As I mentioned last week, Canada's victory at the Tuto Marchand Trophy was only a warm-up to the real deal -- the 2015 FIBA Americas kicked off yesterday in Mexico City.
What Is It?
Every two years, FIBA holds continental tournaments across the World that serve as a qualification tournament for either the FIBA World Cup or the Basketball Tournament at the Olympic Games. USA already qualified from the Americas by virtue of their dominant victory at the FIBA World Cup last year. Brazil also earned an automatic qualification as the host of the Olympic games, but they'll still be participating in the tournament.