USA Men Repeat As FIBA U17 World Champions, Win Title With An Average Margin of Victory Of 39.9 Points A Game
“I was really proud of our kids for hanging in there. We really didn't have a star, because
they all bought into the fact that they were all playing for USA Basketball. I think that showed in the final game.”
USA Head Coach Don Showalter
Chicago, Ill.); Johnathan Williams (Southwind H.S./ Memphis, Tenn.); and Justise Winslow (St. John’s School/Houston, Texas). USA Developmental
National Team head coach Don Showalter (Iowa City H.S., Iowa) led the U.S., while serving as
assistant coaches for the second straight summer were Rich Gray (St. Louis Eagles AAU, Mo.) and Mike Jones (DeMatha Catholic H.S., Md.). The U.S., which lost Parker for
Above Top: With confetti still falling, the USA U17 team celebrates its gold medal performance on court. Above: On top of the gold medal podium, USA U17 players and head coach Don Showalter stand proud during the playing of the national anthem after receiving their gold medals.
Championship Team successfully repeated as FIBA U17 World Champions compiling a perfect 8-0 record and winning its contests by an average of 39.9 points a game. The 2012 FIBA U17 World Championship was conducted June 29-July 8 in Kaunas, Lithuania, Comprised of the nation’s top prep
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players age 17-and-under (born on or after Jan. 1, 1995), named to the 2012 USA Basketball Men’s U17 Team were:
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eaturing 12 of the nation’s top prep players age 17-and-under, the USA’s U17 World
BeeJay Anya (DeMatha Catholic H.S./ Gaithersburg, Md.); Joel Berry (Lake Highland Prep School/Apopka, Fla.); Stephen Domingo (Saint Ignatius Prep/ San Francisco, Calif.); Conner Frankamp (Wichita North H.S./Wichita, Kan.); Dakari Johnson (Montverde Academy, Fla./Brooklyn, N.Y.); Stanley Johnson (Mater Dei H.S./Fullerton, Calif.); Tyus Jones (Apple Valley H.S./Apple Valley, Minn.); Kendrick Nunn (Simeon Career Academy/Chicago, Ill.); Jahlil Okafor (Whitney Young H.S./Chicago, Ill.); Jabari Parker (Simeon Career Academy/
three games due to a sore foot and inside force Dakari Johnson in the fourth game with a groin pull, banded together, and the closest any foe came to the U.S. was 22 points. How good was the defensive-
minded American squad through its eight games? The USA averaged a tournament-best even 100.0 ppg., while holding teams to a low of 60.1 ppg. The U.S. also forced teams into shooting lows of 33.8 percent from field overall and 21.8 percent from 3-point, while swatting a third-best 4.75 bpg., nabbing a high of 13.6 spg. and forcing opponents into a high of 22.3 turnovers a contest. Okafor, who averaged 13.6 points and 8.3 rebounds per game in just