Brazil defeated defending champs Cuba, and the US bench (and what a bench: Angel McCoughtry, Mel Thomas and Jane Appel!) sealed the deal against Canada, 75-59, so today's Pan-Am final is set: Brazil (4-0) against the U.S (4-0).

"It’s exciting," said head coach Dawn Staley. "I think the committee put together a great basketball team to compete for a gold medal…and I think our team has played extremely well under these circumstances of being the youngest team here." (Their average age is almost 7 years younger than the Brazilian team's.)

You can say it’s a Tennessee-UConn match-up. You could say it’s a Rutgers-UConn match-up," said Staley. "But there is nothing that compares to playing for a gold medal outside of your country and in somebody else’s back yard."