It's Time for the 1972 U.S. Men's Basketball Team to Stop Being Babies and Collect History's Most Famous Olympic Medals
![U.S. Olympic basketball robbed of gold medals at Munich Olympics - Sports Illustrated Vault | SI.com U.S. Olympic basketball robbed of gold medals at Munich Olympics - Sports Illustrated Vault | SI.com](https://vault.si.com/.image/ar_1:1%2Cc_fill%2Ccs_srgb%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_1200/MTY5MDk5MzU0Mjg2NjYzMTMx/1972-olympics-basketball-team-silverjpg.jpg)
U.S. Olympic basketball robbed of gold medals at Munich Olympics - Sports Illustrated Vault | SI.com
![The 1972 U.S. Olympic basketball team wants its silver medals in the Hall of Fame. First it has to accept them. – Baltimore Sun The 1972 U.S. Olympic basketball team wants its silver medals in the Hall of Fame. First it has to accept them. – Baltimore Sun](https://www.baltimoresun.com/resizer//mOpfp4luzE6LUYeGh_99uKzAcBw=/3300x2226/filters:format(jpg):quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tronc/SG3WLNFZLD5WCHWMMH2KVJDK5E.jpg)
The 1972 U.S. Olympic basketball team wants its silver medals in the Hall of Fame. First it has to accept them. – Baltimore Sun
![50 stunning Olympic moments No1: USA v USSR, basketball final, 1972 | Olympic Games 2012 | The Guardian 50 stunning Olympic moments No1: USA v USSR, basketball final, 1972 | Olympic Games 2012 | The Guardian](https://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2011/11/16/1321439394479/basketball-animation.gif)
50 stunning Olympic moments No1: USA v USSR, basketball final, 1972 | Olympic Games 2012 | The Guardian
![U.S.A. vs U.S.S.R.: More Than Just a Game, 1972 Olympics | News, Scores, Highlights, Stats, and Rumors | Bleacher Report U.S.A. vs U.S.S.R.: More Than Just a Game, 1972 Olympics | News, Scores, Highlights, Stats, and Rumors | Bleacher Report](https://img.bleacherreport.net/img/images/photos/001/792/208/1972-basketball-USvsUSSR-069_crop_north.jpeg?1342328067&w=3072&h=2048)
U.S.A. vs U.S.S.R.: More Than Just a Game, 1972 Olympics | News, Scores, Highlights, Stats, and Rumors | Bleacher Report
![Chris Collins' 2017 Buzzer-Beating Play Call Was Eerily Similar To 1972 Olympics Play Doug Collins Lost On | ThePostGame.com Chris Collins' 2017 Buzzer-Beating Play Call Was Eerily Similar To 1972 Olympics Play Doug Collins Lost On | ThePostGame.com](http://images.thepostgame.com/assets/public/styles/story_main/public/main-Chris-Collins.jpg)