Stanford’s Haley Jones Brings Final Four Experience To USA AmeriCup Trials
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Apr 20, 2021
With the depth and balance the Stanford women’s basketball team had this season, it could be easy to overlook the star quality of certain players.
But when the Cardinal made it to the Final Four, the ball seemed to find its way into the hands of
Haley Jones and she more than met the moment.
First Jones hit the go-ahead jumper with 32 seconds left in Stanford’s 66-65 win over South Carolina in the national semifinals. Then she scored 17 points and grabbed eight rebounds in a 54-53 victory over Arizona to give the Cardinal their first national championship since 1992. Jones was named the NCAA Tournament’s Most Outstanding Player, as much for her 41 points in the two Final Four games as for her calm leadership on the floor.
At AmeriCup Trials, USA Basketball Rookies Alongside Experience
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Apr 19, 2021
Her dad played collegiately at Wake Forest and professionally in Germany. But, basketball wasn’t the focus for
Elizabeth Kitley until her sophomore year at Northwest Guilford High School in Greensboro, North Carolina. Instead, she thought her path to a college scholarship would be in softball or maybe even volleyball.
But as it became clear to her that those options might not be ideal, Kitley began to blossom on the basketball court.
Coming off a sophomore season at Virginia Tech in which she averaged 18.2 points and 10.4 rebounds per game, it looks like her future in hoops could be very bright. The 6-foot-5 center’s stock steadily has risen in the past four years to the point where she was one of 20 players invited to the USA Basketball Women’s AmeriCup Team trials. It is Kitley’s first USA Basketball experience.
Athletes shouldn’t have to share opinions
Published on April 15, 2021 in OPINION by Opinion Staff
Max McAuliff, Staff Writer Athletes around the world have different levels of influence on the people that follow them. Whether it’s casual fans of the sport or die-hard supporters, athletes’ influence extends to millions of people. Sometimes the ability for athletes to reach millions of people can be a bad thing. A few weeks ago, Paul Pierce went on Instagram Live with erotic dancers that he had at his house and was subsequently fired by ESPN. While his video only reached a couple hundred people, social media was eventually flooded with the news about Pierce.
USA Basketball Shares Team Members Favorite Olympics Memories
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Whether you are an athlete or not, the Olympics have provided fans and participants alike with a plethora of memorable moments.
April 14 marks 100 days out from the opening of the Tokyo Olympics and USAB.com reached out to current and past USA Basketball athletes, coaches and staff for some of their most memorable Olympic memories.
Here is a look at their most memorable moments from the Olympics:
Mike Krzyzewski, 2008, 2012 and 2016 U.S. Olympic Team head coach and 1992 U.S. Olympic Team assistant coach
It was an honor to coach the United States National team for 11 years, so many memories. I want to tell you about two of them, one on the court and one off the court. The one on the court occurred during the 2008 Beijing Olympics in the gold medal game. Timeout, fourth quarter, just over 8 minutes to go, two-point lead and Spain was making a run on us. It’s the most pressure I have ever felt in my