NIGERIA

Roster: G Tony Skinn, F Ekene Ibekwe, F Ike Diogu, F Al-Farouq Aminu, G Ade Dagunduro, G Chamberlain Oguchi, F Koko Archibong, G Richard Oruche, F Ejike Ugboaja, F Derrick Obasohan, C Alade Aminu, C Olumide Oyedeji

Coach: Ayo Bakare. He coaches the Ebun Comets in Nigeria's pro league. He also coached Nigeria's national team in the mid-1990s and early-2000s before Nigeria used to American coaches (Sam Vincent and Robert McCullum).

Qualification: Finished third by beating the Dominican Republic at Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Venezuela in July.

Best Olympic finish: First Olympics

Results of Previous Games in London 2012: Nigeria 60 Tunisia 56 , Nigeria 53 Lithuania 72 , Nigeria 73 USA 156

Players you know: F Al-Farouq Aminu, who played college ball at Wake Forest, averaged six points and 4.7 rebounds for the New Orleans Hornets last season. … PG Tony Skinn played on the George Mason team that reached the Final Four in 2006. Skinn, who has spent his professional career in France, Italy and Germany, averaged 10 points and 2.8 assists in the Olympic Qualifying Tournament. … F Ike Diogu, who played at Arizona State and averaged six points for six teams in six NBA seasons, averaged 16.8 points and 10.8 rebounds in the Olympic Qualifying Tournament. … F Alade Aminu, Al-Farqouq's brother, played at Georgia Tech and has spent last season playing in France. F Ekene Ibekwe played at Maryland.

Expert Analysis: The key with Nigeria and the reason they had success in the Qualifying Tournament is that they play very, very hard and with passion and energy on defense. Diogu is an NBA-level player. Al-Farouq Aminu is certainly an NBA player. They're not going to medal, but they played their win in on the basis of toughness and team chemistry. The Nigerian players I've been around have a fierceness about them. They just play very confidently. They're very quick to the ball. They get all those 50-50 balls. They play very loose. Diogu has done a nice job down low. Their guard play has been good. They're a fun team to watch because of the way they attack and they play very free.

ARGENTINA

Roster: G Facundo Campazzo, F Carlos Delfino, G Manu Ginobili, C Juan Gutierrez, F Leo Gutierrez, F Hernan Jasen, F Federico Kammerichs, C Martin Leiva, F Marcos Meta, F Andres Nocioni, G Pablo Prigioni, F Luis Scola

Coach: Julio Lamas. The coach of Obras Sanitarias in Argentina's pro league, Lamas coached Argentina's national team in the 1998 World Championship and was an assistant coach for the national in the 2008 Beijing Olympics. He returned as Argentina's head coach in December, 2010

Qualification: Won the 2011 FIBA Americas Championship.

Best Olympic finish: Gold in 2004 Athens Olympics

2008 Olympics finish: Defeated Lithuania 87-75 for the bronze medal

Results of Previous Games in London 2012: Argentina 102 Lithuania 79 , Argentina 64 France 71 , Argentina 92 Tunisia 69

Players you know: F Luis Scola, who is now with the Phoenix Suns, averaged 27.1 points and 7.9 rebounds in the 2010 World Championship and 15.5 points and 6.5 rebounds with the Houston Rockets last season. … G Manu Ginobili, the Spurs veteran, averaged 15.8 points, four assists and three rebounds in the 2011 FIBA Americas Championship and 12.9 points 4.5 assists and 3.5 rebounds for the Spurs last season. … F Carlos Delfino averaged 20.6 points and 4.7 rebounds in the 2010 World Championship and nine points and 3.9 rebounds for the Milwaukee Bucks last season.

Expert Analysis: Argentina has players who are long in the tooth, but they remind me of the Celtics Big 3 with Kevin Garnett, Ray Allen and Paul Pierce. You know they have the craftiness, experience and talent to present major problems, particularly when everything is going right for them. The FIBA game is only 40 minutes and the shorter the game, the more chance of an upset. These guys from Argentina have great pride and they've played so many big games that the world stage will not be a big factor. This is their last hurrah. They're capable. They're like an aging boxer who can go 15 rounds with the younger champion and they're hoping for that one uppercut that can knock the other team out.

afam4eva: The Nigerian team will come fighting like a wounded lion. I pity for Argentina. You don't play a team that was humilated by the US without getting stained. I see the Nigerian team qualifying from this group and meeting the US in the final where they will go on a revenge mission and beat the US and be crowned the Olympic basketball champions.

afam4eva: The Nigerian team will come fighting like a wounded lion. I pity for Argentina. You don't play a team that was humilated by the US without getting stained. I see the Nigerian team qualifying from this group and meeting the US in the final where they will go on a revenge mission and beat the US and be crowned the Olympic basketball champions.

afam4eva: Let it be published in the streets of New york, Miami, Chicago and Los Angeles that the Nigerian team will come back for their pound of flesh.

Tell it in Milwaukee, Baltimore and Talahasee and Providence that the Nigerian team will not stay down but will rise and reclaim their pride.

lNobody double crosses the Nigerian team and gets away with it.

Pray that we qualify for the next Olympics first!

afam4eva: The Nigerian team will come fighting like a wounded lion. I pity for Argentina. You don't play a team that was humilated by the US without getting stained. I see the Nigerian team qualifying from this group and meeting the US in the final where they will go on a revenge mission and beat the US and be crowned the Olympic basketball champions.

afam4eva: The Nigerian team will come fighting like a wounded lion. I pity for Argentina. You don't play a team that was humilated by the US without getting stained. I see the Nigerian team qualifying from this group and meeting the US in the final where they will go on a revenge mission and beat the US and be crowned the Olympic basketball champions.

afam4eva: The Nigerian team will come fighting like a wounded lion. I pity for Argentina. You don't play a team that was humilated by the US without getting stained. I see the Nigerian team qualifying from this group and meeting the US in the final where they will go on a revenge mission and beat the US and be crowned the Olympic basketball champions.

afam4eva: The Nigerian team will come fighting like a wounded lion. I pity for Argentina. You don't play a team that was humilated by the US without getting stained. I see the Nigerian team qualifying from this group and meeting the US in the final where they will go on a revenge mission and beat the US and be crowned the Olympic basketball champions.

afam4eva: The Nigerian team will come fighting like a wounded lion. I pity for Argentina. You don't play a team that was humilated by the US without getting stained. I see the Nigerian team qualifying from this group and meeting the US in the final where they will go on a revenge mission and beat the US and be crowned the Olympic basketball champions.

akintun: Dat name D'tigers has to be changed to D'ant. We were disgraced yesterday, but we scored 73 points sha. Watching Spain win Great Britain by one point has given me hope dat Argentina can fall to d mighty Ant.

afam4eva: The Nigerian team will come fighting like a wounded lion. I pity for Argentina. You don't play a team that was humilated by the US without getting stained. I see the Nigerian team qualifying from this group and meeting the US in the final where they will go on a revenge mission and beat the US and be crowned the Olympic basketball champions.

afam4eva: The Nigerian team will come fighting like a wounded lion. I pity for Argentina. You don't play a team that was humilated by the US without getting stained. I see the Nigerian team qualifying from this group and meeting the US in the final where they will go on a revenge mission and beat the US and be crowned the Olympic basketball champions.

Tolaaaaannni: LOL, We made front page on yahoo for the USA vs Nigeria one. What are we going to make this time??

afam4eva: The Nigerian team will come fighting like a wounded lion. I pity for Argentina. You don't play a team that was humilated by the US without getting stained. I see the Nigerian team qualifying from this group and meeting the US in the final where they will go on a revenge mission and beat the US and be crowned the Olympic basketball champions.