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One positive about the FIBA tournament structure is that if you're really hungry for basketball action, once Team USA passes the "Round of 16", they are guaranteed to play 3 more games. That's because in FIBA, they play a "loser bracket" to determine the rankings for #3-#8, though I'm not sure why. Perhaps that's because FIBA awards a total of 8 medals at the end of the tournament: gold, silver, bronze, steel, plastic, wood, paper, and twinkie. The twinkie medal is awesome because it lets the 8th place players snack on something while they watch 7 better teams receive their medals. OK, perhaps not. My guess is that the top 8 rankings affect eligibility to future tournaments, so that's why there are loser brackets.