USA Men’s 3x3 Team Bonds at Training Camp Ahead of FIBA 3x3 OQT
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May 18, 2021
Sometimes all it takes to win in basketball is a greater amount of talent to overwhelm an opponent. But sometimes what is missing, especially when things get a little tight, is cohesiveness, that little extra natural anticipation.
From May 1-18 in Beverly Hills, the four members of the USA 3x3 Men’s National Team
Canyon Barry,
Dominique Jones and
Kareem Maddox basically spent every hour together, not only working on perfecting their skills, but learning what each other is going to do without thinking about it and just getting to know each other better.
MCCONNELL TO JOIN WOMENâS NATIONAL U16 COACHING STAFF By Hometown4
From IUP Athletics:
INDIANA, Pa. â Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP) head womenâs basketball coachÂ
Tom McConnell has been added to the staff of the 2021 USA Womenâs U16 National Team as an assistant coach.
Coach McConnell joins a staff that includes newly named head coach Sue Phillips (Archbishop Mitty/San Jose Cagers) and assistant coach Sophia Witherspoon (Fort Pierce Central H.S., Fla.).Â
âThe committee has selected an experienced coach with Sue, and Tom brings his own successes,â said Carol Callan, chair of the USA Basketball Womenâs Developmental National Team committee, which is responsible for selecting the USA coaches and athletes, and the USA Basketball Womenâs National Team Director. âWe are confident they and Sophia not only will work well together, they also will be able to inspire this group of young athletes during trials, tra
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NEW YORK, May 17, 2021 /PRNewswire/
Vaunt Inc. (Vaunt), a sports and entertainment intellectual property (IP) development company, today announced its three-year partnership with
FIBA to host the
FIBA 3x3 AmeriCup in Miami, Florida. Inclusive in this historic partnership, Vaunt will hold the exclusive sports betting and media rights to the 3x3 AmeriCup in the Americas. This will mark the first time in 3x3 history that the event will be held in Miami. The best 3x3 national men and women basketball teams from countries in North, Central, and South America, will get a chance to compete for continental supremacy November 12-14, 2021. Starting with the Tokyo 2020 Games, 3x3 will be a part of the Olympic Program.
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