USA Basketball only came away with a bronze medal at the 2015 Pan American Games, but Colorado head men’s basketball coach Tad Boyle was able to gain some valuable experience.
Boyle, the team’s resident assistant coach under head coach and Gonzaga’s Mark Few, said he expected stiff competition from the countries whose basketball talent has exploded recently.
He believed the makeup of the team, comprised of five overseas professional players and seven college players, contributed to its inexperience in comparison with the likes of Brazil and Canada, who won the gold and silver medals, respectively.
“We knew going in that the competition was going to be good,” Boyle said.