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Lithuania Routs Argentina at FIBA Worlds, Will Play Team USA in Semis

After a disappointing 11th place finish at last year's EuroBasket and a fourth-place result at the Beijing Olympic Games, Lithuania came into this year's FIBA World Championship as an afterthought behind the new basketball powerhouses. But Lithuania finished preliminary group play in at this year's FIBA World...

Will LeBron James Skip Worlds for a Movie?

Do you remember the time when America rode high again, tore down all comers (minus Juan Carlos Navarro), and brought the gold back to these shores? I do. I also remember the monster seasons enjoyed by Dwyane Wade and LeBron James following that crash course in off-season conditioning, learning from Kobe Bryant, and as...

Greg Oden Bows Out of Team USA Training

Greg Oden may be the NBA's next top center and a font of charisma, but he's sure not playing much basketball these days. The former Ohio State freshman has withdrawn from the Team USA camp, blaming that nasty tonsil removal that cut short his summer league tour. As Lion in Oil observes, there seems to be a pattern...

Super-Agent Tellem Opposes Basketball Academy

Interesting op-ed in yesterday's Los Angeles Times by powerful agent Arn Tellem on the proposed USA Basketball Academy. The idea, which Stern seems intrigued by, would fix basketball in America by nurturing all of its top talent in one place. From True Hoop, here's a recap from an earlier Times article: About 40 players...

Jamison Joins Arenas in Skipping FIBA Tournament

Last week, Gilbert Arenas announced that he'd skip USA Basketball this summer. Since he's coming off of a major injury, this kind of made sense. Now, his teammate Antawn Jamison is also politely declining his patriotic duty. From The Washington Time: "I'm not pulling out all together; I think there is an agreement on both...

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05/31/12 Martin Named Court Coach for USA Basketball U18... Source: GamecocksOnline.com Frank Martin from South Carolina, Jay Price from Chattanooga State C.C. (Tenn.) and John Thompson from N.C. Wesleyan have been selected to serve as court coaches for the 2012 USA Basketball Men's U18 National Team training camp to be held June 5-7 at the U.S. Olympic Training Center (USOTC) in Colorado Springs, Colo. The coaching selections were made by the USA Basketball Men's Junior National Team Committee.
05/30/12 Jeep Hits The Deck For USA Hoops Source: Media Post Jeep is rolling out grass-roots activation programs around its sponsorship of 2012 USA Basketball.
04/22/11 USA Basketball Names Former Lady Lions McConnell-Serio... Source: GoPSUSports.com Courtesy of USA Basketball A three-time gold medal winner as a USA assistant coach, USA Basketball today announced that Iowa State University's Bill Fennelly will return to the USA sideline as head coach of the 2011 USA Basketball Women's World University Games Team. Serving as assistant coaches will be Suzie McConnell-Serio (Duquesne University) and Terri Williams-Flournoy (Georgetown University).
03/02/11 Jacksonville (SID): Jacksonville's Cliff Warren and... Source: The Mid-Majority Randy Bennett of St. Mary's College (Calif.) and Cliff Warren of Jacksonville University today were named assistant coaches for the 2011 USA Basketball Men's U19 World Championship Team, USA Basketball announced.
01/18/11 Georgia Tech's Paul Hewitt to coach National U19 team Source: CBS - News 12 - Augusta GA Georgia Tech's Paul Hewitt has been selected head coach of the 2011 USA Basketball Men's U19 World Championship Team, USA Basketball today announced.