Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "The Australian men's national basketball team is the men's basketball side that represents Australia in international competitions. The team is known in Australia as the Boomers, an Australian slang term for Kangaroo. Australia is currently ranked 11th in the FIBA World Rankings, and finished 7th at the 2012 London Olympic Games.Australia is a regional power in all forms of basketball. Placed in the relatively weak FIBA Oceania region, the Boomers' qualification for the Summer Olympic Games and FIBA World Cup is often a three match competition against the other regional power, the New Zealand Tall Blacks.Traditionally, the Boomers have been selected from the teams making up the Australian National Basketball League. This has changed in recent years, with many Australian players heading to the stronger Euroleague to play, and several heading to the National Basketball Association in the United States. The Boomers roster for the 2014 World Cup featured five NBA players: Cameron Bairstow with the Chicago Bulls, Aron Baynes with the San Antonio Spurs, Matthew Dellavedova with the Cleveland Cavaliers, and Dante Exum and Brock Motum with the Utah Jazz. Two other players who were ruled out of the World Cup due to injury play in the NBA, namely Andrew Bogut of the Golden State Warriors and Patty Mills of the Spurs. Further, several players on youth national teams are student athletes in the US college basketball system, and some players have made the senior national team while still at US schools. By the early 21st century, close to half of the squad were playing outside of Australia. The trend of Boomers based outside of Australia has accelerated in the 2010s. For the 2012 London Olympic Games, only two members of the Australian squad were based in the country – Peter Crawford and Adam Gibson, with the latter being the only Australia-based member of the 2014 World Cup squad. The development of the Australian Institute of Sport has helped the establishment of Australia on the international stage.Australia has participated in the most Olympic men's basketball tournaments (13) without winning a medal. Australia has also participated in 11 FIBA World Cups without winning a medal, making Australia the nation with the second most appearances at the tournament without winning a medal, behind Canada and Puerto Rico (both 13)."@en }
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- Australia_mens_national_basketball_team abstract "The Australian men's national basketball team is the men's basketball side that represents Australia in international competitions. The team is known in Australia as the Boomers, an Australian slang term for Kangaroo. Australia is currently ranked 11th in the FIBA World Rankings, and finished 7th at the 2012 London Olympic Games.Australia is a regional power in all forms of basketball. Placed in the relatively weak FIBA Oceania region, the Boomers' qualification for the Summer Olympic Games and FIBA World Cup is often a three match competition against the other regional power, the New Zealand Tall Blacks.Traditionally, the Boomers have been selected from the teams making up the Australian National Basketball League. This has changed in recent years, with many Australian players heading to the stronger Euroleague to play, and several heading to the National Basketball Association in the United States. The Boomers roster for the 2014 World Cup featured five NBA players: Cameron Bairstow with the Chicago Bulls, Aron Baynes with the San Antonio Spurs, Matthew Dellavedova with the Cleveland Cavaliers, and Dante Exum and Brock Motum with the Utah Jazz. Two other players who were ruled out of the World Cup due to injury play in the NBA, namely Andrew Bogut of the Golden State Warriors and Patty Mills of the Spurs. Further, several players on youth national teams are student athletes in the US college basketball system, and some players have made the senior national team while still at US schools. By the early 21st century, close to half of the squad were playing outside of Australia. The trend of Boomers based outside of Australia has accelerated in the 2010s. For the 2012 London Olympic Games, only two members of the Australian squad were based in the country – Peter Crawford and Adam Gibson, with the latter being the only Australia-based member of the 2014 World Cup squad. The development of the Australian Institute of Sport has helped the establishment of Australia on the international stage.Australia has participated in the most Olympic men's basketball tournaments (13) without winning a medal. Australia has also participated in 11 FIBA World Cups without winning a medal, making Australia the nation with the second most appearances at the tournament without winning a medal, behind Canada and Puerto Rico (both 13).".