USA BASKETBALL HISTORY
USA MEN’S WORLD CUP TEAM 1982 RESULTS
CALI, COLOMBIA • AUGUST 15-28, 1982
The World gold medal continued to elude the United States as they came two points shy of capturing the U.S.’s first gold medal since 1954. The U.S., behind 13- and 27-point performances by Michell Wiggins opened the competition with easy wins over China and Panama. Howev- er, the United States slipped in their final pool game and dropped a 109-99 decision to Spain. With its back against the wall, the U.S. could not afford another setback. Facing an experienced and talented Yugoslavian team, the U.S. led by 10 at half but trailed 76-74 with seven minutes remaining. The U.S. closed strongly, outscoring Yugoslavia 14-5 to earn the 88-81 win. The U.S. easily defeated Colombia 100-83. Against Canada, the U.S. led the entire second half and managed to hold off a late comeback attempt to record a narrow 71-69 win. Needing a win over the undefeated USSR if medal hopes were to stay alive, the game was tied 61-61 with 15 minutes to play. The U.S. out- scored the Soviets 18-8 over the next five minutes to take command 79-69 then cruised in for the win 99-93. The U.S. knocked off Australia 110-86 in the semifinals and earned the right to meet the Soviet Union for the gold medal. Falling behind in the game’s early going, the U.S., rallied to take a two-point lead at the half, 49-47. Foul trouble plagued the USA in the sec- ond half and with 4:30 to go the Americans had fallen behind 86-79. Trailing 94-87 with 1:28 left, the swarming USA defense forced several Soviet turnovers and with 25 seconds remaining the U.S. pulled to within a point, 95-94. With nine seconds to play, the USA pressured the Soviets into a jump ball. The U.S. controlled the jump but missed a short jumper as time expired sealing the Soviet’s 95-94 victory. Glenn Rivers led the U.S. offense with 24 points in the gold medal game and was later named MVP of the tournament.
1982 USA MEN’S WORLD CUP TEAM ROSTER
1982 USA RESULTS (7-2)
NAME
POS HGT WGT AGE AFFILIATION (SCHOOL)
HOMETOWN
China
W, 96-73 W, 100-79 L, 99-109 W, 88-81 W, 100-83 W, 71-69 W, 99-93 W, 110-86
Panama
Antoine Carr Earl Jones Ted Kitchel Joe Kleine John Pinone Fred Reynolds Glenn Rivers Jon Sundvold Jim Thomas Jeff Turner Mark West Mitchell Wiggins
F C F C F G G G G
6-9 7-0 6-8 6-11 6-8 6-6 6-3 6-2 6-4 6-9 6-10 6-4
220 215 215 250 227 207 187 175 193 230 230 195
22 21 22 20 21 22 20 21 21 20 21 22
Wichita State
Wichita, KS
District of Columbia
Washington, DC Galveston, IL
Spain
Indiana Arkansas Villanova Marquette Missouri Texas-El Paso
Yugoslavia Colombia
Slater, MO
Wethersfield, CT
Canada
Houston, TX Maywood, IL
Soviet Union
Blue Springs, MO Ft. Lauderdale, FL Branden, FL Petersburg, VA
Australia
Indiana
Soviet Union
L, 94-95
F F
Vanderbilt
Old Dominion Florida State
G
Grifton, NC
FINAL STANDINGS
HEAD COACH: Bob Weltlich, University of Texas ASSISTANT COACH: Mike Hanks, Samford University (AL) MANAGER: John Lykins, Frankfort High School (KY) TEAM PHYSICIAN: Roy Bergman, Escanaba, MI ATHLETIC TRAINER: Tim Garl, Indiana University
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
Soviet Union (8-1) United States (7-2) Yugoslavia (7-2)
Spain (6-3)
Australia (4-4) Canada (3-5) Colombia (0-6)
Brazil (4-3)
1982 USA MEN’S WORLD CUP TEAM CUMULATIVE STATISTICS
9. Panama (3-4) 10. Czechoslovakia (4-3) 11. Uruguay (2-5) 12. China (2-5) 13. Ivory Coast (0-7)
NAME
G/S
FGM-A
PCT
FTM-A
PCT
REB
PTS
AST
STL
Rivers Wiggins Thomas Sundvold Pinone Reynolds Carr
9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 6 5 6 9 9
47- 89 38- 83 30- 66 29- 46 29- 44 18- 35 11- 21 12- 30 10- 19
0.528 18- 20 0.458 19- 24 0.455 14- 17
0.9
13/ 1.4 39/ 4.3 22/ 2.4 20/ 2.2 5/ 0.6 18/ 2.0 10/ 1.1 12/ 1.3 21/ 2.3 2/ 0.3 5/ 1.0 3/ 0.5
153/ 17.0 142/ 15.7 123/ 13.6 97/ 10.7 92/ 10.2 69/ 7.6 48/ 5.6 49/ 5.4
37
14
0.792 0.824 0.857 0.733 0.7 0.833 0.643 0.4
4 1 8 5 2 2 8 5 1 0 1
9 5 1 5 5 1 2 1 0 0
0.63
7- 10
12
0.659 6- 7
0.514
11- 15
0.524 2- 5
Jones Turner Kitchel Kleine
0.4
5- 6
0.526 9- 14 0.444 6- 6
42/ 4.7 22/ 2.2 11/ 1.3 9/ 1.0
4- 9 1- 5 2- 5
1
0.2 0.4
1- 2 1- 2
0.5 0.5
West USA OPP.
277-547 227-459
0.506 107-141 0.495 162-210
0.759 0.771
184/20.4 127/14.1
857/ 95.2 768/ 85.3
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