March 20, 2026 — A runout

Last week, the U.S. women's basketball team participated in a FIBA World Cup qualifying tournament in Puerto Rico. You'll notice that the key verb in the previous paragraph is "participated." That's because the American women, who are looking for a 12th FIBA World Cup, had already qualified for this September's World Cup no matter how well they did in the qualification tournament.

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