Just two players,Justin Anderson (left) and Tony Parker, come to the team with prior USABasketball experience. Parker is a two-time gold medalist with USA Basketball,while Anderson has participated in several USA training camps. (USA BasketballPhotos) COLORADOSPRINGS, Colo.(March 6, 2012)-- Featuring 10 elitehigh school seniors, USA Basketball today named the roster for the 2012 USAJunior National Select Team, which will take on the World Select Team in the2012 Nike Hoop Summit.
Played at7:00 p.m. (PDT) on Saturday, April 7 at the Rose Garden in Portland, Ore., the15th annual Nike Hoop Summit will be broadcast nationally by Fox Sports Net andits regional affiliates.
The NikeHoop Summit is the country's premier annual basketball game for high-schoolboys and features America's top seniors playing against a World Team comprisedof international players who are 19-years-old or younger.
Suiting upfor the USA will be: KyleAnderson (St. Anthony H.S./North Bergen, N.J.); Archie Goodwin (SylvanHills H.S./Little Rock, Ark.); GaryHarris (Hamilton Southeastern H.S./Fishers, Ind.); Mitch McGary (BrewsterAcademy/Porter, Ind.); ShabazzMuhammad (Bishop Gorman H.S./Las Vegas, Nev.); Nerlens Noel (TheTilton School, N.H./Everett, Ma.); MarcusPaige (Linn-Mar H.S./Marion, Iowa); Tony Parker (MillerGrove H.S./Lithonia, Ga.); RasheedSulaimon (Strake Jesuit College Prep/Houston, Texas); and Kaleb Tarczewski (St.Mark's School, Mass./Claremont, N.H.).
"Bothteams are in a similar situation in this game," said USA head coach Kevin Boyle (MontverdeAcademy, Fla.). "The World Team also will have just a handful of practicesto come together. Some of our players have played together and playedinternational basketball and some have not. We are going to try and develop ourchemistry and our rotation quickly and get our guys to understand their roles.It's not an all-star game, and we will be playing to win. Not everyone willhave the same amount of shots or minutes. It will be whoever is most deservingbased on practices and preparation."
The U.S.assistant coach will be MikeJones (DeMatha High School, Md.), who also serves as a 2011-12USA Men's Developmental National Team assistant coach. In 2011, Jones helpedthe USA to a gold medal at the FIBA Americas U16 Championship, and he will beon the U.S. sideline at the 2012 FIBA U17 World Championship.
Tickets forthe 15th annual Nike Hoop Summit are now on sale. General admission is $5 inadvance and $10 on game day, and reserved courtside seats are $25 and $50.Tickets can be purchased through the Rose Quarter Ticket Office at 877-789-ROSE(7673), by visiting rosequarter.comor at nikehoopsummit.com.
Just twoplayers, Anderson and Parker, come to the team with prior USA Basketballexperience. Parker is a two-time gold medalist with USA Basketball, including a5-0 record in the 2009 FIBA Americas U16 Championship, and an 8-0 record at the2010 FIBA U17 World Championship. He averaged 3.9 points and 2.9 rebounds pergame for the USA in 2010 and 8.2 points and 6.6 rebounds per game in 2009.
AlongsideParker, Anderson also participated in the 2009-10 USA Men's DevelopmentalNational Team's first mini-camp in October of 2009, a U16 training camp in June2009 and a U17 training camp in June 2010.
Seven U.S.team members have signed a National Letter of Intent for the 2012-13 NCAAseason. Anderson will play at UCLA, Goodwin will go to Kentucky, Harris isheaded to Michigan State, McGary signed with Michigan, Paige committed to NorthCarolina, Tarczewski will go to Arizona and Sulaimon will play at Duke.Muhammed, Noel and Parker are undecided about where they will attend college.
All 10 players rank amongthe nation's top 50 boys basketball players.
