Forty-Eight Players Participate In USA Basketball Men’s Junior National Team October Mini-Camp
Springs, Colorado, for the 6th annual USA Basketball Men’s Junior National Team mini-camp on Oct. 4-5. The training camp was used to
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continue player evaluations and to get a start on preparations for several upcoming international competitions, including in 2015 the Nike Hoop Summit and FIBA Americas U16 Championship, as well as for the 2016 FIBA U17 World Championship and 2016 FIBA Americas U18 Championship. “We expanded this year’s mini-
camp to include players eligible for three different age groups. Within the mix we had some players who already had USA Basketball experience, who have won gold medals, as well as a lot of players who were new to USA Basketball,” said Don Showalter, who directed the players during the mini-camp. “This was a great weekend for all
orty-eight of the nation’s top high school aged basketball players gathered in Colorado
Swanigan - were part of the 2014 USA U17 World Championship gold medalist team. Seven players – Briscoe, Brown, Brunson, Jeter, Kennard, Trier and Zimmerman - were members of the 2014 USA
U18 National Team that captured gold at the FIBA Americas U18 Championship. Additionally, DJ Williams was a participant in the 2014 U17 training camp. Twenty-four states had players
participate in the mini-camp, led by Illinois with six, while California had five, Texas featured four; Georgia, Missouri and Nevada had three each; Arizona, Florida, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan and Mississippi had two each; and Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Indiana, Kentucky, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and Wisconsin each had one player included on the roster. The Class of 2015 participants
of the players and it helped us get a head start with our preparations for the 2015 Nike Hoop Summit, 2015 FIBA Americas U16 Championship, and for the 2016 FIBA U17 World Championship and FIBA Americas U18 Championship.” The collection of players for the
Stephen Zimmerman helped lead the USA to gold at the FIBA Americas U18 Championship and returned to Colorado in October for the 2014 USA Basketball Junior National Team mini-camp.
2014 USA Basketball mini-camp featured 20 members of the Class of 2018, 17 from the Class of 2017 and 11 from the Class of 2015. Twenty-nine of the players (born on
or after Jan. 1, 1999) who attended the mini-camp are eligible for selection for the 2015-16 USA Basketball Junior National Team program and the 2015 USA Basketball Men’s U16 National Team. Eight players (born on or after Jan. 1, 1998) are eligible for consideration for the 2016 USA Basketball U18 National Team, while all 11 players from the Class of 2015 are eligible for the 2015 Nike Hoop Summit and 2015 USA U19 World Championship Team. The 2014 USA Basketball mini-
camp was led by Don Showalter (Iowa City H.S./Iowa City, Iowa), who has directed USA teams to six gold medal
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finishes as head coach of the USA Basketball Junior National Team since 2009. Under Showalter, USA teams have won three FIBA U17 World Championships (2010, 2012, and 2014), and three FIBA Americas U16 Championships (2009, 2011 and 2013). Court coaches who assisted
Showalter during the mini-camp were Cory Alexander (Team Takeover AAU, D.C.), Eric Flannery (St. Edward H.S., Ohio), L.J. Goolsby (KC Run GMC, Kan.), Mike Jones (DeMatha Catholic H.S., Md.) and Sharman White (Miller Grove H.S., Ga.). Also assisting on the court were
three members of the USA Basketball Men’s Developmental National Team Committee - John Olive (Torrey Pines H.S., Calif.), Herman Harried (Lake Clifton Campus H.S., Md.) and Rich Gray (St. Louis Eagles AAU, Mo.) Ten of the participating players
boasted of prior USA Basketball experience. Two players - Ellenson, and
included five of the top 10 ranked players by ESPN, and all 11 Class of 2015 players were among ESPN’s top 68 ranked players. Among ESPN’s Class of 2015 rankings were Jaylen Brown (No. 2), Ellenson (No. 4), Swanigan (No. 8), Jeter (No. 9), Zimmerman (No. 10), Trier (No. 17), Brunson (No. 23), Kennard (No. 26), Matthews (No. 44), Williams (No. 50) and Whitt (No. 68). Additionally, nine players from the
Class of 2017 were listed among ESPN’s top 14 ranked players for the class, including Troy Brown Jr. (No. 2), Vanderbilt (No. 3), Porter (No. 5), Bowen (No. 6), Felton (No. 7), Washington (No. 9), Carter (No. 12), Wiley (No. 13) and Duvall (No. 14). Since the inception of the FIBA
Americas U16 Championship in 2009 and the FIBA U17 World Championship in 2010, USA Basketball men’s teams have dominated the competitions and won six-consecutive gold medals and compiled a perfect 38-0 record at the U16 and U17 championships. Additionally, the United States has won three consecutive FIBA Americas U18 Championships.
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