[UPDATED] Your Olympic basketball schedule (in Mountain Time!)...

by Andrew Feinstein on Aug 8, 2008 1:01 AM MDT

[UPDATED] I just found out that the times I originally posted below were based on Eastern Time only (I deducted two hours for Mountain Time). Apparently a lot of events are being broadcast live on the East Coast, but not necessarily live in the Mountain and Pacific time zones.

So here is a revised easy-to-follow TV schedule for LIVE men's basketball at the Beijing Olympic Games. If you want to see the exact times for yourself, visit NBCOlympics.com. Set your DVRs and TiVos!

Sunday, August 10th - 8:15am (NBCOlympics.com)
USA vs. China
(Note: The game will be on delay at 9am on NBC TV)

Tuesday, August 12th - 6:00am (NBCOlympics.com)
USA vs. Angola
(Note: The game will also be on the USA network sometime after 6am)

Thursday, August 14th - 6:00am (NBCOlympics.com)
USA vs. Greece
(Note: The game will also be on the USA network sometime after 4:30am)

Saturday, August 16th - 8:15am (NBCOlympics.com)
USA vs. Spain
(Note: The game will also be on delay at 9am on NBC TV)

Monday, August 18th - 6:00am (NBCOlympics.com)
USA vs. Germany
(Note: The game will also be on the USA network beginning sometime after 6am)

Wednesday, August 20th - beginning at Midnight (USA and NBC)
Men's quarterfinals

Friday, August 22nd - beginning at 6am (USA and NBCOlympics.com)
Men's semifinals
(Note: The game will also be on NBC TV at 10am)

Saturday, August 23rd - 10:00pm (NBC)
Men's gold medal game

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Croatia plays Argentina on the 14th and The US plays Germany on the 18th. I'm pretty sure when we play Angola and Greece (not TBD) those games are on at 6 a.m. Same with the game with Germany, the Quarters are at 8 a.m. (assuming USA wins their pool) as well as the semis, and the finals would be at 12:30 am, but thats just when they are played, i don't know if they are going to air the games live.

by Zachm219 on Aug 8, 2008 12:48 AM MDT reply actions

Also some other good games to keep an eye on: Aug 10th Spain vs. Greece , Aug. 14th Spain vs. Germany , Aug. 18th Argentina vs. Russia. And it is also quite possible the US ends up playing Lithuania in the quarterfinals, pitting melo against Linas

by Zachm219 on Aug 8, 2008 12:55 AM MDT reply actions

"]Since it's a total pain in the ass to find an easy-to-follow TV schedule for men's basketball at the Beijing Olympic Games"

The best webpage I've found for the Basketball schedule is this one. You can drill down to your time zone and to basketball only.

Things indeed kick off at midnight Sunday MDT with Spain vs Greece, which ought to be good.

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The mens team is quite vulnerable, though I don't know if anyone has the personnel to take them down.

Too many superstars. Not enough role players.

If they don't take the gold, it'll be because of the lack of a couple of James Posey-style veteran role players. I'm not sure they can actually run a half-court offense against a decent team - I don't think they have a post game.

by Petey on Aug 8, 2008 4:05 AM MDT reply actions

And if they do take the gold, it'll be because Dwyane Wade won't be denied.

Dude is unstoppable when surrounded with other good players.

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If I were Colangelo, I'd have sent Carmelo, Dwight Howard, and CP3 home and picked up some versatile non-superstars. Carmelo is just a poor man's LBJ, and Howard is kinda useless in the FIBA game.

I'd play Bosh 30mpg and get him touches down low.

by Petey on Aug 8, 2008 4:12 AM MDT reply actions

And off-topic, but in the odd chance that there are some other Philly fans via the Iverson hegira, the Sixers are going to play a final game in the Spectrum next March before it gets torn down.

Woo-hoo! Good nostalgia.

by Petey on Aug 8, 2008 4:24 AM MDT reply actions

Am I the only avid fan of this site who could care less about the Olympics?

I wanted to note that the Clips just signed "White Chocolate" Jason Williams, meaning they are virtually assured of NOT resigning Shaun Livingston at a reduced rate... so maybe we will take a flyer there...

Anyway, I guess I will be back once the Oly's are over... bye now.

by Eric on Aug 8, 2008 9:04 AM MDT reply actions

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