2012 Olympics Men’s Basketball

Many sports fans around the world are eager to see who will win gold in men’s basketball at the 2012 Olympics. Will it be the United States, Spain or France? Well, only time will tell and we all will be glued to the television watching with anticipation.

The easy answer is it should be the U.S. men’s basketball team to win gold. But the pressure of the Olympic games and representing your own country definitely can put a twist on things. Just look at the U.S’s women’s gymnastics team or even Michael Phelps, many would have never guessed with some of those results, but hay, like I said, anything can happen in London.

Olympic Sportsbooks We Recommend

Bovada.lv – Sports bettors that live within the USA, previously named Bodog.
Bet365.com – Sports bettors that live outside the USA, for International players only.

At the bottom we listed the odds on who will win gold in the 2012 men’s basketball Olympics. There are 12 teams/countries competing for the title, and they were grouped in two groups, A Group and B Group.

Group A consists of:

Lithuania
Nigeria
France
Argentina
Tunisia
United States

Group B consists of:

China
Russia
Australia
Spain
Great Britain
Brazil

The United States definitely got the easier grouping of the two, which means they will have much stiffer competition as they get closer to the gold. Most likely, I predict Spain giving the USA team the biggest run for their money that also has several NBA players on their team. But anything can happen in London, and just remember, the U.S. team lost 3 games in 2004 and ended up with a bronze medal.

2012 Olympic Men’s Basketball Odds at Bovada.lv:
USA 1/12
Spain 13/2
Argentina 25/1
Russia 30/1
France 33/1
Brazil 40/1
Lithuania 66/1
Australia 200/1
Great Britain 250/1
China 500/1
Nigeria 500/1
Tunisia 2000/1