Although we think of the US Men's Basketball team as having rolled through the competition with no trouble at all, it wasn't until the 1992 Dream Team that their record within my lifetime went above .500:
1972: "lost" to the Russians (check out the great HBO doc :03 From Gold)
1976: Won the gold
1980: boycotted. Thanks, JC!
1984: won the gold
1988: stunk it up so bad they finally said fuck it, let' send in the pros
1992: won the gold
So it took til I was 20 years old for us to get to 3-2. Wtf!
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