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Mention the odds after the scare with Team USA versus South Sudan.

So Team USA is still the overwhelming favor to win the gold.

Then it's Canada, followed by France, Serbia, and Greece. Joe Varden was there covering the event for the gold. Then it's Canada, followed by France, Serbia, and Greece.

Joe Varden was there covering the event for the athletic, joins us on the program.

Joe, thanks for joining us. What exactly did you expect going into this game?

The South Sudan game?

Yeah.

Yeah, you know what? Honestly, I thought that USA would win going away,

that this would be another 30-point drubbing. You know, I was there with South Sudan and

Manila when they qualified and I had actually sat down with common Maliwash who's going to Duke.

I really like them.

I just thought, you know, I thought after what we saw against Serbia, where the United States was just dominant, I thought we would see the same.

When did you start to get the inkling that they weren't

going to go away? So this is the part where we need to have a little bit of a conversation, because

when you see South Sudan play the way they were playing early in the first quarter, you almost immediately remember

that since I started covering this team USA five years ago, I've seen them lose nine times.

Think about that, nine times with rosters of 12 American stars.

So this is a thing that happens.

I was there when Nigeria beat the United States in Las Vegas.

You know, I've seen all the losses in Manila and on and on and on.

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