USA head coach Nate Tibbetts found a way to quickly motivate his team after their sluggish start in their win over New Zealand in the FIBA World Cup qualifiers.

The USA Basketball women’s national team defeated Puerto Rico 91-48 on Thursday in San Juan for the FIBA Women’s World Cup Qualifying Tournament. Like their first game against Senegal, this wasn’t really a contest.

There are any number of problems with trying to form some cohesive analysis of Team USA's disappointing performance in Rio during group play of the Olympic Basketball Tournament. Among them: But this is the team that the U.S. sent to Rio, and they are ...