Dubai, United Arab Emirates • August 8-16, 2014

Heading to Dubai, United Arab Emirates, as the two-time defending FIBA U17 World Championship for Men gold medalists, the 2014 USA U17 squad shook off the pressure of keeping the USA’s U17 winning streak alive and came away with a perfect 7-0 record and the gold medal.

Led by USA head coach Don Showalter, who upped his overall U17 record to 23-0 after having led the 2010 and 2012 squads to gold, the U.S. was paced by eventual FIBA U17 MVP Malik Newman’s 14.9 points and 3.0 assists a game. Joining Newman on the five-member U17 World Championship All-Tournament Team was Diamond Stone, who added 13.4 points and a team-best 9.7 rebounds per game.

The USA, which had a well-rounded scoring effort that saw five players average in double-digits, never trailed in its first five games and lagged behind for just 8:19 in its final two contests.
Paced by Stone’s 22 points and 10 boards, the U.S. earned an 83-73 opening victory over a strong Greek squad on Aug. 8.

The USA ran away with a 99-56 win over Angola as all 12 athletes scored, led by 14 points from Harry Giles on Aug. 10.

Closing preliminary play on Aug. 11, the USA earned a 124-64 victory over Philippines, paced by 16 points apiece from Josh Jackson and Newman.

Behind Jayson Tatum’s 19 points, the U.S. jumped out 22-0 and dispatched Japan 122-38 in its Aug. 12 round of 16 game.

The Americans downed China 113-71 in the Aug. 14 quarterfinals behind 21 points and 10 rebounds from 6-foot-10 Henry Ellenson.

After holding onto a narrow 39-36 edge at halftime, the U.S. broke away from previously unbeaten Serbia to take an 89-68 semifinal win behind a team-high 15 points from Newman.

Advancing to the finals against an Australian squad that came back from a 22-point deficit to earn an 80-74 overtime win over Spain in its semifinal game, the U.S. had its work cut out for it. However, behind 21 points and 11 rebounds from Newman, the red, white and blue held off Australia 99-92 to claim the gold medal.

The USA fell behind by 10 points early, but slowly chipped away at Australia’s lead and went up for good, 28-27, to close out the first quarter. However, each time the USA tried to pull away, Australia, which hit 11 3s in the game, battled back. It was no different when the USA held its final double-digit lead of the game, 92-82. Australia again began launching 3-pointers, three of which hit their mark and with 30.1 seconds left the USA’s edge was down to 96-91. However, the Americans would not let the Aussies any closer and held on for the gold medal victory.

Serbia earned the bronze medal after a narrow 62-59 victory over Spain.

2014 USA Men's U17 World Championship Team Roster

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Puerto Aysen, Chile - June 16-22, 2019

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Buenos Aires, Argentina - June 7-11, 2017

In its first game against Colombia on June 7, the USA recorded a 91-33 rout. Aliyah Boston had 17 points and nine rebounds; Samantha Brunelle added 13 points, five assists and seven boards; Caitlin Clark was 3-of-3 from 3-point on her way to 11 points; and Paige Bueckers and Kylee Watson each scored 10 points. The USA outrebounded Colombia 64-36 and forced 25 turnovers.

After a one-point lead in the first quarter, the USA relied on a full-court press to pull away from Mexico for a 100-37 win on June 8, which was the first 100-point win by a USA U16 women’s team since 2013, when it defeated Mexico 101-29. Bueckers set a U.S. single-game record for field goal percentage, shooting 7-of-7 on her way to 15 points. Brunelle had 18 points and 11 rebounds; Fran Belibi tallied 12 points and seven boards; and Boston added 10 rebounds. The USA had 23 assists and just 12 turnovers.

The USA easily defeated Puerto Rico 79-32 on June 9 to wrap up preliminary round play. Despite shooting 30.9 percent from the field and turning the ball over 27 times, the USA compiled a 70-38 rebounding advantage and scored 30 points in transition while forcing Puerto Rico into 43 turnovers. The U.S. set an American women’s U16 record for steals with 25, while Boston, who finished with 17 points and 12 rebounds, tied the record for free throw percentage with a 5-of-5 performance from the line.

The USA played its way into the gold medal game with a 98-42 win over host Argentina on June 10. The USA led 40-27 at halftime but  ran away with the game in the third quarter. At 3:58 in the third, the USA mounted a 39-0 run while holding Argentina scoreless from 4:33 in the third until 4:31 in the fourth – at total of 10:02. After setting a record for steals the day before, the U.S. team upped that high, tallying 27 steals. The U.S. also set a record for free throws attempted with 37. All 12 U.S. players scored. Zia Cooke and Celeste Taylor each had 12 points; Clark and Jordan Horston added 11; and Brunelle had 10 points.

A 20-0 run to close the second quarter helped propel the USA to a 91-46 win over Canada in the gold medal game on June 11. The U.S. defense held Canada to just 29.0 percent shooting from the field (18-62 FGs) and forced 31 turnovers. Azzi Fudd led the USA with 18 points; Cooke had 15 points; Bueckers added 11; and Diamond Miller contributed 10 points.

Boston, who finished with 15 points and six rebounds against Canada, averaged team-highs of 11.8 points and 8.6 rebounds per game throughout the tournament and was named MVP.

Argentina outlasted Colombia 59-52 in overtime to earn bronze. The USA, Canada, Colombia and Argentina qualified for the 2018 FIBA U17 World Cup.

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Indianapolis, Indiana • November 29-30, 2020

Playing the November 2020 window of Group D AmeriCup Qualifying games in a "bubble" in Indianapolis, Indiana, the USA picked up a pair of impressive home wins and secured its spot in the AmeriCup 2020. Due to COVID-19 precautions, team and coaches were tested daily and no spectators or outsiders were permitted to attend the games. Again under the direction of former NBA head coach Mike Fratello, the USA defeated Bahamas 99-59 and Mexico 94-78 to improve its record to 4-0.

The USA earned its third straight AmeriCup Qualifying victory with an 99-59 romp over the Bahamas on Nov. 29 in its first game of the second window of FIBA AmeriCup Qualifying play at the Indianapolis Convention Center in Indianapolis.

Never trailing versus Bahamas, the first quarter saw the USA methodically compile a 24-14 lead. The USA came out with the hot hand in the second quarter – sinking four 3-pointers in the first 3:50 to go up 42-23, and by halftime the USA pushed its lead to 24 points, 53-29.The USA opened the second half with back-to-back 3s and rolled in unthreatened for the 99-59 win.

They tried to show a zone. They started zone, switched to man, they switched everything, and you can only do so many things in a game when you have a limited number of bodies, said USA head coach Mike Fratelloof the Bahamas, which suited up just eight players. “And I was really happy with the way our guys recognized whatever it was, attacked it. And defensively, I thought we were good. If I'm right, I think at halftime we did not have any turnovers. And that's obviously vital to you being able to score, because if you don't turn the ball over, you give yourself more opportunities to score the basketball. But we had a number of people, five, six people, in double figures and one or two that were close to being in double figures. I like the unselfishness that we played with and passing the ball to the open man. But for me, the players know this, I start at the defensive end, and we're doing well at the defensive end of the floor.”

The USA shot 51.4% from the field (38-74 FGs) and 41.4% from 3-point (12-29 3pt FGs), dished out 22 assists, committed just seven turnovers, including no turnovers in the first half, and 11 players put points on the board.

Amile Jefferson led the USA with 17 points and 11 rebounds; Tyler Hall, who was 4-of-6 from 3-point on his way to 12 points and four assists; John Jenkins added 12 points on 4-of-6 shooting from 3-point; Levi Randolph, finished with 11 points and seven rebounds; and Travis Trice was credited with 10 points and six assists.

“For a lot of guys, you know, this is their first game, real actual game playing since March,” Jefferson said. “So, to be back out there after a great week of practicing and getting to know each other and building chemistry was amazing. And the fact that we're playing for USA, it's something bigger than ourselves, makes it all that much better. So, I thought our guys played really hard and aggressive, and I thought the coaches put in a great game plan. We executed, so I was really happy with our performance today.”

Facing 2-1 Mexico, who had defeated Puerto Rico x the night before, the USA fended off a resilient Mexico team to earn a 94-78 victory on Nov. 30 at the Convention Center in Indianapolis, Indiana. The victory assured the United States its berth into the FIBA AmeriCup 2022 by virtue of at least a top-three finish in its FIBA AmeriCup Qualifying Group D.

“Winning the two games was great in window number one, but that didn't get us in. That didn’t qualify us,” said Fratello. “And when they invited me back to coach window two, I was very excited and happy, because I wanted to be part of helping the United States move on, qualify for the next thing. So that the fact that we were able to do that was very rewarding to me. I love to see young guys get together, form a team, work together, play defense together, pass the ball together and then have success. And that's what this week, last two weeks has been all about, trying to grow together and get better.”

The first quarter featured six lead changes, and the USA ended the period leading 23-20. The American squad outscored Mexico 29-14 in the second quarter to pull away and led by as many as 26 points in the third quarter, but Mexico fought back to within 11 points in the fourth quarter. The USA fended off the charge, however, helped by its 54.4 shooting percentage and by its 21-of-27 shooting from the free throw line. 

Yante Maten led the USA with 21 points on 8-of-10 shooting from the field to go with nine rebounds; Josh Magette, who missed game one because of an injury, added 19 points and was 7-of-7 from the free throw line; Jenkins finished with 16 points; Trice contributed 14 points and six assists; and Randolph compiled 12 points, five rebounds and four assists.

“We're all talented basketball players, and so we just read what the defense gave us and then just executed from there and played unselfishly,” Maten said. “I think that's was the biggest thing was that led to us winning.

"It means a lot," added Maten on his opportunity to represent the United states, "just because I get to represent from our country. I think everyone can represent in a different way, and I represent mine through basketball. And so, I'm very honored to be here and get to say that I helped accomplish something big.

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San Juan, Puerto Rico and Washington, D.C. • February 20-23, 2020

The 2020-21 FIBA AmeriCup Qualifying Tournament got underway in an impressive way for the USA as the squad earned a pair of convincing victories over Puerto Rico in February.

Former NBA head coach Mike Fratello was head coach of the USA Team, and the roster featured 11 players who were active in the NBA G League in 2019-20.

The USA, which led from wire-to-wire, sprinted to a 27-point halftime lead and held off Puerto Rico (0-1) in the  second half to take a 83-70 victory on Feb. 20 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Ten U.S. players put points on the board, led by a double-double of  16 points and 11 rebounds from Jalen Jones. Also scoring in double digits were James Webb III with 13, Justin Anderson added 11 points and Jaylen Adams, who shot a perfect 4-of-4 from the field and had a pair of 3s, chipped in 10 points.

“Our team effort in the first half sensational. It was about as good of a first half as you can play. We defended and we shot the ball well,” said Fratello. “Jalen (Jones) is an inspiration to us. Jalen is a guy who when he is on top and talking, he’s a glue, he brings our team together. And then when he steps up and makes a big shot at the right time, or a couple free throws when we need it, they're the keys to us being able to hang on.

“We’ve been putting in so much work like coach said,   practice after practice, a lot of film sessions and we knew this wasn’t going to be an easy game,” said Jones. “The coaches did a great job of preparing us for this, we knew it was going to be a battle, knew it was going to be a fight. I’m just glad we were able to win. Puerto Rico came out with a great competitive spirit and it was a great game. 

The USA men topped Puerto Rico 95-73 to cap off play in the first window of FIBA AmeriCup Qualifying play on Feb. 23 at the Entertainment and Sports Arena in Washington, D.C. Fogg led the USA with 18 points and a game-high eight assists; Anderson finished with 17 points and seven rebounds; Jones added 14 points; Josh Magette had 11 points; and Eric Mika tallied 10 points.

“I was very proud of the (USA’s) performance,” said Fratello. “Puerto Rico came out very tough, very determined, but we wanted to try and finish what our mission was, and that was to go play two games against Puerto Rio and try to win both of them.

The U.S. limited Puerto Rico to 37.7% shooting from the field (23-61 FGs) and, led by 10 rebounds from Webb III, out-rebounded Puerto Rico 47-36. While the USA shot 44.4% from deep (16-36 3pt FGs), Puerto Rico was limited to just 25.0% from 3-point (6-of-24 3pt FGs). The USA bench outscored Puerto Rico’s 33 to 17.

“The toughest thing we did was to respond like we did and play the way we played in Puerto Rico and not get too high on our ourselves,” Anderson said.  “I think we did a really good job of  coming together, and we were locked in from the jump. We knew that Puerto Rico was going to come out with a lot of       intensity, so as far as how we played, Coach emphasized a couple of things. He gave us a comparison in our meetings about rebounding and assists. Well, today it looks like we won both of those battles, and as a team if we can do that time in and time out with our  athleticism, with our talent and our ability to share the ball, rebound the ball, we’re a tough team to beat, and I think we did a really good job of displaying that as a collective group.

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La Jolla, California • June 22-26, 1992

When USA Basketball began its planning for the 1992 U.S. Olympic men's team training, it decided that the squad's best interest would be served if it had a team to scrimmage during its initial June 22-26 training camp in La Jolla, Calif.

In assembling a scrimmaging partner that could challenge the Dream Team and imitate the international style of play, USA Basketball looked for players that would get the ball up and down the court quickly, penetrate and pass back out to the perimeter and take plenty of 3-point shots.

Ultimately, an eight-member all-star collegiate team was selected and was headlined by four Atlantic Coast Conference players, two from NCAA champ Duke and one from North Carolina and Wake Forest.

Selected for the USA Developmental Team were guards Anfernee Hardaway (Memphis State/Memphis, Tenn.); Allan Houston (Tennessee/Louisville, Ky.); Bobby Hurley (Duke/Jersey City, N.J.); forwards Grant Hill (Duke/Reston, Va.); Jamal Mashburn (Kentucky/New York, N.Y.); Rodney Rogers (Wake Forest/Durham, N.C.); and Chris Webber (Michigan/Detroit, Mich.); and center Eric Montross (North Carolina/Indianapolis, Ind.).

University of Southern California head coach George Raveling, an assistant coach to the 1984 and 1988 U.S. Olympic teams, served as head coach. He was assisted by University of Kansas mentor Roy Williams.

Scrimmaging daily against the Dream Team, the Developmental squad proved right from the start that this was not some star-dazed team and proved to be some of the best competition that the legendary team would face.

Amazingly, in a 20-minute scrimmage against the '92 Olympic men on June 24, the Developmental squad managed the unlikely by defeating the Dream Team 62-54 on the strength of its 3-point shooting. While lasting only half the time of a regulation 40-minute game, the Developmental team had delivered a crucial wake-up call to the U.S. Olympic Team.

"We got killed today," Michael Jordan said. "They beat us and they played well. We're so out of sync and so unsure about things that we feel comfortable with in normal situations. We don't have any continuity at all."

"These young kids were killing us," Scottie Pippen recalled years later. "We didn't know how to play with each other."

"Some of these college players should be probably be playing on this team," Larry Bird said afterward.

"If they were in the Olympics," Jordan said, "they'd win the silver medal."

"Our purpose is to help them get ready to win the gold medal and to improve our own game," Webber said. "But we're not going to back down. I'm not even nervous out here playing with these guys. I'm out here talking trash just like I always do. They're doing the same thing. They talk a lot more trash."

"Houston hit 10 threes in the scrimmage. They couldn't do anything with Webber. I'm telling you, Webber was killing these guys," said the Developmental Team's Hill. "We all had our moments. Bobby Hurley though, they couldn't keep him out of the paint."

The next day's meeting between the Dream Team and the Developmental team was completely different from the first. The Dream Team dominated that game and looked like the best team in the world.

"The next day, we couldn't get the ball over half-court," admitted Hill.

The Dream Team went on to cruise through the 1992 Tournament of the Americas and qualify for the 1992 Olympic Games, then of course went on to dominate its opponents (winning its eight game by an average margin of 43.8 points a game) and win gold in the Barcelona Olympics Games.

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Atlanta, Georgia; Chapel Hill, North Carolina; Lexington, Kentucky • April 5-9, 1978

Days after leading his University of Kentucky squad to the 1978 NCAA Championship, hall of fame mentor Joe B. Hall undertook the challenge of directing a USA National Team comprised of top collegians in the 1978 World Invitational Tournament. A made-for-television event, joining the USA team of collegians in the April 5-9 round-robin tournament were international powers Cuba, Soviet Union and Yugoslavia.

Hall's USA roster included five members of Kentucky's national championship team, and overall the U.S. averaged just 20.3 years of age. The 14 players featured 12 future NBA first round picks, 10 players who would be selected among the first six picks in future NBA drafts, including No. 1 picks Joe Barry Carroll (1980) and Earvin "Magic" Johnson (1979).

Although young, seven of the USA players boasted of valuable international experience. Phil Ford was a 1976 Olympic gold medalist, while Rick Robey won gold as a member of the 1975 Pan American Games when he was just 19. James Bailey, Larry Bird, Darrell Griffith and Sidney Moncrief were teammates on the 1977 USA World University Games that finished 8-0 to claim gold, and Earvin Johnson was the leading scorer for a USA team that captured the title at the 1977 Albert Schweitzer Tournament.

Opening the tournament at the Omni in Atlanta on April 6 and facing Cuba, the U.S., behind its athleticism and depth, overpowered Cuba 109-78. Jumping out to a 16-3 lead the USA was fully in control by halftime, leading 56-21. Eleven of the USA's 12 active players scored, led by Jack Givens' 17 points. Moncrief scored 15 points in the lopsided win, David Greenwood, Griffith, Kyle Macy and Robey added 12 each, while Bird and Magic contributed four points.

In Day 1's opening game, Drazen Dalipagic, Dragan Kicanovic and Kresimir Cosic combined for 74 points to give Yugoslavia a 97-79 victory over Russia.

Playing day two of the competition in Carmichael Auditorium in Chapel Hill, N.C. on April 6, six-foot-nine Rutgers center Bailey scored 14 points to lead the USA to a hard-fought 88-83 victory over Yugoslavia. The U.S. fell behind early in the game but following a jumper by Macy jumped ahead 37-35 with four minutes left in the first half. The second half was a see-saw battle most of the way until Macy hit a jump shot with two minutes to go to make it 84-79 and the USA went on to earn the 88-83 win. Ford, playing on his UNC home court, had 13 points, Macy finished with 12 and Givens added 10 points. Kicanovic led Yugoslavia with 22 points, and Mirza Delibasic had 18.

In the day's other game, the Soviet Union improved to 1-1 with an overwhelming 108-78 victory over Cuba (0-2).

Finishing the tournament on April 9 in front of a reported 12,014 fans in Rupp Arena, the younger USA squad dominated the Soviet Union 107-82 to finish a perfect 3-0 and take the inaugural World Basketball Tournament trophy. The USA led 13-11, then posted a 12-0 run to push its advantage to 25-11. Givens, who starred at the University of Kentucky and had scored 41 points in the Wildcat's title game victory over Duke, scored six points in a USA 16‐2 run that closed out the first half and saw the Americans cushion their lead to 71-42 at halftime. Givens led the red, white and blue offensive charge with 15 points, Griffith added 14 points and Moncrief scored 13 as the USA received balanced scoring. Bailey and Johnson recorded 11 points each, while Greenwood, Lee and Robey each contributed 10 points. Sergei Belov poured in 32‐points to pace the Soviets.

The USA ended the round-robin tournament with a 3-0 record, Yugoslavia, which knocked off Cuba 98-80 in the final day's first game, claimed second place with a 2-1 mark, the Soviet Union placed third at 1-2 and Cuba finished 0-4 to finish fourth..

Givens and Moncrief, along with Yugoslavia stars Kicanovic and Dalipagic, and the Soviet Union's Belov, were named to the All-Tournament Team. Kicanovic, who averaged 21.0 ppg., was selected the Tournament Most Outstanding Player.

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Montevideo, Uruguay and Córdoba, Argentina • August 25-September 3, 2017

It had been 10 years since the United States last competed in its zone championship.

While the format of the competition was different and the official name of the Americas Championship had been altered to the FIBA AmeriCup 2017, the results weren’t much different.

Featuring a team directed by former NBA coach Jeff Van Gundy and relying on a roster consisting primarily of NBA G League players, the USA’s success was a remarkable story of team coming together very quickly and working to improve each day and every game.

“We took the competition very seriously. Our team was into it. They wanted to do something special together, and we knew going on the road, both to Uruguay, which was an outstanding team, and here at Argentina, which is a great, great team - that we would have to play well and be mentally strong,” said USA skipper Van Gundy. “To me, that was the greatest thing ... We grew in our mental strength. We stuck together and we fought together. Ultimately, we won together.”