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Canada's Andrew Nicholson, left, and teammate RJ Barrett defend against Greece's Mitoglou Konstantinos during the first half of a FIBA men's Olympic qualifying basketball game Tuesday, June 29, 2021 at Memorial Arena in Victoria, British Columbia. (Chad Hipolito/The Canadian Press via AP)
Canada holds off Greece in Olympic qualifying opener

By Tim Reynolds Jun. 29, 2021 06:34 PM EDT

FILE - Greece national basketball team head coach Rick Pitino leaves a press conference in Athens, Greece, in this Monday, Nov. 11, 2019, file photo. Iona coach and Basketball Hall of Famer Rick Pitino is coaching the Greek national team in the Olympic qualifying tournament that starts Tuesday in Victoria, British Columbia. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis, File)
Pitino's summer job: Trying to get Greece into Tokyo Games

By Tim Reynolds Jun. 27, 2021 12:49 PM EDT

FILE - Iona head coach Rick Pitino gestures as his team plays against Alabama in the first half of a first-round game in the NCAA men's college basketball tournament at Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, in this Saturday, March 20, 2021, file photo. Iona coach and Basketball Hall of Famer Rick Pitino is coaching the Greek national team in the Olympic qualifying tournament that starts Tuesday in Victoria, British Columbia. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)
Syracuse Orange at West Virginia Mountaineers 3/21/2021

Jun. 27, 2021 12:37 PM EDT