The opening ceremonies for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing officially kick off the games Friday night, with the Men's Basketball action beginning over the weekend. Team USA is favored to win the gold medal but they'll have to earn it.

Thanks to the boys at Green Bandwagon and At The Hive, you can preview all the major competition in Beijing. They've been alternating previews of the national teams competing for world hoops dominance medals in the 2008 Olympics.

Here are the previews thus far (look for Spain at Green Bandwagon on Friday): China, Argentina, Iran, Lithuania, Angola, Croatia, Germany,  Australia, Russia, Greece