World Championship play, and it tied the record for points scored by a U.S. women’s team in World Championship competition. Led by three players
averaging double-digit scoring, the USA led the 16-team field in points per game (92.2), scoring margin (+28.8), field goal percentage (.542), field goal percentage defense (.323), 3-point percentage (.431), rebounding offense (50.8), rebounding defense (31.0), rebounding margin (19.8) and assists (22.3). The USA set a team
competition record for rebound average (50.8); and in a win over Angola set a U.S. single-game record for 3-point percentage (.615) and tied the assists record with 32 dimes; and in its opening win against China, set U.S. World Championship team single-game records with 63 rebounds and 89 shots. As part of USA Basketball’s Hoops
for Troops program, Auriemma and his team conducted a clinic for children of military families on campus at the U.S Naval Academy and at a clinic at a Boys & Girls Club in Annapolis, Maryland, on Sept. 10. On Sept. 11 at the University of Delaware during the USA Basketball Showcase, a Red-White exhi- bition game, the team honored members of the military in a halftime presentation. Auriemma also led the USA to a
4-1 exhibition record in 2014 with wins over Canada (76-51, Sept. 15, Bridgeport, Conn.), Australia (72-66, Sept. 19, Paris, France) and China (99-75, Sept. 20, Paris France), a loss to France (76-72, Sept. 21, Paris, France) and a win over Czech Republic (76-41, Sept. 23, Prague, Czech Republic). Auriemma led the University of
Connecticut in 2013-14 to an undefeated season, the American Athletic Conference’s regular season and tourna- ment crowns and his ninth NCAA National Championship with the Huskies – a women’s NCAA Division I record for titles. Under the leadership of Krzyzewski,
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Mike Krzyzewski was named USA Basketball’s Co-National Coach of the Year after guiding the United States to a second straight FIBA World Cup gold medal showing. The award was Coach K’s unprecedented six time being tagged as USA Basketball’s Coach of the Year.
the United States men became just the third country in FIBA World Cup history to capture consecutive titles, and its +33.0 points per game differential was the most by a U.S. men’s team in a FIBA World Cup or Olympic Games since the 1994 World Championship (+37.8). Since 1979, Krzyzewski has been
the head or assistant coach with 14 USA teams and has helped the USA to 10 gold medals, two silver and two bronze medals. Included in his medal tally are two Olympic and two World Cup cham- pionships as the head coach. Counting official competitions and
Including exhibition games, Krzyzewski is owns a 66-1 record since taking over the USA Men’s National Team in 2006. He has now coached USA World Cup teams four times (1990, 2006, 2010, 2014), compiling a 32-3 record, while winning two gold and two bronze medals.
“The most special thing about play-
ing for Coach K was being able to have his guidance again and his confidence,” said U.S. guard Kyrie Irving (Cleveland Cavaliers), who was named MVP of the 2014 FIBA World Cup. “It was so easy because he makes it simple about what he wants you to do, and that’s be your- self, have your ego and continue to just do whatever it takes to win. And that’s
the attitude he instilled in all of us. We all came with that attitude, but Coach K, he has that ability as a leader to make you want to go through a wall for him, even though you’ve only known him for a week or so. It was just great to
play for him again.” He has led the USA
Men’s National Team to a 63-game winning streak (45 FIBA, Olympic and FIBA Americas games, 18 exhibitions). The streak started on Sept. 2, 2006, with a win over Argentina in the 2006 World Cup bronze medal game and includes perfect records at the 2007 FIBA Americas Championship, 2008 and 2012 Olympics and 2010 and 2014 FIBA World Cups.
With six players averaging double
figures, the USA led the 24-team World Cup field in scoring offense (104.6 points a game), scoring margin (+33.0), field goal percentage (.524), rebounding (44.8), rebounding margin (+9.0), defensive rebounds (29.9), assists (20.4), steals (12.1) and turnover margin (+8.3).
The team set a U.S. competition
high with 689 field goal attempts. As part of USA Basketball’s Hoops
for Troops program, Krzyzewski and his team toured the United States Military Academy at West Point on Aug. 18, met with the families of military members lost in battle and ate lunch with more than 4,000 cadets before holding an open practice on campus. Additionally, Krzyzewski led the
USA to a 4-0 exhibition record in 2014 with dominating wins over Brazil (95- 78, Aug. 16, Chicago, Ill.), Dominican Republic (105-62, Aug. 20, New York, N.Y.), Puerto Rico (112-86, Aug. 22, New York, N.Y.) and Slovenia (101-71, Aug. 26, Gran Canaria, Spain). In 2013-14, Krzyzewski, who
currently ranks first all-time among NCAA Division I coaches in career victories, led Duke to a 26-9 record and an NCAA tournament appearance.
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