If the movers and shakers in Montenegrin basketball know anything heading into their qualifying campaign for EuroBasket 2011 this summer, it's this.

They will not beat opponents by an average margin of 22.6 points per game as they did in EuroBasket Division B.

After Saturday's Division A draw in Munich, the Montenegrins will be happy just to win games.

The will go up against Latvia, Israel, Finland and Italy in Group A.

"Our group has the most quality, there's no doubt at all," said Danilo Mitrovic, the sports director of the Montenegro national teams.

"It wasn't like I was hoping for, but that's what we've got."

Still, Mitrovic does like his team's chances of making it to the EuroBasket for the first time and for good reason.

Nikola Pekovic is the team's leading player, the starting center for European heavyweights Panathinaikos.

Vlado Scepanovic is the team captain and he is a link to past success, having played for Yugoslavia's gold-medal winning team at the 1998 FIBA World Championship in Athens.

Vladimir Dasic is a 21-year-old forward who tasted success with the Montenegrin youth teams and is now honing his craft under the watchful eye of Ettore Messina at Real Madrid.

There is a lot more talent to draw from for Montenegro, and it's all in good hands with Partizan Belgrade coach Dusko Vujosevic also serving as the boss of Montenegrin national team.

"We know our qualities," Mitrovic said, "and at the draw, I saw some signs of relief at some other national federations who weren't drawn with us in the same group."

Mitrovic, in fact, despite the presence of so many strong teams, was bold enough to say: "Still, I think we are favorites in our group. I'm sure we'll qualify for the EuroBasket, and even our coach (Dusko) Vujosevic said in our (telephone) chat immediately after the draw that the 'group isn't easy at all', even he's an optimist, too."