USA Basketball announced the final 12 man roster for the U17 team that will play in the FIBA U17 World Championships beginning on August 8th in Dubai. 33 players were invited to try out overall, including 6 PC recruits. Only 1 of those 6 actually made the final cut:
2016 Tyus Battle (Gill St. Bernard’s School/ Edison, N.J.)
The other 5 PC recruits that tried out but didn’t make the team are:
- 2016 Terrell Brown (St. Andrew’s School/ Barrington, R.I.)
- 2016 Amir Coffey (Hopkins H.S./New Hope, Minn.)
- 2015 Eric Davis (Arthur Hill H.S./Saginaw, Mich.)
- 2016 Josh Langford (Madison Academy/ Huntsville, Ala.)
- 2016 Kobi Simmons (St. Francis H.S./ Alpharetta, Ga.)
USA’s first game in the preliminary round of Group A play in Dubai is August 8th against Greece. The other preliminary round games will be August 9th against Angola and August 11th against the Philippines. The USA is a two-time defending champion at the FIBA U17 World Championships.
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