2014 USA Teams Not Coached by a Duke Coach Thread

[awhom111]

Technically, this probably isn't the right thread for this information, since none of it pertains to basketball--but it does pertain to USA teams not coached by a Duke grad, and Duke participants on those teams. And I'm not sure it merits its own thread.

The US women's field hockey team, including former Duke star Stephanie Fee, won their pool and has reached the semifinals of the Women's World Cup, where they will face Australia tomorrow. It may be going too far to say this was an upset, but they did beat some teams with higher world rankings in their pool.

I actually considered doing a thread for the field hockey, which could have had an unprecedented finish. Losing to Australia in the penalty shootout prevents that now.

Back to basketball, Tyus and Justise, along with Luke survive the first set of cuts from 24 to 15. The last 3 cuts will be made later.
Story:
http://www.usab.com/mens/u18/14_mu18_finalists.html
Updated Roster:
http://www.usab.com/mens/u18/roster.html

[awhom111]

Tyus, Justise, and Luke are all on the final squad, which will start its tournament on Friday.
Article:
http://www.usab.com/mens/u18/14_mu18_team_.html
Roster:
http://www.usab.com/mens/u18/roster.html

[awhom111]

Tomorrow, the FIBA Americas U18 Boys Championship starts in Colorado Springs (free to the public), so it is a good chance to get and early look at Tyus and Justise and a real early look at Luke.

Games can be seen right on the FIBA Americas website at the time of the game:
http://fibaamericas.com/en/default.asp

The first game pits the USA against Uruguay at 7:30pm EDT (all schedules you see are in local MDT). If everything goes as planned, the team will play at that time for all four other days, with Mexico on Saturday and Argentina on Sunday already set in stone.

Here is the USA Basketball site that will be a good quick summary page:
http://www.usab.com/mens/u18/schedule.html

[awhom111]

Here's the direct link for tonight's game which you can also use to watch the replay later:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rURBMi-YaU

[MCFinARL]

Here's the direct link for tonight's game which you can also use to watch the replay later:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rURBMi-YaU

Half time score--US 84, Uruguay 26. Only saw the last few minutes and I don't know the box score, but what I saw was pretty interesting. Clearly Uruguay is badly overrmatched. Even so, I'm pretty impressed with how well the US team is playing together and passing, etc., given they have only practiced together for a few days. Tyus threw an amazing behind-the-back no look pass to someone on the wing (can't say who, my live stream wasn't exactly high def), who quickly passed in to someone under the basket for an easy two.

[awhom111]

The final was 156-58. Luke led not only the team but all players in the tournament in scoring on Day 1 with 30 points thanks to shooting 7 for 12 from behind the arc, adding 4 assists and 4 steals in 22 minutes. Tyus had 7 points, 6 assists and 4 steals in 14 minutes and Justise had 15 points in 13 minutes as the starters got plenty of rest. With 5 games in 5 days, that seems like a good idea.
Boxscore:
http://fibaamericas.com/en/box.asp?g...6&t=FOBKLVIJMF

The other game in our group was won by Argentina as they topped Mexico 87-72.
Boxscore:
http://fibaamericas.com/en/box.asp?g...6&t=FOBKLVIJMF

In the other group, Canada dominated Brazil with surprising ease in a 101-59 win. The Dominican Republic edged Puerto Rico 74-72.
Boxscores:
http://fibaamericas.com/en/box.asp?g...6&t=FOBKLVIJMF
http://fibaamericas.com/en/box.asp?g...6&t=FOBKLVIJMF

[Billy Dat]

Half time score--US 84, Uruguay 26. Only saw the last few minutes and I don't know the box score, but what I saw was pretty interesting. Clearly Uruguay is badly overrmatched. Even so, I'm pretty impressed with how well the US team is playing together and passing, etc., given they have only practiced together for a few days. Tyus threw an amazing behind-the-back no look pass to someone on the wing (can't say who, my live stream wasn't exactly high def), who quickly passed in to someone under the basket for an easy two.

I was impressed by all 3 of our guys. This was a huge mismatch, but we have a crazy number of long athletic players (USA cliche, I guess). Turner is a walking mismatch, Winslow and Johnson are trapping all over the place, Jones is tough, Kennard can really stroke it and looks completely confident in his shot. Everyone was good because the comp was so weak, but Alonzo Trier turned my head. That kid is tough.

[awhom111]

Links to watch today and tomorrow (both 7:30pm EDT)
Saturday vs Mexico: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfHVCkrpchA
Sunday vs Argentina: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwVv5ET8OQo

[awhom111]

The USA only beat Mexico 100-46 in the second game. Justise had 14 points and 7 rebounds in 23 minutes, Tyus had 4 points and 5 assists in 20 minutes, and Luke had 8 points in 15 minutes.
Boxscore:
http://fibaamericas.com/en/box.asp?g...6&t=FOBKLVIJMF

Argentina qualified for the semifinals by beating Uruguay 67-55. Next they will play the United States for the top spot in Group B.
Boxscore:
http://fibaamericas.com/en/box.asp?g...6&t=FOBKLVIJMF

In Group A, Puerto Rico beat Brazil 80-75 while Canada had their second win after beating the Dominican Republic 79-67.
Boxscores:
http://fibaamericas.com/en/box.asp?g...6&t=FOBKLVIJMF
http://fibaamericas.com/en/box.asp?g...6&t=FOBKLVIJMF

[awhom111]

The United States tops its group after beating Argentina 118-64. Justise had 13 points and 8 rebounds in 19 minutes, Tyus had 8 points and 9 assists in 24 minutes, and Luke had 10 points and 9 rebounds in 19 minutes.
Boxscore:
http://fibaamericas.com/en/box.asp?g...6&t=FOBKLVIJMF

Uruguay beat Mexico 89-70 in the other game in the group:
http://fibaamericas.com/en/box.asp?g...6&t=FOBKLVIJMF

In Group A, Canada took top spot by beating Puerto Rico 91-70. The Dominican Republic takes the other semifinal spot after edging Brazil 72-69.
Boxscores:
http://fibaamericas.com/en/box.asp?g...6&t=FOBKLVIJMF
http://fibaamericas.com/en/box.asp?g...6&t=FOBKLVIJMF

Standings:
A: Canada 3-0, Dominican Republic 2-1, Puerto Rico 1-2, Brazil 0-3
B: United States 3-0, Argentina 2-1, Uruguay 1-2, Mexico 0-3

Tomorrow's matchups:
Puerto Rico vs Mexico
Uruguay vs Brazil
Canada vs Argentina
United States vs Dominican Republic

The game will also be at 7:30pm EDT and can be watched the same way. I will try to post the direct link before the game.

[Billy Dat]

awhom111, what do we think, the DR and Canada are the best remaining games to watch? None of these teams seem up to the task.

When I watched the YouTube feed the other night, it was in Spanish. I assume that's the only option? It's actually not so bad, I took some Spanish and am actually able to catch things here and there...like the players last names, and pelota!

For everyone else, the YouTube links that awhom11 have provided below let you check out the archive versions of the full games, and it's fun to see these kids put on a clinic for a quarter or two.

[Henderson]

The USA Basketball site has a live feed for today's US vs. DR game here: www.usab.com. Right now they're showing Uruguay vs. Brazil live. Spanish-language commentators.

[awhom111]

awhom111, what do we think, the DR and Canada are the best remaining games to watch? None of these teams seem up to the task.

When I watched the YouTube feed the other night, it was in Spanish. I assume that's the only option? It's actually not so bad, I took some Spanish and am actually able to catch things here and there...like the players last names, and pelota!

For everyone else, the YouTube links that awhom11 have provided below let you check out the archive versions of the full games, and it's fun to see these kids put on a clinic for a quarter or two.

Group A is about to go 2-0 in the first set of crossover games, so it would seem that their two best teams should be a little better than the Group B teams we have faced so far. This tournament is not all that tough, but it is an important part of building some team chemistry this summer as the U19 Worlds are always extremely tough on the Americans as we saw with some real battles last summer.

Spanish is the only option although allegedly some English commentary will arrive at some point.

Here is the direct link for tonight's game:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zxc52wjheiI

[awhom111]

The games are getting a little more serious now with the United States beating the Dominican Republic 90-56 in the semifinals. Tyus got more playing time and had 14 points and 7 assists in 27 minutes. Justise struggled a bit and ended up playing 19 minutes. Luke had 11 points in 12 minutes. In the loss, Weisner Perez and Illinois high schooler who is a 2015 recruit that will likely play DI, had 11 points and 6 rebounds.
Boxscore:
http://www.fibaamericas.com/en/box.a...8&t=FOBKLVIJMF

In the final, the United States will face Canada (same time of 7:30pm EDT tomorrow), which needed overtime to beat Argentina 91-82.
Boxscore:
http://www.fibaamericas.com/en/box.a...8&t=FOBKLVIJMF

Fighting for 5th place will be Puerto Rico, which edged Mexico 70-69, and Brazil, which beat Uruguay 97-55, with the losing teams fighting for 7th.
Boxscores:
http://www.fibaamericas.com/en/box.a...7&t=FOBKLVIJMF
http://www.fibaamericas.com/en/box.a...7&t=FOBKLVIJMF

[awhom111]

Direct link for the final:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uySLh8lPgE

[Henderson]

I could only catch the second half of the semi-final against DR, but I think I was looking at some pretty tired young men on both teams. Donovan has been doing a good job of spreading the minutes around, but he has them playing a lot of full-court press/trap on defense and running on offense. Plus, they're playing at 6000ft.

Tyus Jones had a couple of long passes toward the end of the 3rd quarter for scores. One was a long alley-oop to Winslow. The other was a long pass from across mid-court to Turner under the basket. He's going to punish college teams that don't get back on defense. Justise Winslow is going to be a really tough matchup for a lot of teams. Luke Kennard could be scary good by the time he suits up 16 months from now. I didn't see much of Jeter in the second half.

Canada: I don't know much about their team (or Canadian HS basketball), but looking at their roster I didn't recognize names. Team USA has between 6 and 10 guys who will almost certainly play in the NBA, some quite soon. Does Team Canada have any likely NBA players?

[awhom111]

I could only catch the second half of the semi-final against DR, but I think I was looking at some pretty tired young men on both teams. Donovan has been doing a good job of spreading the minutes around, but he has them playing a lot of full-court press/trap on defense and running on offense. Plus, they're playing at 6000ft.

Tyus Jones had a couple of long passes toward the end of the 3rd quarter for scores. One was a long alley-oop to Winslow. The other was a long pass from across mid-court to Turner under the basket. He's going to punish college teams that don't get back on defense. Justise Winslow is going to be a really tough matchup for a lot of teams. Luke Kennard could be scary good by the time he suits up 16 months from now. I didn't see much of Jeter in the second half.

Canada: I don't know much about their team (or Canadian HS basketball), but looking at their roster I didn't recognize names. Team USA has between 6 and 10 guys who will almost certainly play in the NBA, some quite soon. Does Team Canada have any likely NBA players?

This Canada team is not quite as strong as the one from two years ago. A bunch of their players are at US prep schools with most bound for NCAA schools (at least one of them is already committed to play in Canada's college system).

Here are some recruiting profile that I have found:
http://247sports.com/Recruitment/Mun...cruitInterests
http://247sports.com/Player/Drew-Urquhart-52935
http://247sports.com/Recruitment/Mon...cruitInterests
http://247sports.com/Recruitment/Dil...cruitInterests
http://espn.go.com/college-sports/ba...ristan-etienne
http://247sports.com/Recruitment/Chr...cruitInterests

Brooks and Gill-Caesar have been the stars of the team so far with Gill-Caesar having the most DI interest. Chris Egi was recruited pretty heavily by a number of schools and will play for Tommy Amaker at Harvard.

[awhom111]

It was a win for the USA after they took care of a game Canadian squad 113-79. Justise led the team with 20 points and 10 rebounds in 22 minutes. Tyus had 8 points and 5 assists in 25 minutes. Luke had 10 points in 14 minutes. The two young stars for Canada led the way for them as Dillon Brooks had 27 points and 8 rebounds and Montaque Gill-Caesar had 22 points. Tommy Amaker will look forward to having Chris Egi as he had 18 points and 13 rebounds.
Boxscore:
http://www.fibaamericas.com/en/box.a...0&t=FOBKLVIJMF

For the tournament, Tyus was 1st in assists with 32 in 5 games and 5th in steals with 10. Justise was 4th in blocks with 6 and 5th in steals with 10. Luke finished 7th in scoring with 69 points in 82 minutes and did so by making the most three pointers with 15 while also leading the tournament in terms of percentage from beyond the arc. He also was tied for 9th in steals with 8.
Cumulative USA stats here:
http://www.fibaamericas.com/en/torne...a&c=USA&xtab=3

For third place, the Dominican Republic beat Argentina 64-53. Puerto Rico beat Brazil 88-84 for 5th place. Mexico stormed back against Uruguay late to avoid last place 79-65.
Boxscores:
http://www.fibaamericas.com/en/box.a...0&t=FOBKLVIJMF
http://www.fibaamericas.com/en/box.a...0&t=FOBKLVIJMF
http://www.fibaamericas.com/en/box.a...0&t=FOBKLVIJMF

Apparently English commentary for select games meant using the same announcers, but having them speak in English instead of Spanish, although they did pretty well and were probably better than most ESPN announcing crew.

[awhom111]

Tomorrow the U17 Girls World Championship starts in the Czech Republic.

There are no current Duke commits involved, but there are still quite a few uncommitted prospects.

The first game against China can be seen here at 12:00pm EDT or afterwards as a replay:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XE0iVY0JYcA

[awhom111]

The United States was anything but convincing in the first half against China, but they did enough in the second half to build a big margin for a 69-41 win.
Here is the boxscore:
http://www.fiba.com/world/u17women/2...ore_statistics

In the other game in the group, France beat Mali 66-45.
Here is the boxscore:
http://www.fiba.com/world/u17women/2...ore_statistics

Sunday's big game is the United States against France. The American team already lost to France in an exhibition at less than full strength, so this is a stiff test in a quick turnaround for the youngsters. The game will be streamed here live at 12:00pm EDT and can be replayed:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4QjOTi_N1U

In Group C, Slovakia, the team that was originally slated to host the tournament, beat Mexico 54-36. Australia managed to grind out a 54-46 win over Japan.
Boxscores:
http://www.fiba.com/world/u17women/2...ore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/world/u17women/2...ore_statistics

In Group B, Brazil pounded Egypt 87-47 and Spain blasted Italy 71-39.
Boxscores:
http://www.fiba.com/world/u17women/2...ore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/world/u17women/2...ore_statistics

In Group A, the hosts opened up by beating South Korea 61-51 as they pulled away in the fourth quarter. The most exciting game of the day went to overtime as Canada came back from an early deficit to force the extra period, but Hungary pulled ahead again for the 76-73 win.
Boxscores:
http://www.fiba.com/world/u17women/2...ore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/world/u17women/2...ore_statistics