Colangelo OK with "must-win" tag

This is the Jedi mind trick the U.S. men's senior national team will try to manage at the 2008 Beijing Olympics: Winning the basketball gold medal without disrespecting their opponents, knowing most people think anything less than gold will equal failure, and only a confident, brash, American (read: cocky) showing will accomplish that against a field that doesn't fear the U.S.

Here's U.S men's senior national team managing director Jerry Colangelo recently trying to juggle all of that at once. He starts by saying he's comfortable with the idea that the Olympic tournament is a "must-win" situation for the U.S.