LOGO WATCH LONDON 2012 Women's Hoop Squad....The POOLS are set for Team USA Women's Basketball as the US draws Group A....and Both Groups appear to EQUAL

Team USA Women's Team , which is also expected to win the Gold, received a pretty good draw as they avoid the 2nd Best Women's Team in the World the Aussies but have arguably the 3rd Best Team in China in the US Group.

The London 2012 Summer Women's Basketball Grouping is sponsored by the Medals will be housed in the Tower of London in Vaults....just in case you wanted to know where they were at:

GROUP A

USA
Angola
Croatia
China
Czech Republic
Turkey

GROUP B

Australia
Brazil
Canada
France
Great Britain
Russia

The Preliminary Rounds begin on July 28th - August 5th......a day after the Opening Ceremonies

FIBA's WORLD Rankings are as Follows......


#1 USA
#2 Australia
#3 Russia

#4 Czech Republic
#6 Brazil
#7 China

#8 France
#11 Canada
#21 Turkey

#27 Angola
#31 Croatia
#49 Great Britain (Host Country)

Note: World Rankings from FIBA.com and Group Pairings from USAbasketball.com