Bogut calls U.S. matchup 'the ultimate test'

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The Australian men's national basketball team may be coming off a convincing win over Serbia, but the Aussies are quickly looking ahead to their biggest challenge of the tournament.

"It's the ultimate test," center Andrew Bogut told ESPN's Marc Stein, regarding their upcoming matchup Wednesday with Team USA. "They're the best team in the world, best players in the world, so I think if we go out there with the right mindset and compete with them, win or lose, we'll be happy with that. If we go out there and we're intimidated by them and try and get our shoes signed before the game and a signed jersey, we're in the wrong mindset."

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Since hiring Duke's Mike Krzyzewski as its head coach, the U.S. national team has completely dominated in international play, entering Wednesday's contest with a 65-game winning streak.

While Bogut concedes that Australia is likely to lose, he's looking forward to the challenge of playing against a group that consists of several All-NBA players.

"Put a million dollars on it and you'd probably get a dollar back if you bet on 'em," Bogut said of the U.S. national team. "So it's a great challenge for us. It really gets us in a mindset of seeing what we gotta do to make our offense better and our defense better."