2011 USA Basketball Men's World University Games Team Features
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- Aug. 13: Game 01 Highlights
- Aug. 12: Opening Ceremonies Featuring U.S. Flag Bearer Orlando Johnson
- Aug. 11: Highlights of USA's Exhibition Win Over New Century
- Aug. 4: Practice Highlights
- Aug. 1: Practice Highlights
- July 31: Matt Painter Talks Finalists
- July 30: Marcus Denmon, Yancy Gates & Ashton Gibbs
- July 29:
Matt Painter, Scoop Jardine & Draymond Green
2011 USA Men's World University Games Videos...
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Orlando Johnson has been selected to represent the United States of America as the USA’s flag bearer for Friday’s Opening Ceremony of the 2011 World University Games. Story |
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Yale's 6'10" forward Greg Mangano has extended a successful 2010-11 college season right through into the summer months with his selection to the USA World University Games Team. Story |
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After practice, players do the same thing before leaving the gym: they dig in their backpacks to retrieve their phones. That’s true for Orlando Johnson as well, who makes it a point to take his phone with him everywhere he goes. Johnson is tethered to his phone for a reason different than most his age, though. Story |
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Photo Gallery: Finalists Training Catch up on all of the action during training camp at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo., for the 14 finalists for the 2011 Men's World University Games Team in our Photo Gallery! |
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To characterize the past year as a whirlwind for Missouri guard Marcus Denmon. you’d be speaking the truth, but you wouldn’t fully capture what he’s been through since summer 2010 -- both on and off the basketball court. His year can’t be described in a word, and it can’t be told in a sentence either. Story |
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Ray McCallum is many things you would expect from a coach's son -- talented, knowledgable and hard working. Not many sons, however, chose to play college basketball for their father. As a highly recruited high school senior, McCallum did just that -- reporting to the University of Detroit Mercy as a freshman in 2010-11 under head coach Ray McCallum, Sr. Story |
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Tim Abromaitis is one of college basketball’s brightest student-athletes, with myriad national and conference academic honors to his name. And this week, at the USA Men's World University Games Team Training Camp, Abromaitis hopes his penchant for learning quickly will land him a spot on the final roster. Story |
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Twenty hopefuls arrived in Colorado Springs, Colo., on July 29 for the start of the 2011 USA Men's World University Games Team Training Camp, and the college athletes wasted no time getting down to businness with the first session on Friday evening. Story |
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