players in the 2013 NBA Draft. World Team alum Anthony Bennett, who led the international squad to Nike Hoop Summit win in 2012, went No. 1 to the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2013, followed by five more international players and five U.S. alumni. In 2012, the first three picks were
former U.S. Nike Hoop Summit players, including Anthony Davis at No. 1 by the New Orleans Pelicans, Michael Kidd- Gilchrist at No. 2 by the Charlotte Bobcats and Bradley Beal at No. 3 by the Washington Wizards. That same thing occurred in the
2008 NBA Draft, with Hoop Summit alums going one, two three in Derrick Rose as the No. 1 pick by the Chicago Bulls, Michael Beasley at No. 2 by the Miami Heat and O.J. Mayo at No. 3 by Minnesota Timberwolves. Since the first Nike Hoop Summit in
1995, seven Hoop Summit alumni have been chosen No. 1 in the NBA Draft, including the past four No. 1 picks, and all told, 48 players have been selected among the first 10 draftees. As of January 2014, 67 former U.S.
players and 19 former World team members were active in the NBA. Additionally, 31 former Hoop Summit players are currently competing on the collegiate level, including 23 past U.S. players and eight former World team athletes.
Youth Olympic Games The second Youth Olympic Games
will be held Aug. 16-28 in Nanjing, China. Twenty-six sports will be contest- ed, and it is expected that the Games will attract 3,600 athletes between the ages of 14 and 18 years old from 205 nations. The basketball competition at the
Youth Olympic Games is a 3x3 format organized by the International Olympic Committee and FIBA. In order to be eligible, athletes must
participate in at least one FIBA-sanc- tioned 3x3 tournament in 2014 prior to the USA Basketball 3x3 U18 National Championship Tournament, which will be held May 30-June 1, 2014, at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo. Teams must be selected through their respective 3x3 tournaments and approved by USA Basketball in order to receive an invitation to partici-
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pate in the 2014 USA Basketball 3x3 U18 National Championship. The winner of the 2014
USA 3x3 U18 National Championship will be selected to represent the U.S. at the 2014 Youth Olympic Games. The 2014 Youth Olympic
Games basketball competition is expected to include 20 boys teams and 20 girls teams. Each team will be comprised of four players, and athletes eligible for this competition must have been born between Jan. 1, 1996 and Dec. 31, 1997. The event is scheduled to be
held every four years (2014, 2018, etc.). In 2010, the inaugur- al Youth Olympic Games, the USA women's team, which featured Briyona Canty, Andraya Carter, Amber Henson and Kiah Stokes, finished with a 6-1 record and earned the bronze medal. The 2010 USA men's team, which featured K.C. Caudill, Angelo Chol, Sterling Gibbs and Brandan Kearney, finished with a
5-2 record and in fourth place.
FIBA 3x3 World Championship
The 2014 FIBA 3x3 World
Championship will be held June 5-7, 2014, in Moscow, Russia, and the cham- pionship will be played using FIBA's 3x3 format. In order to be eligible, athletes must participate in at least one FIBA-sanctioned 3x3 tournament in 2014 prior to the USA Basketball 3x3 National Championship, which will be held May 9-11, 2014, at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo. Teams must be selected through their respective 3x3 tournaments and approved by USA Basketball in order to receive an invitation to partici- pate in the 2014 USA Basketball 3x3 National Championship. The winners of the 2014 USA 3x3
National Championship will be named as the 2014 USA Basketball 3x3 World Championship Teams. The second FIBA 3x3 World Championship, an event launched in 2012 and held every other year, is
Arike Ogunbowale was part of the USA Women’s 3x3 U18 Team that captured the 2013 FIBA Women’s 3x3 U18 World Championship, and earned the U.S. a qualifying spot in the 2014 Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, China.
expected to feature 24 men's teams and 24 women's teams. Men’s teams qualified for the 2014
FIBA 3x3 World Championship include Brazil, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, Estonia, Germany, Indonesia, Japan, Lithuania, Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Puerto Rico, Romania, host Russia, Serbia, Slovenia, Taiwan, Tunisia, Turkey, Uruguay, USA and Venezuela. At the inaugural 2012 FIBA 3x3
World Championship in Athens, Greece, the USA men’s team finished 7-2 and in seventh place. The 2014 FIBA Women’s FIBA 3x3
World Championship will feature Andorra, Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, China, Czech Republic, Estonia, France, Germany, Guatemala, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, Romania, host Russia, Spain, Syria, Taiwan, Thailand, Tunisia, Uganda, Uruguay and the USA. At the inaugural 2012 FIBA 3x3
World, the USA women’s team, featuring Skylar Diggins, Bria Hartley, Chiney Ogwumike and Ann Strother, captured the gold medal with a perfect 9-0 record.
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