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Trials for the team were held in March and April 1960, in Denver, at the Denver Coliseum.The trials were conducted in the form of an eight team tournament, including teams from the reigning NCAA National Champions, the Ohio State Buckeyes, a team of NCAA All-Stars featuring stars such as Jerry West and Oscar Robertson, an NAIA All-Star team, and the AAU Champions, the Peoria Caterpillar Cats.
The following players represented the United States: [5] United States men's national basketball team – 1960 Summer Olympics roster Players Coaches Pos. No. Name
The USA Basketball Men's National Team, [2] commonly known as Team USA and the United States men's national basketball team, is the basketball team representing the United States. It is the most successful men's team in international competition, winning medals in all twenty Olympic tournaments it has entered, including seventeen golds.
In 1979 Newell was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a contributor, [1] and in 2010 the 1960 Olympic team he coached was inducted into the Hall as a unit. [2] An annual college basketball tournament was held in his honor in Oakland, California , and frequent participants in the Pete Newell Challenge included USF and ...
Bellamy ended his NBA career with 20,941 points and 14,241 rebounds, [15] and is a two-time Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inductee, being inducted in 1993 for his individual career, [15] and in 2010 as a member of the 1960 United States men's Olympic basketball team. [11]
Basketball at the 1960 Summer Olympics was the fifth appearance of the sport of basketball as an official Olympic medal event.16 nations were admitted into the Olympic tournament, with many others being eliminated in a pre-Olympic tournament held earlier in the year from 13 to 20 August 1960 at the Land Rover Arena at Bologna. 64 games of basketball were played in the Olympic tournament that ...
Basketball at the 1960 Summer Olympics; At the 1960 Summer Olympics, United States men's basketball team would go on to win the gold medal. Team USA was led by Hall of Famers Oscar Robertson and Jerry West. [1]
A 6'2" guard born in Austin, Texas and from Austin's University of Texas, Arnette competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics, where he won a gold medal with the United States men's national basketball team. [2] From 1963 to 1965, he played in the National Basketball Association as a member of the Cincinnati Royals, averaging 3.7 points per game. [1]