Training Camp Begins

Friday, June 10 the USA team players reported to the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, CO for the training camp to work for a spot on the U17 USA Team to compete in Zaragoza, Spain.

Coach Don Showalter

Coach Miles Simon

Coach Mike Jones

Sean Ford (USA Men's program) and Coach Showalter looking on.

Time in the classroom.

 Finalists Named
Following four training sessions involving 36 hopefuls, 18 finalists were named for the 2016 USA Basketball Men’s U17 World Championship Team. The finalists include seven members of the gold medalist 2015 USA Men’s U16 National Team, which qualified the U.S. for the 2016 FIBA Men’s U17 World Championship. The finalists were selected by the USA Basketball Developmental National Team Committee, chaired by USA Basketball men’s national team director Sean Ford.

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. It is anticipated that the final 12-member USA U17 team will be announced no later than June 17 and the selected team will represent the United States at the 2016 FIBA Men’s U17 World Championship, June 23-July 3 in Zaragoza, Spain.

Named as finalists were: Jordan Brown (Woodcreek H.S./Roseville, Calif.); Troy Brown (Centennial H.S./Las Vegas, Nev.); Wendell Carter Jr. (Pace Academy/Fairburn, Ga.); Daejon Davis (Garfield H.S./Seattle, Wash.); Nojel Eastern (Evanston Township H.S./Evanston, Ill.); 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.); Cameron Reddish (Westtown School/Norristown, Pa.); D’Shawn Schwartz (Sand Creek H.S./Colorado Springs, Colo.);  Collin Sexton (Pebblebrook H.S./Mableton, Ga.); Javonte Smart (Scotlandville H.S./Baton Rouge, La.); Jalen Smith (Mount Saint Joseph H.S./Baltimore, Md.); Gary Trent Jr (Apple Valley H.S./Burnsville, Minn.); Austin Wiley (Spain Park H.S./Hoover, Ala.); and Robert Woodard II (Columbus H.S./Columbus, Miss.).