Mario Bravante May 5, 2021
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Arkansas signee Jersey Wolfenbarger will be one of 27 players vying for a spot on Team USA for the U19 World Cup, USA Basketball announced today. Invitations were issued by the USA Basketball Women’s Junior National Team Selection Committee. Trials to select finalists for the 12-member team, which will be coached by Cori Close, Aaron Johnston and Joni Taylor, will be held May 14-16 at Metro State University in Denver. The selection committee will be led by Jennifer Rizzotti, the president of the Connecticut Sun. She will be aided by Temple University head coach Tonya Cardoza, Duke University head coach Kara Lawson, and North Carolina State University head coach Wes Moore.
05/04/2021
The 1992 Summer Olympics featured one of the most famous basketball teams of all time, the Dream Team that captured the gold medal for the United States in men’s basketball.
The 1992 gold for women’s basketball, though, went to the Unified Team, which defeated the American women in the semifinal round. Now, a 30 for 30 documentary will showcase the 1996 women’s Team USA that recaptured gold, all while generating the interest that helped launch the WNBA in 1997.
As Deadline’s Peter White reported, the film will be directed by Kristen Lappas (who has produced prior 30 for 30 installments, most recently Al Davis vs. the NFL), and will include footage filmed by the NBA during that run.
Cori Close Returns to USA Basketball to Lead 2021 USA Women’s U19 World Cup Team
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UCLA head coach
Cori Close, who was an assistant coach for a pair of gold-medal winning USA Basketball teams, has been selected to serve as the 2021 USA Basketball Women’s U19 World Cup Team head coach. College head coaches
Aaron Johnston from South Dakota State University and
Joni Taylor from the University of Georgia, both of whom will coach internationally for the first time with USA Basketball, round out the coaching staff as 2021 USA U19 assistant coaches. Trials to select the 12-member team will be held May 14-16 at Metro State University in Denver, and trials invitees will be announced at a later date.
USA Men’s 3x3 National Team Preps for 3x3 Qualifying Tournament
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Canyon Barry,
Dominique Jones and
Kareem Maddox will gather this weekend in Beverly Hills, California, for a training camp that runs through May 18. The foursome will represent the U.S. in the FIBA 3x3 Olympic Qualifying Tournament at Graz, Austria, May 26-30. The top three teams in the 20-country field will advance to Tokyo this summer for the debut of Olympic 3x3 basketball.
“Ever since they announced the (tournament) date, it’s been on everyone’s calendar and circled. It starts to feel real now,” Maddox said.
Red Bull 3X House Unveiled for USA Men’s 3x3 National Team Training Camp
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May 1, 2021
In preparation for its final chance to qualify the United States men for the 3x3 competition at the Tokyo Olympic Games, USA Basketball and Red Bull have partnered to create a unique training opportunity for the 2021 USA Basketball Men’s 3x3 National Team.
A residence in Beverly Hills, California, has been secured and converted into a Red Bull 3X House, a living and training space for the USA Men’s 3x3 National Team between May 1-18.
The same half-court playing surface that will be used this summer for 3x3’s debut will be installed for the team’s training on the residence’s existing outdoor tennis/basketball courts.