USA BASKETBALL HISTORY
USA MEN’S PAN AMERICAN GAMES TEAM 1971 RESULTS
CALI, COLOMBIA • JULY 25-AUGUST 8, 1971
The 1971 Games proved to be an event that the United States would rather forget. Despite a record of 2-1 in the preliminary round, the USA did not advance to the medal round, and for the first time in Pan American history, did not win the gold medal. The event was marked by several controversies. The first regarding the seeding of the teams by the organizing committee. Relying on three preliminary groups (two consisting of four teams, one consisting of five), the top two finishers of each preliminary group were to advance to the medal round. The four strongest teams heading into the competition were Brazil, Cuba, Puerto Rico and the United States. But Brazil, Cuba and the U.S. were all placed in the same preliminary group. The teams finished the round with 2-1, however, the USA was eliminated on the basis of margins of victory. Adding further controversy was the fact that in the final preliminary game, it was known that the only way Brazil and Cuba could advance over the U.S. was if Brazil defeated Cuba by five points. Brazil won 73-68 after Brazil had an 11-point lead with 1:50 remaining. Carrying a 24-game win streak into the 1971 Pan American Games, the United States, despite having six players score in double figures, dropped its opening game to Cuba, 73-69. Pedro Chappe, a 10-year veteran of the Cuban team, led his squad with 25 points. The USA followed that loss with an 81-79 overtime win against Brazil, Brazil’s only loss of the competition. Future NBA legend Bob McAdoo provided the U.S. with the winning margin, hitting a field goal with 15 seconds left in overtime. The USA’s winning cause was further assisted by the USA’s 15-of-19 shooting from the foul line. Closing out its group play with a 128-48 thumping of Suriname, the USA, Brazil and Cuba were all 2-1. Relying on the point differentials between the tied teams (Brazil, Cuba, USA), the U.S. failed to advance on to the medal round. And for the first time in the history of the Pan American Games, the U.S. didn’t win gold, which went to Brazil with a narrow 73-71 defeat of Puerto Rico in the finals.
1971 USA MEN’S PAN AMERICAN GAMES TEAM ROSTER
1971 USA RESULTS (2-1)
NAME
POS HGT WGT AGE COLLEGE
HOMETOWN
Cuba Brazil
L, 69-73
W, 81-79 OT
Don Buse Jim Chones Kenny Davis Jim Forbes Dwight Jones Bob McAdoo Brian Taylor Chuck Terry Bob Ford Paul Westphal Henry Wilmore
G C G
6-4 6-11 6-1 6-7 6-7 6-9 6-3 6-6 6-4 6-10
190 225 170 200 230 210 210 185 210 180 175 245
20 21 22 19 21 19 19 20 20 20 20 20
University of Evansville Marquette University Georgetown College Univ. of Texas-El Paso Purdue University University of Houston
Holland, IN Racine, WI Paint Lick, KY El Paso, TX Evansville, IN Houston, TX Greensboro, NC
Suriname
W, 128-48
F F F F
FINAL STANDINGS
University of North Carolina Princeton University Long Beach State Univ. Univ. of Southern California University of Michigan
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
Brazil (7-1)*
G
Edison, NJ
Puerto Rico (7-1)
F
Lakewood, CA
Cuba (5-3)* Mexico (4-4)
G G C
Pine, AR
6-3 7-0
New York, NY Alliance, OH
Luke Witte
Ohio State University
Argentina (5-4)
HEAD COACH: Jim Gudger, East Texas State University ASSISTANT COACH: John Bach, Penn State University (PA) MANAGER: J. Herbert Mols, Amherst, NY ATHLETIC TRAINER: Byron Bird, Oklahoma State University
Panama (3-6) NA United States (2-1)* NA Canada (2-2) NA Peru (1-2) NA Colombia (1-3) NA Haiti (0-3) NA Suriname (0-3) NA Virgin Islands (0-4)
1971 USA MEN’S PAN AMERICAN GAMES TEAM CUMULATIVE STATISTICS
NAME
G/S
FGM-A
PCT
FTM-A
PCT
REB
PTS
Brian Taylor Dwight Jones Jim Chones Paul Westphal Chuck Terry Bob McAdoo Don Buse Luke Witte Kenny Davis Jim Forbes Bob Ford
3 3 3 3 3 2 2 1 2 3 2 3 3
14- 39 12- 22 14- 34 14- 24 13- 24 11- 23 10- 15 11- 24
0.359
12- 16
0.75 0.75
40/ 13.3 36/ 12.0 34/ 11.3 30/ 10.0 28/ 9.3 24/ 8.0 22/ 11.0 22/ 11.0 14/ 14.0 10/ 5.0 10/ 3.3
0.545 12- 16 0.412 6- 7 0.542 2- 4 0.478 2- 2 0.667 2- 2 0.458 0- 2 0.583 2- 2
0.857
1
0.5
Henry Wilmore 3
1 1 0 0 0
7- 9
0.778
0- 0 0- 0
5- 10 4- 14
0.5
0.286 2- 4
0.5
3- 9
0.333
2- 2
1
8/ 4.0
USA OPP.
118-247
0.478 42- 57
0.737
278/ 92.7 200/ 66.7
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