Final 12 Selected!

The 12-member 2016 USA Basketball Men’s U17 Team has been finalized for the World Championship to be held in Zaragoza, Spain from June 23-July 3. The roster includes six members of the 2015 USA U16 National Team that won gold at the FIBA Americas U16 Championship last summer in Argentina.

Named to the 2016 USA Basketball Men’s U17 World Championship Team were: 

Jordan Brown (Woodcreek H.S./Roseville, Calif.);  
Troy Brown (Centennial H.S./Las Vegas, Nev.);  
Wendell Carter Jr. (Pace Academy/Fairburn, Ga.);  
Carte'Are Gordon (Webster Groves H.S./St. Louis, Mo.);  
Markus Howard (Findlay Prep, Nev./Chandler, Ariz.);  
Jaren Jackson Jr. (Park Tudor School/Carmel, Ind.);  
Kevin Knox II (Tampa Catholic H.S./Riverview, Fla.);  
Immanuel Quickley (John Carroll School/Havre De Grace, Md.); 
Collin Sexton (Pebblebrook H.S./Mableton, Ga.);  
Javonte Smart (Scotlandville H.S./Baton Rouge, La.);  
Gary Trent Jr (Apple Valley H.S./Burnsville, Minn.); and  
Austin Wiley (Spain Park H.S./Hoover, Ala).  


Seven-time USA Basketball gold medalist head coach Don Showalter (USA Basketball), who in 2015 coached the USA U16 National Team to a gold medal at the FIBA Americas U16 Championship, is the head coach of the 2016 USA U17 World Championship Team. Also on the staff after assisting Showalter and the 2015 USA U16 team to a gold medal and a berth in the 2016 U17 World Championship is prep head coach Miles Simon (California Supreme AAU), along with Mike Jones (DeMatha Catholic H.S., Md.), who has been a member of six previous USA Basketball team coaching staffs, including as an assistant for the gold medalist 2012 USA U17 World Championship Team.

Staff

Head Coach: Don Showalter, USA Basketball

Assistant Coach: Miles Simon, California Supreme AAU

Assistant Coach:  Mike Jones, DeMatha HS (Maryland)

Team Physician: Herb Parris, Denver, Colorado

Athletic Trainer: Ernie Sedelmyer, US Air Force Academy

 

  

The USA Basketball Men’s U17 World Championship Team training camp will continue through June 17 at the United States Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado.