Tag Archive | USA Basketball

USA Defeat Panama, 88-58 to capture First Win at AmeriCup

With an 88-58 wire-to-wire victory over Panama on Monday, the USA AmeriCup Team captured their first win at the 2022 FIBA AmeriCup at Geraldo Arena in Recife, Brazil. This year marks the 10th time the USA has competed at the FIBA AmeriCup. After falling to Mexico on Friday, the U.S. looked poised to get their […]

USA Falls to Mexico in Opening Game at 2022 AmeriCup

The USA Basketball AmeriCup Team fell to Mexico, 73-67, in their opening game of the 2022 FIBA AmeriCup on Friday at Geraldo Arena in Recife, Brazil. This year is the tournament’s 19th edition and marks the first time since 1984 the event has been held in Brazil. A slow finish to the third quarter saw […]

August 2022 USA World Cup Qualifying Team Announced

USA Basketball recently announced the 12-man roster for the August 2022 USA Basketball Men’s World Cup Qualifying Team. The USA will play two games as part of their fourth qualifying window (six total) leading into the 2023 FIBA World Cup. The team hosts Uruguay Aug. 25 at Cox Pavilion in Las Vegas followed by a […]

USA Basketball to Host Men’s Junior National Team Minicamp in New Orleans

Forty-eight athletes will participate in a USA Basketball Men’s Junior National Team minicamp from April 1-3 in New Orleans in conjunction with the 2022 NCAAFinal Four. The minicamp includes participating in the NCAANext Generation Sunday on April 3. Minicamp participants and coaches were selected by the USA Basketball Men’s Developmental National Team Committee and will […]

Third-Quarter Surge Propels USA Men to 93-76 Win Over Puerto Rico

Trailing 44-42 at halftime, the USA Men (2-1) outscored Puerto Rico (1-2) 32-14 in the third quarter to take control of the game on the way to a 93-76 win in FIBA World Cup Qualifying play in the Americas zone on Thursday night at the Entertainment and Sports Arena in Washington, D.C. “I thought our […]

Jim Boylen Returns as Head Coach of USA Men’s World Cup Qualifying Team

Veteran NBA coach Jim Boylen, who led the USA in the FIBA World Cup Qualifying November 2021 window, will return as head coach of the USA Basketball Men’s World Cup Qualifying Team for the February 2022 qualifying games. Also returning to assist on the bench will be experienced USA Basketball coaches Ty Ellis and Othella Harrington.  The USA will […]

Tickets on Sale Jan. 25 for Women’s, Men’s FIBA World Cup Qualifying Games in Washington, D.C.

Tickets for the previously-announced USA Basketball women’s and men’s FIBA World Cup Qualifying games at the Entertainment and Sports Arena in Washington, D.C., will go on sale starting at 10 a.m. EST on Tuesday, Jan. 25, and will be available via Ticketmaster.com and USAB.com/tickets. Tickets for all games range from $10 (plus Ticketmaster fees) for general admission to […]