Americans routed Italy 112-81 Only a victory over Brazil stood in the way of the U.S. and another Olympic title, and thanks to a strong Lucas performance, 25 points, the Americans recorded a 90-63 win to earn the Olympic gold.

1960 USA MEN’S OLYMPIC TEAM ROSTER

1960 USA RESULTS (8-0)

NAME

POS HGT WGT AGE AFFILIATION (SCHOOL)

HOMETOWN

Italy

W, 88-54 W, 125-66 W, 107-63 W, 104-42 W, 108-50 W, 81-57 W, 112-81 W, 90-63

Japan

Jay Arnette

F C F F F C G G

6-2

175 217 220 190 207 220 164 165 220 220 175 185

21 21 23 19 26 21 27 28 20 21 23 22

University of Texas Indiana University

Austin, TX

Walter Bellamy Robert Boozer Terry Dischinger Burdette Haldorson Darrall Imoff Allen Kelley Lester Lane Jerry Lucas Adrian Smith Jerry West Oscar Robertson

6-11 6-8 6-6 6-11 5-11 5-11 6-8 6-7 6-5 6-0 6-2

Baltimore, MD Omaha, NE Terry Haute, IN Austin, MN Berkeley, CA McCune, KS Purcell, OK Middletown, OH Indianapolis, IN Farmington, KY

Hungary

Peoria Caterpillars (Kansas State)

Yugoslavia

Purdue University

Uruguay

Phillips 66ers (Colorado) University of California Peoria Caterpillars (Kansas) Wichita Vickers (Oklahoma) Ohio State University University of Cincinnati U.S. Armed Forces (Kentucky) West Virginia University

Soviet Union

Italy

Brazil

F F

G G

FINAL STANDINGS

Chelyan, WV

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

United States (8-0) Soviet Union (6-2)

HEAD COACH: Pete Newell, University of California ASSISTANT COACH: Warren Womble, Peoria Caterpillars MANAGER: Arthur Lonborg, University of Kansas ATHLETIC TRAINER: Dean Nesmith, University of Kansas

Brazil (6-2) Italy (4-4)

Czechoslovakia (5-3)

Yugoslavia (4-4) Poland (2-5) Uruguay (4-5) Hungary (4-3)

1960 USA MEN’S OLYMPIC TEAM CUMULATIVE STATISTICS

NAME

G

FGM-A

PCT

FTM-A

PCT

PF

PTS

9.

10. France (4-3) 11. Philippines (4-3) 12. Mexico (4-3) 13. Puerto Rico (3-5) 14. Canada (1-8) 15. Japan (0-7) 16. Bulgaria (1-5)

Robertson

8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 5 8 8

51- 66- 46- 37- 30- 25- 23- 20- 18-

34-50

.680 .667 .667 .690 .844 .684 .615 .778 .286 .833 .250

24 23 19 23 19 22 18 18 20 16 12

136/ 17.0 136/ 17.0 110/ 13.8 94/ 11.8 87/ 10.9 63/ 7.9 54/ 6.8 47/ 5.9

Lucas West

4- 6

18- 27 20- 29 27- 32 13- 19

Dischinger

Smith

Bellamy Boozer

8- 13

Lane Imoff

7- 9 2- 7 5- 6 1- 4 0- 0

38/ 4.8 23 / 2.9 23/ 2.9 4/ 0.8

Arnette

9-

Haldorson

11-

Kelley USA OPP.

2-

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7

338- 179-

139-202 118-205

.688 .576

221 221

815/101.9 476/ 59.5

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