Eleven Gold Medalists Comprise 2015 USA Basketball Men’s Junior National Select Team For 18th Nike Hoop Summit
the 2015 USA Basketball Men’s Junior National Select Team that will take on the World Select Team in the 18th Nike Hoop Summit will be the most-experienced U.S. roster ever fielded for the event. The Nike Hoop Summit, which
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will be played at 12 p.m. (PST) on Saturday, April 11 at the Moda Center in Portland, Oregon, is the country's premier annual basketball game for U.S. high school senior boys and features the USA Junior National Select Team against a World Select Team comprised of elite international players who are 19 years old or younger. ESPN will televise the game live on ESPN2. Suiting up for the USA will be:
Isaiah Briscoe (Roselle Catholic/Union, N.J.); Jaylen Brown (Wheeler H.S./ Alpharetta, Ga.); Jalen Brunson (Adlai E. Stevenson H.S./Lincolnshire, Ill.); Henry Ellenson (Rice Lake H.S./Rice Lake, Wis.); Chase Jeter (Bishop Gorman H.S./ Las Vegas, Nev.); Luke Kennard (Franklin H.S./Franklin, Ohio); Malik Newman (Callaway H.S./Jackson, Miss.); Ivan Rabb (Bishop O’Dowd H.S./Oakland, Calif.); Caleb Swanigan (Homestead H.S./Fort Wayne, Ind.); Allonzo Trier (Findlay Prep/Seattle, Wash.); and Stephen Zimmerman (Bishop Gorman H.S./Las Vegas, Nev.). The U.S. will be led by head mentor
Eric Flannery (St. Edward H.S., Ohio) and assistant coach L.J. Goolsby (K.C. Run GMC, Kansas). The duo served together as assistant coaches the past two summers for the gold-medal winning 2014 USA U17 World Championship and 2013 USA U16 National teams. Tickets for the 2015 Nike Hoop
Summit are on sale now, and reserved courtside seats are $35 and $50, and lower bowl tickets start at just $10. Group tickets are available for as low as $4. Service charges apply. Tickets are available through the Rose Quarter Box Office, by calling 800-745-3000 or online at
www.rosequarter.com/nikehoopsummit. “The talent on this roster is as good as we have seen in the past ten years,”
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eaturing 11 players and two coaches who won gold medals with USA Basketball in 2014,
versus a very talented World Team, we have to bond together as quickly as possible. As coaches it is our job to find the right combinations, and once that's established the rest takes care of itself. These are the best players in the world, at their age, going at it for a relatively short period. Anything can happen in that time, however, if we limit our mistakes and utilize our strengths, we have a great chance of winning this game.” Seven members of the 2015 USA
Above: MVP of the U17 World Championship, Malik Newman returns to compete for the USA in the 2015 Nike Hoop Summit. Below: Allonzo Trier helped the USA U18 Team win gold and is one of seven players from that team returning to play in the Nike Hoop Summit.
team helped USA Basketball to gold and a 5-0 record at the 2014 FIBA Americas U18 Championship in Colorado Springs, Colorado, including Briscoe, Brown, Brunson, Jeter, Kennard, Trier and Zimmerman. The remaining four athletes won
gold and collected a 7-0 record at the 2014 FIBA U17 World Championship in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, including tournament MVP Newman along with Ellenson, Rabb and Swanigan. In addition to serving as an assistant
coach the past two summers, Flannery also led the USA 3x3 men’s team that played in the 2010 Youth Olympic Games, and he was a member of the USA Basketball Developmental National Team Committee from 2001-12. Six players have signed a National
Letter of Intent for the 2015-16 NCAA basketball season, including Briscoe (Kentucky), Brunson (Villanova), Ellenson (Marquette), Jeter (Duke), Kennard (Duke) and Trier (Arizona). All 11 players rank among the top
Flannery said. “Since I have been fortunate to work with these guys a few times in the past, I am extremely excited to watch them put those talents on display in the Nike Hoop Summit. We have very talented post players who can handle the ball extremely well and guards that can score in various ways. With this much talent and versatility it gives a coach many different options during the course of a game. “In order for the USA to be successful
25 in the class of 2015. ESPNU ranks Brown No. 2, Newman No. 3, Ellenson, No. 4, Rabb No. 5, Swanigan No. 8, Jeter No. 9, Zimmerman No. 10, Briscoe No. 13, Trier No. 17, Brunson No. 23 and Kennard No. 26.
Scout.com has Brown No. 1, Rabb No. 5, Ellenson No. 6, Zimmerman No. 7, Swanigan No. 9, Jeter No. 10, Newman No. 11, Trier No. 14, Briscoe No. 15, Brunson No. 16, and Kennard No. 23. Finally, the Rivals150 lists Brown No. 2, Newman No. 3, Rabb No. 7, Jeter No. 8, Briscoe No. 9, Zimmerman No. 10, Trier No. 12, Brunson No. 15, Swanigan No. 16, Ellenson No. 17 and Kennard No. 24.
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Caroline Williams/USA Basketball
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