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jimsumner
03-18-2010, 12:44 PM
From press release.

Josh Hairston, Quincy Miller and Austin Rivers on list.

" Twenty-one of the nation's top 18-and-unders have accepted invitations from the USA Basketball Men's Junior National Team Committee to attend the 2010 USA Basketball Men's U18 National Team training camp, USA Basketball today announced. The training camp, which will be held June 14-16 at the University of Texas at San Antonio, will be used to select the 12-member team that will represent the USA at the 2010 FIBA Americas U18 Championship. The USA U18 National Team will remain in San Antonio June 17-25 to continue training prior to the start of the 2010 FIBA Americas U18 Championship, which will be held June 26-30 in St. Mary's University's Bill Greehey Arena in San Antonio.

Accepting invitations to attend the 2010 USA Basketball U18 National Team training camp were: Tracy Abrams (Mount Carmel H.S. / Chicago, Ill.); Keith Appling (Pershing H.S. / Detroit, Mich.); Vander Blue (James Madison Memorial H.S. / Madison, Wis.); Michael Chandler (Lawrence North H.S. / Indianapolis, Ind.); Trevor Cooney (Sanford H.S. / Wilmington, Del.); Abdul Gaddy (Washington / Tacoma, Wash.); Joshua Hairston (Montrose Christian School (Md.) / Fredericksburg, Va.); P.J. Hairston (Dudley Senior H.S. / Greensboro, N.C.); Tobias Harris (Half Hollow Hills West H.S. / Brookville, N.Y.); Mikael Hopkins (DeMatha Catholic H.S. / Hyattsville, Md.); Joe Jackson (White Station H.S. / Memphis, Tenn.); Terrence Jones (Jefferson H.S. / Portland, Ore.); Meyers Leonard (Robinson H.S. / Robinson, Ill.); Sheldon McClellan (Bellaire H.S. / Pearland, Texas); Quincy Miller (Quality Education Academy / Winston-Salem, N.C.); Jereme Richmond (Waukegan H.S. / Waukegan, Ill.); Austin Rivers (Winter Park H.S. / Winter Park, Fla.); Joshua Smith (Kentwood H.S. / Kent, Wash.); T.J. Taylor (Denison H.S. / Denison, Texas); Amir Williams (Detroit Country Day / Detroit, Mich.); and Patric Young (Providence School / Jacksonville, Fla.)."

MChambers
03-18-2010, 01:10 PM
Congrats to all three. Let's hope Josh is as good a recruiter as Andre.

And "Vander Blue" should make any all name team.

airowe
03-18-2010, 01:26 PM
What's the birthday cutoff? I believe Kyrie turns 18 in five days. Is he too old for the team?

It surprises me that Josh is not too old, but Kyrie is...

ETA: Congrats to all the members of the team!

ChicagoCrazy84
03-18-2010, 04:12 PM
I was surprised to see Abdul Gaddy on the list. Didn't he just finish his freshman year at Washington?

Bob Green
03-18-2010, 04:43 PM
What's the birthday cutoff?

Per the article, at USA Basketball:


Players eligible for this competition must have been born on or after Jan. 1, 1992.

http://www.usabasketball.com/news.php?news_page=10_mu18_invitees