Despite two losses over the weekend, the DR’s male basketball team are not yet eliminated from the Pre-Olympics Basketball Tournament for the Americas being played in San Juan, Puerto Rico. On Saturday the Venezuelan team beat the DR 70-66 in a close match; on Sunday the unbeaten Puerto Rican team whipped the DR 103-95 in a game where the Dominicans always trailed and never came closer to their opponents than eight points behind. The DR, which has won only one match so far in the Tournament, needed for Brazil to beat Panama last night in order not to be eliminated from the next round of play. That occurred, not only giving the DR a chance to continue tournament play, but also ensuring that it qualifies for the 2001 Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Tonight the DR, the lowest qualifying team of Tournament Group B, must face off against the United States’ "Dream Team," the unbeaten champion of Tournament Group A.
