Title: FIBA World Cup Round 2 Preview: Canada has little room for error but big opportunity
Date: August 31, 2023
Original Source: Sportsnet
Synopsis: In my latest at Sportsnet, I previewed the second round of the FIBA World Cup from Canada’s perspective, including their matchups, their path to the Olympics, and more.
The first exhale feels incredible, for so long as it takes you to hold your breath once more.
Canada’s senior men’s basketball team overcame the first major hurdle this week at the FIBA World Cup, securing its place in the second round of the tournament with a perfect 3-0 finish.
On paper, that hurdle should have been modest, a championship-round-of-limbo height off the ground. In reality, the hurdle was balanced ever higher on 22 years of near-misses and failed promises from the program, leaving Canadian basketball fans too often to wonder when the second shoe would drop.
Blake Murphy Sports Writing 