Team USA Aims for Top Seed with No Holds Barred Approach

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00:00Oh, we've got a problem here, Brian.

00:05We have a problem, and no offense to your boys on the men's national team there, but

00:11Team USA is already talking about how they want the number one overall seed come the

00:18knockout stages and how they want to make sure and guarantee that they have the biggest

00:24point differential of anybody in the quarterfinals, which means there will be no taking for the

00:29foot off the gas in this game.

00:32They're telling, like Steve Carr is telling us, that a blowout is coming.

00:36The question is, do you think there is any shock they don't cover this number here?

00:44Only from the standpoint of Puerto Rico could shoot the ball very well from three at a high

00:49volume.

00:50They did it 38, 39% in the World Cup last year, 33 to game.

00:55Same thing in the Olympic qualifying tournament that they hosted that they ended up winning

00:58despite being plus 470 underdogs, being Lithuania and Italy.

01:03That's really the only recourse that they have, which is hot shooting.

01:07Other than that, we're actually going to know exactly what Team USA is going to need to

01:11win by to get that top seed, because even though right now things are the way they are

01:17and they actually have the highest point differential already, they're at plus 43, whereas Germany's

01:21plus 33.

01:22But by the time they play, Germany will have played France, and we're going to know the

01:26result of that.

01:27It's entirely possible that Team USA might have the top spot anyway, and all they need

01:30to do is win.

01:32So I do think that they're going to have a potentially big offensive showing because

01:35they're playing a small team, and maybe they covered a 33.5.

01:40It's just a big number, but I think now in terms of whether or not they're going to need

01:45to, they might not, honestly, the way this is looking.

01:49And I don't think Canada is going to beat Spain by like 30 points.

01:53So they might not have to worry about Canada in that regard.

01:57Yeah.

01:58Yeah.

01:59Yeah.

02:00Yeah.