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...against Greece, Coach K gave it the old college try, and that seemed to backfire. Throughout the tournament the U.S. played pressure defense, one of the staples of the college game. But the Greeks countered by drawing amped-up U.S. defenders out high, and slipping their big men - like 6-10, 280-pound baby-Shaq center Sofoklis Schortsanitis - down low, where they were open for easy buckets (Schortsanitis finished with 14 points on 6 of 7 shooting). Without a single NBA player on their roster, the Greeks executed the most basic NBA-type play - the pick and roll - to near...
...more years to reverse American fortunes - gold in Beijing will erase this sour memory and put to rest all these questions. But he has to change his mind-set. "For this sport, we shouldn't just win, we should set the standard," Krzyzewski told TIME before the tournament began. "And to be quite frank with you, the rest of the basketball world wants in some ways for us to do that...
...League remains the only Division I conference without a championship tournament format, and that won’t change any time soon. That’s bad news for the Crimson and the other five Ivy programs not named the Quakers or the Tigers; the killer P’s of Princeton and Penn have won an astounding 45 of the last 51 Ivy basketball titles...
...stark, the pair shares more than the spotlight and a sponsor (Nike). Neither has let success swell his head or his entourage. In 2003 Federer, who grew up in the northern Swiss city of Basel, broke free from sports agency IMG and dumped his coach. He started winning every tournament in sight. His girlfriend, former women's pro Mirka Vavrinec, managed most of Federer's affairs. "We had a great time just going it alone," says Federer. "I learned a lot about myself and my team because I only had people working with me whom I 100% trusted...
Perhaps Roger and Rafa are a bit too civil. Uncle Toni has provided the matchup its only whiff of controversy. In May, during an epic 5-hr., five-set tournament final, which Nadal won, Federer accused Toni of coaching Rafa from the stands, which is illegal. "Is that all right, Toni?" Federer sarcastically barked at Nadal's uncle during the match in Rome. "It's stupid to have a coach for nothing," Rafa says. "That rule is going to change, I promise you." Federer doesn't think it should. "It's just the way it's always been," he says...