USA Basketball committees, which will select coaches and athletes for various USA Basketball teams for the 2017-2020 quadrennium, are now in place.

The 2016 USA U18 National Teams, among other junior USA squads, might have been lost in the Olympic hype last summer, but that doesn’t mean the teams didn’t have their fair share of talented athletes and coaches. Both the USA men’s and women’s U18 teams captured gold in Valdivia, Chile, with perfect 5-0 records. Washington freshman Markelle Fultz was tabbed MVP of the FIBA Americas U18 Championship for Men, while Baylor freshman Lauren Cox earned MVP honors in the women’s U18 tournament.

Don Showalter was tabbed as the 2016 USA Basketball Developmental Coach of the Year, which is his eighth-straight such award.

Samson Kayode today was announced as the USA Basketball Men’s National Team Assistant Director.

After spotting Turkey an 8-2 lead, the 2016 USA Men’s U17 World Championship Team turned on the ignition, went on a 19-0 scoring spree and continued to dominate through the end of the game for a 96-56 golden victory.