Lithuanian fans remaining cautious

  • 2011-08-24
  • By Jared Grellet
RIGA - Despite their team finishing third at last year’s World Championship in Turkey, and that they are playing hosts to EuroBasket, Lithuanian fans are remaining realistic of their team’s chances at the tournament beginning next Wednesday (Aug. 31). In 2009, with the knowledge that they would be hosting the next biannual EuroBasket tournament and having come third at the previous tournament in Spain, Lithuania traveled to EuroBasket in Poland full of confidence.But in Poland something went horribly wrong. Seeded third going into the tournament Lithuania battled...
 
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