They're kind of like us, they play great basketball at home, they kind struggle on the road.

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And they expect the team to play entertaining basketball.

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To address a problem that was costing NBA owners money and NCAA programs players, the NBA drastically changed their eligibility policies in 2005, essentially requiring players to play a year of college basketball before they could declare for the pro draft.

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On national TV's sports news, the two smokin'-hot teams have been basketball's Miami Heat (beating almost everybody they play) and hockey's Blackhawks (kinda sorta technically not losing to anybody they play).

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The American women's basketball team has already made it through to the gold-medal final, which they'll play against France on Saturday.

CNN: August 10, 2012 -- Updated 2336 GMT (0736 HKT)