Teamwork
USA Basketball attracts some of the top talent in the country, but great players learn quickly that winning basketball is a team effort.
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USA Basketball attracts some of the top talent in the country, but great players learn quickly that winning basketball is a team effort.
FIBA has released the #1 player per country and gender for the end of 2015 and the beginning of 2016 and it includes USA Basketball's own 3-time medalist for 3x3, Arike Ogunbowale!
Check out some of the nation's top men's and women's 3x3 players -- several of whom are currently playing at major NCAA Div. I programs -- as they compete in the 2013 and 2014 USA Basketball U18 3x3 National Tournaments.
Katie Lou Samuelson has enjoyed quite an illustrious basketball career, and the Huntington Beach, California, native hasn't even graduated high school yet. Samuelson, a senior at Mater Dei High School, has already won four gold medals with USA Basketball, including two in 2014 -- first as a member of the 2014 U17 World Championship Team and then with the 3x3 team that took gold at the Youth Olympic Games. Samuelson, who is committed to play for the University of Connecticut next fall, talks about her USA Basketball experience and what drives her to succeed.
"Great players don't take plays off," says Wheeler H.S. (Georgia) standout Jaylen Brown, who helped USA Basketball to gold at the 2014 FIBA Americas U18 Championship and will play in the 2015 Nike Hoop Summit on April 11. Brown talks about the importance of staying positive -- and he even has a Latin phrase to remind him.
Three athletes have been added to the USA National Team rosters for at least a portion of the two collegiate exhibitions and three FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament contests.
Lauren Cox hoped for a challenge when she committed to Baylor University. Now, she has just that, and she's running with it.
Lauren Cox and Crystal Dangerfield are taking part in their fourth team trials together, hoping for a spot on the USA U18 National Team. They've won gold medals together, most recently at the 2015 U19 World Championship, but are not taking anything for granted.
Many of the players who will be selected June 25 in the NBA Draft have suited up for USA Basketball in the recent past. Here are some players whose names will be called.
Check out the best action photos from the 2015 USA Basketball Women's 3x3 U18 World Championship Team's scrimmage against New Zealand on May 29 at the United States Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
