USA BASKETBALL HISTORY
USA MEN’S WORLD CUP TEAM 1970 RESULTS
LJUBLJANA, YUGOSLAVIA • MAY 10-24, 1970
The USA, consisting of collegians, were fast out of the gate. Opening preliminary pool play with a 74-53 victory over Cuba, the USA then bettered Australia 99-62. The Americans wrapped up their preliminary round of competition with a 99-86 victory over previously unbeaten Czechoslovakia. Advancing into the final round, San Jose State’s Darnell Hillman scored 21 points as the U.S. again defeated Czechoslovakia, this time by a score of 88-60. Next, the American squad jumped all over Uruguay early and went on to score a convincing 76-39 victory. Facing a veteran Soviet Union and playing in front of crowd of over 8,000, the teams were tied at 44 at halftime. The U.S. fell behind 66-58 late in the second half. Still trailing 72-68, behind the play of Garfield Smith, Mike Silliman and Ken Washington, the U.S. rallied and after a Washington 3-point play in the closing seconds, the U.S. prevailed for a 75-72 win. Washington led the Americans with 18 points, followed by Silliman with 16, Hillman with 14 and Jim Williams with 12. Standing 6-0, the Americans faltered down the stretch, dropping all three of their final games. After suffering a 66-64 setback to Italy, host Yugoslavia slipped past the Americans 70-63 as more than 8,000 fans cheered the Yugoslavs on. Although Yugoslavia led for much of the contest, twice the game had to be interrupted to clear the playing floor of debris that spectators had thrown. Silliman, formerly of the U.S. Military Academy, led the Americans’ scoring with 16 points, followed by Washington with 14 and Hillman with 12. Struggling and now out of medal contention, the U.S. dropped its final game of the competition to Brazil, 69-55, to fall to 6-3 overall and a disappointing fifth in the final standings.
1970 USA MEN’S WORLD CUP TEAM ROSTER
1970 USA RESULTS (6-3)
NAME
POS HGT WGT AGE AFFILIATION (SCHOOL)
HOMETOWN
Cuba
W, 74-53 W, 99-62 W, 99-86 W, 88-60 W, 76-39 W, 75-72 L, 64-66 L, 63-70 L, 65-69
Australia
Tal Brody
G
6-2 6-7 6-7 6-2
175 205 220 170 160 230 215 210 185 207 207 170
25 20 26 23 26 25 17 26 26 19 25
University of lllinois
Trenton, NJ
Darnell Hillman
F F
San Jose State University
Saramento, CA
Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia
Stan Issac Brad Luchini
Iona College
Bronx, NY
G G
Uruguay
Bruce McDonald Michael Silliman Garfield Smith
5-10 6-6 6-11 6-3 6-8 6-4 6-7
Cedarville College U. S. Military Academy
Soviet Union
F F
Louisville, KY
Eastern Kentucky University Helix High School / UCLA
Campbellsville, KY La Mesa, CA Beufort, SC Norristown, PA New York, NY Mehomonie Falls, WI
Italy
Bill Walton
C G G G F
Yugoslavia
Kenny Washington
UCLA
Brazil
Jim Williams Art Wilmore Bob Wolfe
Chicago Jamaco Saints (Temple)
University of Michigan Marquette University
6-2
FINAL STANDINGS
HEAD COACH: Hal Fischer, USAF (San Francisco, CA) ASSISTANT COACH: Hank Vaughn, Goodyear Wingfoots (OH) MANAGER: Russel Lyons, Boulder, CO
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
Yugoslavia (5-1)
Brazil (4-2)*
Soviet Union (4-2)*
Italy (3-3)*
United States (3-3)* Czechoslovakia (2-4)
1970 USA MEN’S WORLD CUP TEAM CUMULATIVE STATISTICS
Uruguay (0-6)
NAME
G/S
FGM-A
PCT
FTM-A
PCT
REB
PTS
AST
Cuba (5-0)
9. Panama (3-2)* 10. Canada (3-2)* 11. South Korea (3-2)* 12. Australia (1-4) 13. Egypt (0-5)
Silliman
9 9 9 9 8 9 9 8 8 5 4 3 9 9
34- 80 26- 52 17- 43 30- 46 16- 35 15- 34 12- 33 11- 18 4- 13 2- 4
0.425 15- 24
0.625 0.75 0.636 0.722 0.409 0.8
18/ 3.0 22/ 3.7 9/ 1.5 40/ 6.7 28/ 4.7 47/ 7.8 3/ 0.5 30/ 5.0 11/ 1.8 4/ 4.0
119/ 13.2 112/ 12.4 87/ 9.7 83/ 9.2 83/ 10.4 65/ 7.2 53/ 5.9 46/ 5.8
5
Washington
0.5
21- 28 8- 10
13 13
Brody Hillman
0.395
0.652 14- 22 0.457 13- 18 0.441 9- 22 0.364 2- 2
0 5 3 3 2 1 0
McDonald
Smith Wolfe
1
*Final standings determined by point differential between tied teams.
Williams
0.611
6- 10
0.6 0.5
Issac
0.308 1- 2
28/ 3.5 13/ 2.6 10/ 2.5 4/ 1.3
Walton Luchini Wilmore
0.5
0- 0
0
USA TOTALS OPP. TOTALS
169-372
0.454 93-142
0.655
214/ 35.7
703/ 78.1 577/ 64.1
46
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87-
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