August 16, 1987: Danny Manning with a no-look pass to Rex Chapman for a slam, Pooh Richardson dishes between his legs to Pervis Ellison and Keith Smart scores off a Jeff Lebo lob as Team USA improves to 5-0 with a 105-81 win over Uruguay at the Pan American Games in Indianapolis.
Darel Carrier was born in Kentucky, went to WKU and was a member of the Colonels from ‘67 to ‘72.
He is a member of the ABA All Time Team and had the highest 3 point shooting % in ABA history.
Many see Carrier and his teammate, Louie Dampier, as the original “Splash Bros.”
August 10, 1984: The U.S. men's Olympic basketball team defeats Spain, 96-65, to win gold at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad.
Michael Jordan scored 20 PTS, Wayman Tisdale had 14 PTS/6 REB and Sam Perkins had 12 PTS/7 REB in the gold medal game, played at the Forum in Inglewood.
August 9, 1987: Rex Chapman scores on a baseline slam dunk off a give-and-go with David Robinson during Team USA's 91-63 win over Panama at the Pan American Games in Indianapolis.
August 7, 1994: Shaquille O'Neal had 27 PTS (12-15 FG) and 11 REB in Team USA's 105-82 preliminary round win over Brazil at the FIBA World Championship—capping the performance by going off the glass to himself.
Shawn Kemp and Alonzo Mourning each scored 15 PTS for Dream Team II.
August 7, 1988: Danny Manning of the U.S. men's Olympic basketball team with an acrobatic finish on the break during an exhibition game against NBA players in Providence, Rhode Island.
Team USA defeated the NBA squad, 90-82, in its first of seven games on a pre-Olympics tour.
August 7, 1988: Team USA's Alonzo Mourning (age 18) battles Patrick Ewing for a rebound and finishes with a slam dunk during an exhibition game against a team of NBA players in Providence, Rhode Island.
Team USA beat the NBA squad, 90-82, in the teams' first of seven matchups.
Also in this game: Shawn Kemp with a hammer dunk off the behind-the-back pass from Joe Dumars.
Kemp had 10 PTS/4 REB in 18 minutes. Dumars finished with 13 PTS/3 AST in Team USA’s 132-77 win over China.
August 5, 1994.
August 6, 1992: Team USA defeats Lithuania, 127-76, to advance to the gold medal game at the Barcelona Olympics.
Michael Jordan had 21 PTS/6 STL, Karl Malone scored 18 PTS and Magic Johnson had 14 PTS/8 AST for the Dream Team. Šarūnas Marčiulionis had 20 PTS/8 AST for Lithuania.