The U.S. and Spain, who have met in the last two Olympic gold-medal games, have been the class of the Basketball World Cup.
Both went 5-0 and were hardly challenged in group play, Spain powering past what was considered a difficult pool and the U.S. sweeping through the weakest. They look so good that it's hard to envision anyone beating one of them except the other.
The U.S. plays Mexico on Saturday in Barcelona. Slovenia faces the Dominican Republic in the other game in Barcelona, while on Sunday, Lithuania meets New Zealand, and Turkey plays Australia.
The Madrid bracket opens Saturday with Spain-Senegal and France-Croatia. On Sunday, Greece plays Serbia, and South American rivals Brazil and Argentina meet.