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Post by Class of '83 on May 10, 2010 13:54:18 GMT -5
Butler’s Brad Stevens To Assist At USA Basketball Training Camp
May 10, 2010
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (May 10, 2010) -- Butler head coach Brad Stevens is one of five coaches who have been selected to serve as court coaches during the 2010 USA Basketball Men’s U18 National Team training camp June 14-16 at the University of Texas at San Antonio, USA Basketball today announced. In addition to Stevens, tabbed as court coaches are Ken Ammann from Concordia University (Calif.), Randy Bennett from Saint Mary’s College (Calif.), Francis Flax from Brown Mackie Junior College (Kan.) and Brooks Thompson from the University of Texas at San Antonio. The coaching selections were made by the USA Basketball Men’s Junior National Team Committee.
University of Oklahoma’s Jeff Capel will lead the 2010 USA U18 National Team, while collegiate head coaches Paul Hewitt of Georgia Tech and Reggie Witherspoon of the University at Buffalo, are the USA U18 Team’s assistant coaches.
The five court coaches will work with the 2010 USA Basketball Men’s U18 National Team coaching staff and the 21 previously announced 18-and-unders who will attend the training camp in San Antonio. The camp will be used to select the 12-member team that will represent the USA at the 2010 FIBA Americas U18 Championship.
Announced on March 17 as accepting invitations to attend the 2010 USA Basketball U18 National Team training camp were: Tracy Abrams (Mount Carmel H.S. / Chicago, Ill.); Keith Appling (Pershing H.S. / Detroit, Mich.); Vander Blue (James Madison Memorial H.S. / Madison, Wis.); Michael Chandler (Lawrence North H.S. / Indianapolis, Ind.); Trevor Cooney (Sanford H.S. / Wilmington, Del.); Abdul Gaddy (Washington / Tacoma, Wash.); Joshua Hairston (Montrose Christian School (Md.) / Fredericksburg, Va.); P.J. Hairston (Dudley Senior H.S. / Greensboro, N.C.); Tobias Harris (Half Hollow Hills West H.S. / Brookville, N.Y.); Mikael Hopkins (DeMatha Catholic H.S. / Hyattsville, Md.); Joe Jackson (White Station H.S. / Memphis, Tenn.); Terrence Jones (Jefferson H.S. / Portland, Ore.); Meyers Leonard (Robinson H.S. / Robinson, Ill.); Sheldon McClellan (Bellaire H.S. / Pearland, Texas); Quincy Miller (Quality Education Academy / Winston-Salem, N.C.); Jereme Richmond (Waukegan H.S. / Waukegan, Ill.); Austin Rivers (Winter Park H.S. / Winter Park, Fla.); Joshua Smith (Kentwood H.S. / Kent, Wash.); T.J. Taylor (Denison H.S. / Denison, Texas); Amir Williams (Detroit Country Day / Detroit, Mich.); and Patric Young (Providence School / Jacksonville, Fla.).
The FIBA Americas Men’s U18 Championship will be held June 26-30 at St. Mary’s University in San Antonio and will feature eight national teams from North, South and Central America and the Caribbean. On March 5 the draw was held to determine the first round groups, and the USA was placed into Group A, along with Argentina, Mexico and the Virgin Islands. Group B includes Brazil, Canada, Puerto Rico and Uruguay. The U.S. will open preliminary play against the Virgin Islands on June 26 at 7:00 p.m. (all times listed are local, CDT). On June 27 the USA will face Mexico at 7:00 p.m. and will close preliminary play against South American rivals Argentina on June 28 at 7:00 p.m. The semifinals are slated for June 29, and the finals will be held June 30.
Not only will a gold medal be at stake, the top four finishing nations will qualify for the 2011 FIBA U19 World Championship. Players eligible for this competition must have been born on or after Jan. 1, 1992.
Syracuse University head coach and Naismith Basketball Hall of Famer Jim Boeheim, an assistant coach for the 2009-12 USA Basketball Men’s National Team, chairs the USA Men’s Junior National Team Committee. The Committee also includes NCAA appointees Lorenzo Romar, University of Washington head coach; Bruce Weber, University of Illinois head coach; and University of North Carolina head coach Roy Williams; while 2002 USA Basketball World Championship Team member Jay Williams serves as the athlete representative.
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May 10, 2010
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (May 10, 2010) -- Butler head coach Brad Stevens is one of five coaches who have been selected to serve as court coaches during the 2010 USA Basketball Men’s U18 National Team training camp June 14-16 at the University of Texas at San Antonio, USA Basketball today announced. In addition to Stevens, tabbed as court coaches are Ken Ammann from Concordia University (Calif.), Randy Bennett from Saint Mary’s College (Calif.), Francis Flax from Brown Mackie Junior College (Kan.) and Brooks Thompson from the University of Texas at San Antonio. The coaching selections were made by the USA Basketball Men’s Junior National Team Committee.
University of Oklahoma’s Jeff Capel will lead the 2010 USA U18 National Team, while collegiate head coaches Paul Hewitt of Georgia Tech and Reggie Witherspoon of the University at Buffalo, are the USA U18 Team’s assistant coaches.
The five court coaches will work with the 2010 USA Basketball Men’s U18 National Team coaching staff and the 21 previously announced 18-and-unders who will attend the training camp in San Antonio. The camp will be used to select the 12-member team that will represent the USA at the 2010 FIBA Americas U18 Championship.
Announced on March 17 as accepting invitations to attend the 2010 USA Basketball U18 National Team training camp were: Tracy Abrams (Mount Carmel H.S. / Chicago, Ill.); Keith Appling (Pershing H.S. / Detroit, Mich.); Vander Blue (James Madison Memorial H.S. / Madison, Wis.); Michael Chandler (Lawrence North H.S. / Indianapolis, Ind.); Trevor Cooney (Sanford H.S. / Wilmington, Del.); Abdul Gaddy (Washington / Tacoma, Wash.); Joshua Hairston (Montrose Christian School (Md.) / Fredericksburg, Va.); P.J. Hairston (Dudley Senior H.S. / Greensboro, N.C.); Tobias Harris (Half Hollow Hills West H.S. / Brookville, N.Y.); Mikael Hopkins (DeMatha Catholic H.S. / Hyattsville, Md.); Joe Jackson (White Station H.S. / Memphis, Tenn.); Terrence Jones (Jefferson H.S. / Portland, Ore.); Meyers Leonard (Robinson H.S. / Robinson, Ill.); Sheldon McClellan (Bellaire H.S. / Pearland, Texas); Quincy Miller (Quality Education Academy / Winston-Salem, N.C.); Jereme Richmond (Waukegan H.S. / Waukegan, Ill.); Austin Rivers (Winter Park H.S. / Winter Park, Fla.); Joshua Smith (Kentwood H.S. / Kent, Wash.); T.J. Taylor (Denison H.S. / Denison, Texas); Amir Williams (Detroit Country Day / Detroit, Mich.); and Patric Young (Providence School / Jacksonville, Fla.).
The FIBA Americas Men’s U18 Championship will be held June 26-30 at St. Mary’s University in San Antonio and will feature eight national teams from North, South and Central America and the Caribbean. On March 5 the draw was held to determine the first round groups, and the USA was placed into Group A, along with Argentina, Mexico and the Virgin Islands. Group B includes Brazil, Canada, Puerto Rico and Uruguay. The U.S. will open preliminary play against the Virgin Islands on June 26 at 7:00 p.m. (all times listed are local, CDT). On June 27 the USA will face Mexico at 7:00 p.m. and will close preliminary play against South American rivals Argentina on June 28 at 7:00 p.m. The semifinals are slated for June 29, and the finals will be held June 30.
Not only will a gold medal be at stake, the top four finishing nations will qualify for the 2011 FIBA U19 World Championship. Players eligible for this competition must have been born on or after Jan. 1, 1992.
Syracuse University head coach and Naismith Basketball Hall of Famer Jim Boeheim, an assistant coach for the 2009-12 USA Basketball Men’s National Team, chairs the USA Men’s Junior National Team Committee. The Committee also includes NCAA appointees Lorenzo Romar, University of Washington head coach; Bruce Weber, University of Illinois head coach; and University of North Carolina head coach Roy Williams; while 2002 USA Basketball World Championship Team member Jay Williams serves as the athlete representative.
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