USA vs South Sudan Basketball Rematch: Odds and Analysis

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00:00USA versus South Sudan again, we've got the rematch.

00:07Remember the first time that they played, they played like two weeks ago in the showcase

00:11and the US were 43 and a half point favorites in that basketball game, right?

00:18They ended up winning by two.

00:21So the odds makers have adjusted and they've made it 29 and a half.

00:26I guess it opened up at 31 and a half and it's, it's come down, but 31 and a half was

00:30the original number.

00:32It's settled in pretty much everywhere right now, 29 and a half.

00:37And yes, the United States of America have been warned.

00:42They know that the South Sudanese can play for real.

00:46And we should note as well, like South Sudan's basketball team is, they've got a lot of dudes

00:53that have been in the NBA and the G league and have been around the NCAA, right?

00:58Like they're not just a bunch of dudes that have been thrown together, that have never

01:04played basketball before, you know, you know how hard it is to make the Olympic basketball

01:08tournament for qualifying, you know, for qualifications.

01:11It's not easy.

01:12Like, you know, like Spain and Germany got into the Olympics or Spain and, and, and Greece

01:19got into the Olympics in like the last, the last days, right?

01:24Like literally the final backdoor, like wildcard qualifier, you know, qualifying, it's not

01:27easy to get in to the Olympics.

01:29So South Sudan are really good.

01:32They've got like the MVP of the, the, the G league from, from this past year, like people

01:37don't realize that they're like, Oh, cause nobody really pays attention to anything.

01:41So it's like, Oh yeah, really?

01:42Oh, they got the MVP of the G league.

01:44Oh, they got the Duke, you know, five-star standout prospect.

01:48Oh, they've got, they got that dude to play in the, in the G league, in the NBA.

01:52Like they've got a bunch of dudes that have been around.

01:55So I think it's too many points still like the U.