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Article: United States women ready for big crowd against Greece

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CHUCK SCHOFFNER, AP Sports Writer
AP Worldstream
08-23-2004
Dateline: GREECE, Athens
Greek fans clap in unison amid waving flags and feet stomp as chants of "He-llas! He-llas!" rock the Olympic basketball arena and rattle the rafters.

"We came to the men's game against Greece and they were crazy," United States player Diana Taurasi said. "These people love their sports and love their country."

They love their women's basketball team, too, and the Americans will find out just how much when they play Greece in the quarterfinals on Wednesday.

It should be quite a sight _ and quite a contrast to what the Americans have seen so far.

They played their first five games in front of small crowds at the ...

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