2011 USA Basketball Men's World University Games Team Features

2011 USA Men's World University Games Videos...

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 Features ...
	Catching up with Tim Abromaitis A three-time Big East Conference Scholar Athlete of the Year and two-time Academic All-American who earned an undergrad degree in finance with a 3.73 GPA followed by an MBA in Notre Dame’s year-long program, Tim Abromaitis wasn’t listed on the Fighting Irish roster simply to inflate the team’s GPA. Story
Catching up with Ashton Gibbs Like most American guys who pick up a basketball as a kid, Ashton Gibbs dreamed of playing in the NBA one day. In fact, the 6-2 guard from the University of Pittsburgh was hoping he’d be on a roster when the league began play on Tuesday night. Story
	Orlando Johnson Selected U.S. Flag Bearer For World University Games 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
Mangano's Confidence Continues To Grow As U.S. Departs For China 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
	Johnson’s Confidence Stems From Brotherly Love 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
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!
	Heartache And Breakout Have Defined Denmon's Year 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
McCallum Hoping To Represent USA At 2011 World University Games 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
	Abromaitis Hopes Classroom Success Translates To Golden Opportunity 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
Training Camp Begins 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