The Olympic dream for John Calipari and the Dominican Republic has come to an end. The Dominicans came up one game short of their first-ever Olympic berth, losing to Nigeria 88-73 on Sunday in the third-place/fourth-place game of the 2012 FIBA Olympic World Qualifying Tournament in Caracas, Venezuela. Nigeria claimed the final spot at the 2012 Olympics in London with the win; the Dominican Republic heads home with a heartbreaking loss. It was the closest the Dominicans have ever come to the Olympics.
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