The U.S. men’s basketball team has dominated the competition during exhibition play in the run-up to the 2016 Olympics, winning games by an average of 43 points per game. But the U.S. hasn’t really played anybody yet, as four of the five games were against the three teams with the worst odds of winning gold (China, Venezuela and Nigeria all are 500-1), according to the Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook, and the other game was against an Argentina team in the bottom half of the odds.
The U.S. is the heavy favorite to win the gold medal at 1-20 (a successful $100 bet would earn $5), but the competition will get much stiffer through the end of group play and once the quarterfinals begin.