May 12, 2011
STANFORD, Calif.- Freshman guard/forward Anthony Brown has accepted an invitation to attend the 2011 USA Basketball Men's U19 World Championship Team training camp next month.
Seventeen of the nation's top 19-and-unders have accepted invitations from the USA Basketball Men's Junior National Team Committee to attend the training camp, which will be held June 17-24 at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo. The 12-member team that is selected will represent the USA at the 2011 FIBA U19 World Championship.
The USA Basketball Men's Junior National Team Committee, chaired by NCAA representative and Syracuse head coach Jim Boeheim, is expected to announce the official 12-member USA roster prior to the teams' departure for Europe on June 24. The 2011 FIBA U19 World Championship is being held June 30-July 10 in Valmiera, Liepaja and Riga Latvia.
"Between the coaching staff and the 17 players that will be participating in the USA U19 training camp, we believe we have assembled another outstanding group who should give us an excellent opportunity to defend our U19 World Championship gold medal," said Boeheim. "The USA Basketball Men's Collegiate Committee again did an excellent job of identifying a very talented group of young players who will compete during the first three days of the training camp for a roster position on the USA Basketball U19 World Championship Team."
An All-Pac-10 Freshman Team selection last season, Brown ranked third on the team in scoring at 8.7 points per game while playing in 30 contests and making 12 starts. In addition to averaging 3.2 rebounds per game, Brown's 42 three-pointers ranked second on the squad and third all-time among Cardinal rookies.
A native of Huntington Beach, Calif., Brown was a key member of Stanford's talented freshman class that made more starts (47), logged the highest percentage of minutes (41.7) and accounted for the highest percentage of scoring (40.3) of any other Pac-10 freshman class during the 2010-11 campaign.
Also accepting invitations to attend the 2011 USA Basketball U19 World Championship Team training camp were the following: Keith Appling (Michigan State/Detroit, Mich.); Melsahn Basabe (Iowa/Glen Cove, N.Y.); Brad Beal (Chaminade College Prep/*Florida/St. Louis, Mo.); James Bell (Villanova/Orlando, Fla.); Anthony Brown (Stanford/Huntington Beach, Calif.); Trevor Cooney (Sanford School/*Syracuse/Wilmington, Del.); Allen Crabbe (California/Los Angeles, Calif.); Tim Hardaway, Jr. (Michigan/Miami, Fla.); Joe Jackson (Memphis/Memphis, Tenn.); Jeremy Lamb (Connecticut/ Norcross, Ga.); Meyers Leonard (Illinois/Robinson, Ill.); Doug McDermott (Creighton/ Ames, Iowa); Travis McKie (Wake Forest/Richmond, Va.); Tony Mitchell (North Texas/Dallas, Texas); Richard Solomon (California/Los Angeles, Calif.); Josiah Turner (Quality Education Academy/*Arizona/Sacramento, Calif.); and Patric Young (Florida/Jacksonville, Fla.).
Seven of the players possess prior USA Basketball experience including one member of the 2010 USA U17 World Championship gold medalist team and three players from the 2010 USA U18 National Team that captured gold at the FIBA Americas U18 Championship.
Recently named George Mason University head coach Paul Hewitt is head coach of the USA U19 World Championship Team, and Randy Bennett of St. Mary's College and Cliff Warren of Jacksonville University are assistant coaches.
In addition to Boeheim, the 2009-12 USA Basketball Men's Junior National Committee includes NCAA appointees Lorenzo Romar (head coach, University of Washington), Bruce Weber (head coach, University of Illinois) and Roy Williams (head coach, University of North Carolina); and athlete representative Jay Williams, a member of the 2002 USA World Championship Team.
FIBA U19 World Championship
Led by then University of Oklahoma head coach Jeff Capel, the 2010 USA U18 National Team secured the USA's berth to the 2011 FIBA U19 World Championship with a 5-0 and gold medal finish in its zone qualifier, the 2010 FIBA Americas U18 Championship, held June 26-30 in San Antonio, Texas.
Sixteen nations will battle for the 2011 FIBA U19 World Championship for Men title June 30-July 10 in Latvia. The United States has been placed in Group D, along with China, Egypt and Serbia. The 12 remaining 19-and-under national teams were distributed as such: Group A includes Brazil, Poland, Russia and Tunisia; Group B consists of Argentina, Australia, Latvia and Taiwan; and Group C is comprised of Canada, Croatia, Lithuania and South Korea.
The U.S. squad's preliminary round slate opens with a June 30 contest against Egypt, followed by Serbia on July 1, and the USA squad will conclude preliminary play July 2 versus China. The top three teams from each preliminary group will qualify for the preliminary second round, while the fourth place teams will qualify for the classification round to determine 13th to 16th places.
The twelve teams qualified for the second round, which will be played July 4-6, will be divided into groups E and F, with six teams in each group. The top three preliminary round teams from groups A and B will advance to Group E, and the top three from C and D will advance to Group F. Each team will play the three new teams in its new group, with the final scores of all games played in the preliminary round carrying over to determine the second round standings.
Teams finishing in first through fourth places in the two second round groups will qualify for the quarterfinals, with the opportunity to advance to the semifinals and finals. Teams finishing in fifth and sixth places in Groups E and F will play for ninth through 12th places. The quarterfinals will be held on July 8, semifinals are slated for July 9 and the gold and bronze medal games, as well as the 5th/6th place and 7th/8th place games will be contested on July 10.
Originally known as the FIBA Junior World Championship, the tournament was held every four years from 1979 - 2007. Starting in 2009 FIBA changed its calendar and now holds age-based world championships every other year. USA men's teams are 62-11 in the U19/Junior World Championships, and have won four gold and three silver medals, most recently earning the gold medal for the first time since 1991 with a 9-0 record in 2009.
USA U19 World Championship for Men Players of note include: Stacey Augmon (1987), Vin Baker (1991), Michael Beasley (2007), Dee Brown (2003), Vince Carter (1995), Nick Collison (1999), Seth Curry (2009), Stephen Curry (2007), Paul Davis (2003), Eric Floyd (1979), Jonny Flynn (2007), Ashton Gibbs (2009), Gordon Hayward (2009), Larry Johnson (1987), Stephon Marbury (1995), Gary Payton (1987), Sam Perkins (1979), Wesley Person (1991), Kevin Pittsnogle (2003), J.J. Redick (2003), Bobby Simmons (1999), Scott Skiles (1983), Tyshawn Taylor (2009), Howard Thompkins (2009), Deron Williams (2003) and James Worthy (1979).
2011 USA Men's U19 World Championship Team Training Schedule (subject to change)
Friday, June 17
4:30 - 7:00 p.m. Session 1
Saturday, June 18
10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Session 2
4:30 - 7:00 p.m. Session 3
Sunday, June 19
8:30 - 10:00 a.m. Session 4
Announcement of USA U19 Team finalists
TBD Team Training
Monday, June 20
8:30 - 11:00 a.m. Team Training
3:00 - 5:30 p.m. Team Training
Tuesday, June 21
8:30 - 11:00 a.m. Team Training
3:00 - 5:30 p.m. Team Training
Wednesday, June 22
8:30 - 11:00 a.m. Team Training
3:00 - 5:30 p.m. Team Training
Thursday, June 23
8:30 - 11:00 a.m. Team Training
3:00 - 5:30 p.m. Team Training
June 30-July 10
2011 FIBA U19 World Championship for Men, @ Valmiera, Liepaja and Riga Latvia