the World team has won two of the last four contests. Despite a record-setting 35 points
from the USA’s Shabazz Muhammad (Bishop Gorman H.S./Las Vegas, Nev.), the World Select Team captured an 84-75 win over the USA Junior National Select Team in the 2012 Nike Hoop Summit. Held annually from 1995-2000, the
Nike Hoop Summit was resumed in 2004 after a three year hiatus. In 1998 (San Antonio, Texas), 1999 (Tampa, Fla.), 2000 (Indianapolis, Ind.) and 2004 (San Antonio, Texas), the Nike Hoop Summit was held in the city hosting the men's NCAA Final Four. Between 2005-2007 it was staged at the FedExForum in Memphis, Tenn., and since 2008 it has taken place in Portland. Since the first Nike Hoop Summit in
1995, an incredible 140 former USA and World Select Team members have been drafted by NBA teams, including 15 players in 2011 and 2012. Six Hoop Summit alumni have been
chosen No. 1 in the NBA Draft, and all told, 46 players have been selected among the first 10 draftees. Five Nike Hoop Summit players have
gone on to earn NBA Rookie of the Year honors, including Kyrie Irving (2012), Tyreke Evans (2010), Derrick Rose (2009), Kevin Durant (2008) and Elton Brand, who shared the honor in 2000. As of January 2013, 68 former USA
players and 17 former World team members were active in the NBA. Additionally, 25 former Hoop
Summit players are currently competing on the collegiate level, including 19 past U.S. players and six former World team athletes.
FIBA 3x3 U18 World Championship
Slated to be held Sept. 26-29 in
Jakarta, Indonesia, FIBA in 2013 will conduct the 3rd annual 3x3 U18 World Championship for men and women. The 2013 FIBA 3x3 U18 World
Championship is expected to feature 24 girls and 24 boys teams, invited by FIBA. Athletes must be 18-years-old or younger (born on or before Jan. 1, 1995) in order to compete. 2012 marked the second time the event had been held, and the U.S. men
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ball executive Jenaro “Tuto” Marchand was selected by USA Basketball as the 2012 recipient of the Edward S. Steitz Award. The Edward S. Steitz Award recognizes an individ- ual for her or his out- standing contributions to international basket- ball.
L Marchand will receive the award at
the USA Basketball Men’s National Team exhibition game against Dominican Republic on July 12 at UNLV’s Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nev. The award is named in memory of
Edward S. Steitz, a longstanding director of athletics at Springfield College, who was recognized worldwide as an authori- ty on the rules of basketball. Steitz was an original architect and a past president (1969-74 and 1980-84) of USA Basketball predecessors, the Basketball Federation of the USA (BFUSA) and the Amateur Basketball Association of the United States of America (ABAUSA). Currently the FIBA Americas
Secretary General Emeritus after serving as FIBA Americas Secretary General from 1993-2006, Marchand served as FIBA's Vice President from 1980-1985. “Tuto Marchand is most deserving
of the Edward S. Steitz Award,” said Jim Tooley, USA Basketball CEO/
medaled for the first time. Finishing with an 8-2 record in ‘12, the USA men earned a silver medal after falling 21-20 to Serbia in overtime. In 2011 New Zealand captured the men’s gold medal, Bulgaria finished with silver and Italy took the bronze medal. The USA men’s team finished with a 7-5 slate and in eighth place. The USA U18 women gave a golden
performance in 2012. Finishing with a 7-1 record, the Americans defeated host
Jenaro "Tuto" Marchand Honored As 2012 Edward S. Steitz Award Winner
ongtime internation- al basket-
Executive Director. “He has been a leader in the international basketball community and has devoted his life to our great sport. He is a man of his word and respect- ed worldwide for his many contributions to the growth of basket- ball.”
Marchand graduat-
ed from the University of Puerto Rico with a B.A. in social sciences
in 1955 and a law degree from UPR in 1960.
He was a referee for the Puerto
Rico National league from 1956-58 and an attorney for the Saints of San Juan, a team that played in the highest league in Puerto Rico. After helping to organize the 1974
World Championship in Puerto Rico, Marchand was the national team general manger of the Puerto Rico basketball federation in 1976-78 and the federation president 1978-88. From 1978-80, he served as the
representative of the Basketball Federation to the Puerto Rico Olympic Committee. He joined FIBA’s Central Board in 1980, and was President of Pan American Confederation, then known as COPABA, from 1987-1992. Past recipients of the Edward S.
Steitz Award include: the late Clifford Fagan and Dave Gavitt; as well as Russ Granik; Tom Jernstedt; George Killian; C.M. Newton; Lea Plarski; Borislav Stankovic; and William Wall.
and defending champion Spain 21-13 to claim the 2012 U18 crown. In 2011, Spain captured the gold medal, Italy finished with silver and Japan took the bronze medal. The USA women’s team finished with a 7-2 slate and in fourth place after having to forfeit the bronze medal match due to injury after having only two healthy players available to start the game. FIBA, however, awarded the U.S. squad honorary bronze medals.
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