FIBA Americas U16 Championship
USA vs Mexico
June 11, 2013
Maldonado, Uruguay

FIBA Americas U16 Championship
USA vs TBD
June 19, 2013
Cancun, Mexico

2013 USA Basketball Women’s U16 National Team Trials To Feature 135 Athletes

(Steven Maikoski/USA Basketball)

Including 135 athletes and featuring some of the nation’s best, young talent, USA Basketball today announced the roster of athletes participating in the 2013 USA Basketball Women’s U16 National Team Trials that will be held May 23-27 at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo. Story || Roster || Schedule || About the FIBA Americas U16 Championship

2013 USA Basketball Women’s World University Games Team Named

Seven USA Basketball gold medalists will return to lead the 2013 USA Basketball Women’s World University Games team, which today was announced after three days of trials May 16-19 that included 33 of the nation’s top collegiate athletes at the U.S. Olympic Training Center. Story || Roster || Schedule || Features || Quotes ||

Talented 12-Member 2013 USA Basketball Women’s U19 World Championship Team Announced

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USA Basketball today following four days of trials announced the 12-member team that will represent the red, white and blue as it attempts to capture its fifth-straight gold medal at the 2013 FIBA U19 World Championship, hosted by Lithuania from July 18-28 in Klaipeda and Panevėžys. Story || Roster || Schedule || Features || Quotes ||

USA U19 Trials Participants Get Golden Lesson from Kara Lawson

First-time USA Basketball committee member and Olympic gold medalist Kara Lawson was in Colorado Springs to help select the USA U19 and World University Games teams and talked with the U19 team trials participants about representing their country. Story || USA U19 Team Features || Photo Gallery

Virginia's Tony Bennett Added to Men's U19 Team Staff

(Courtesy University of Virginia Athletics)

University of Virginia head coach Tony Bennett has been added to the 2013 USA Basketball Men’s U19 World Championship Team coaching staff, USA Basketball today announced. Bennett will serve as an assistant coach to University of Florida’s Billy Donovan and alongside Virginia Commonwealth’s Shaka Smart. Story || MU19 Facts

Four Court Coaches Named For 2013 USA Women's U16 National Team Trials

Four high school and AAU coaches from around the country, LaDreda Akins, Terri Bamford, Kimberly Davis-Powell and Vanessa Nygaard, today were named as court coaches for the 2013 USA Women’s U16 National Team Trials that will be held May 23-27 at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo. Story || Trials Schedule || About the FIBA Americas U16 Championship

Court Coaches Announced For USA Men’s World University Games Training Camp

Collegiate head coaches Tad Boyle of the University of Colorado, Jim Kessler of Grace College (NAIA) and Matt Matheny from Elon University today were announced as court coaches for the 2013 USA Basketball Men’s World University Games training camp. Story || About the World University Games || Schedule

FIBA Men’s U19 World Championship: No Easy Road to Gold

Originally known as the FIBA Junior World Championship, the tourney was held every four years between 1979-2007, before being moved to every other year. The USA found success at the event early, capturing three of the first four gold medals awarded (1979, 1983, 1991), and taking home silver in 1987. But that all changed in 1995. Story || Photos || 2013 FIBA U19 Worlds

USA Falls To World Team 112-98 In 2013 Nike Hoop Summit

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Despite several second-half rallies to cut into a World Team lead that reached as high as 18 points, the USA Junior National Select Team fell to the international squad 112-98 in the 2013 Nike Hoop Summit on Saturday, April 20 at the Rose Garden in Portland, Ore. Story || Box Score || Quotes

2013 USA Women's U16 Trials Open Up Opportunities To Young Girls

The inaugural USA U16 National Team Trials featured a standard format setting, with 34 athletes invited to attend trials. However, the second time around was much different. In 2011 USA Basketball opened up its U16 trials to as many as 200 participants and will do so again this year. Story || Photos || Trials Application (PDF)

2013-14 USA Men's Developmental National Team Selected

Twenty-three of the nation’s top 16-and-under male basketball players, 21 of whom participated in the October 2012 USA Basketball Developmental National Team mini-camp, today were announced as members of the 2013-14 USA Basketball Men’s Developmental National Team. Story || Roster || U16 Feature || U16 History

FIBA Targets Youth Movement, USA Capitalizes with Gold Medals

The USA Men's Developmental National Team program alums include the likes of Bradley Beal, Andre' Drummond, Jahlil Okafor and Jabari Parker. Who will be the next stars to emerge from the 2013-14 USA DNT? Only time will tell. Story || Photo Gallery || 2011 U16 Highlights Video