2018 International Basketball Thread

[awhom111]

USA Basketball has a lot of redemption in mind for this summer. Here is the tryout list for the U18 Women's Team:
https://www.usab.com/news-events/new...ls-roster.aspx

[awhom111]

USA Basketball is on an announcement binge.

Zion and Joey will try out for the U18 team.
https://www.usab.com/news-events/new...-roster-1.aspx

Jeff Van Gundy has his assistants for the next round of qualifiers:
https://www.usab.com/news-events/new...e-coaches.aspx

Court coaches have been named for the other U18 team and both should have a chance to move up the bench in the coming years.
https://www.usab.com/news-events/new...t-coaches.aspx

[awhom111]

The craziest tryouts continue again this year as the USA U17 Girl's team will have to whittle down from 172 to 12:
https://www.usab.com/news-events/new...-athletes.aspx

[awhom111]

We now have a final roster for the USA U18 Women's Team:
https://www.usab.com/news-events/new...eam-named.aspx

The U17 roster has gone down from 158 to 18, but the final cuts are still a couple days away.

[awhom111]

It turns out that Zion will not be in tryouts this week, so Joey will be our current rep:
https://www.usab.com/news-events/new...tc-starts.aspx

Mike Brey will help out with court coaching during the tryouts, which could put him in contention down the line for one the bench jobs.

[awhom111]

A USA U17 Girls' team has finally been named after days of cuts:
https://www.usab.com/news-events/new...eam-named.aspx

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Antonio Vrankovic was called into Croatia's training camp ahead of Qualifiers. Their team is in a poor position right now, so this is all business with six NBA players participating.
http://www.hks-cbf.hr/vijesti/2018/r...i-popis-igraca

[awhom111]

Joey did not make the cut from 33 to 18:
https://www.usab.com/news-events/new...finalists.aspx

This team feels relatively well-built to withstand early entry next summer so there may not be too many available roster spots next year.

[awhom111]

The USA U18 Boys' team has been named:
https://www.usab.com/news-events/new...mu18-team.aspx

There should be some recruiting interest in this at least.

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Sofia Roma is expected to contend for a spot on Puerto Rico's national team. It will be an awkward fit school-wise, especially since she already pulled out of last year's squad for school reasons, but the team's qualification for the world stage was an incredible story and they would be a stronger team with her post presence, which is their biggest area of weakness.
http://www.fiba.basketball/womensbas...-jerry-batista

Jeff Van Gundy has had to deal with a lot of turnover player-wise, but he has also had to replace coaches who got offers that prevented them from staying with USA Basketball and he has made his latest new appointment:
https://www.usab.com/news-events/new...longstaff.aspx

[awhom111]

The USA U18 Boys' team starts the Americas Championship at 6pm ET on Sunday against the Dominican Republic. As usual, FIBA will broadcast games on their YouTube channel and the first game can be seen here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c18iff8eLRs

[awhom111]

The USA U18 Men's team started their tournament with a 105-73 win over the Dominican Republic that was not particularly dominant, but got the job done with minimal fuss. Cole Anthony led the team in scoring. A number of players on the Dominican team are either also American or have come over for school as South Carolina signee Alanzo Frink had 16 points and 7 rebounds and West Virginia prepster David Jones had 12 points.
http://www.fiba.basketball/americas/...A#tab=boxscore

The next game will be against Panama on Monday at 8:15pm ET and can be seen here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kuzfiyxqpq4

The other Group A game saw Puerto Rico beat Panama 84-51. All Puerto Ricans are Americans of course, but most of the team has ties to the states themselves as Florida high schooler Isaiah Palermo had 11 points and 7 rebounds, New Jersey high schooler Alejandro Vasquez had 10 points and 7 rebounds, Ohio high schooler Jatsiel Colon had 10 points and 6 rebounds, and UMBC-bound Jose Placer had 10 points.
http://www.fiba.basketball/americas/...#|tab=boxscore

The day started in Group B with Chile shaking off a slow start to dominate the second half on their way to a 74-62 win. Maxwell Lorca, who has one American parent and has spent most of his life here, had 20 points and 15 rebounds in the win while New York high schooler Eddie Sanchez had 11 points in the loss. Hosts Canada beat Argentina 92-75. Florida signee Andrew Nembhard had 28 points, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists and Indiana prepster Emanuel Miller had 18 points and 6 rebounds in the win. Virginia-bound Francisco Caffaro had 22 points and 7 rebounds in the loss.
http://www.fiba.basketball/americas/...r#tab=boxscore
http://www.fiba.basketball/americas/...#|tab=boxscore

Here are some of the other players with ties to the United States:

Dominican Republic:
Alanzo Frink, Roselle Catholic (NJ) and South Carolina signee
Matthew Herasme, Don Bosco Prep (NJ) and Marist signee
Julio Pascual, Patrick (NJ)
David Jones, Teays Valley Christian (WV)
Rafael Rubel, Gainesville (GA)
Lester Quinones, St. Benedict's (NJ)
Antonio Bonilla, Tenafly (NJ)
Richard Nunez, North Miami Beach (FL)
Steven Verplancken, Teays Valley Christian (WV)
Joel Soriano, Archbishop Stepinac (NY) and Fordham commit

Panama:
Fermin Borbula, Kerr-Vance Academy (NC)
Ricardo Lindo, Woodrow Wilson (DC)

Puerto Rico:
Adriel Linares, Sunnybrook Christian (TX)
Dyondre Dominguez, New Hampton (NH)
Alejandro Vasquez, Patrick (NJ)
Jose Placer, The Master's Academy (FL) and UMBC signee
Gianfranco Grafal, Fleming Island (FL)
Giovanni Santiago, Hughes (OH)
Jorge Torres, Springfield Central (MA) and Post (DII) signee
Isaiah Palermo, Osceola (FL)
Georgie Conditt, Corliss (IL) and Iowa State signee
Algenis Quintana, will attend Miami Christian (FL)
Jatsiel Colon, Lima (OH)
Victor Rosas

Argentina:
Francisco Caffaro, Virginia signee

Canada:
Wheza Panzo, Hamilton Heights Christian (TN)
Emanuel Miller, La Lumiere (IN)
Joel Brown, Brewster Academy (NH)
Tyrese Samuel, Wasatch Academy (UT)
Andrew Nembhard, Montverde Academy (FL) and Florida signee

Chile:
Maxwell Lorca, Northfield Mount Hermon (MA)

Ecuador:
Luis Alberto Riascos, San Gabriel Academy (CA)
Edward Sanchez, Archbishop Stepinac (NY)

[awhom111]

Amile will be in another USA training camp ahead of their final two qualifiers in the first round. It's interesting since he will technically still be under an NBA contract through the first game.
https://www.usab.com/news-events/new...ng-roster.aspx

The USA U18 Boys' team made sure that there were no issues in their second game, leading Panama 43-0 after the first quarter on the way to a 118-26 win.
http://www.fiba.basketball/americas/...a#tab=boxscore

The last game before the knockout stage will be against Puerto Rico at 6pm ET on Tuesday and can be seen here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6WqNVpHzD4

The other Group A game saw Puerto Rico beat the Dominican Republic 108-94. There were lots of players with mainland ties on both sides. In the win, Georgie Conditt had 18 points and 13 rebounds, Alejandro Vasquez had 17 points, Isaiah Palermo had 14 points and 8 assists, Jorge Torres had 12 points, Giovanni Santiago had 12 points and 10 assists, and Jose Placer had 10 points. In the loss, Lester Quinones had 31 points, David Jones had 18 points and 8 rebounds, Alanzo Frink had 18 points, Joel Soriano had 12 points, and Rafael Rubel had 10 points.
http://www.fiba.basketball/americas/...c#tab=boxscore

Earlier in the day, Canada beat Ecuador 115-75 in Group B. Among their players with American ties, Emanuel Miller had 19 points and 8 rebounds, Andrew Nembhard had 14 points and 9 assists, and Tyrese Samuel had 12 points while Eddie Sanchez had 26 points in the loss. Chile could have gained a momentous win, but Argentina took care of business in the second half to win 76-66 as Francisco Caffaro is a future ACC player to keep an eye on after he had 20 points and 15 rebounds while Chile continues to be led by Maxwell Lorca, who had 17 points and 11 rebounds.
http://www.fiba.basketball/americas/...r#tab=boxscore
http://www.fiba.basketball/americas/...e#tab=boxscore

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Sofia Roma has been named to the preliminary list for Puerto Rico's national team this summer as they have multiple competitions:
http://puertorico.basketball/not2.as...D7C49F4BA2A3EA

The USA U17 Boys' tryout roster was announced as there are bound to be some future Blue Devils there:
https://www.usab.com/news-events/new...-tc-start.aspx

The USA U18 Boys team finished up Group A play with a 115-71 win over Puerto Rico. Bill Self got his guy plenty of time as the firm, but not overwhelming margin for most of the game meant that we continue to have an idea of the rotation in tough games. In the loss, Giovanni Santiago had 17 points, Dyondre Dominguez had 12 points, and Jose Placer had 11 points.
http://www.fiba.basketball/americas/...A#tab=boxscore

Also in the group, the Dominican Republic beat Panama 90-54. In the win, Antonio Bonilla had 17 points, Alanzo Frink, Matthew Herasme, and David Jones each had 12 points, Lester Quinones had 10 points and 6 rebounds, and Joel Soriano had 10 points.
http://www.fiba.basketball/americas/...a#tab=boxscore
Standings: United States 3-0, Puerto Rico 2-1, Dominican Republic 1-2, Panama 0-3

In Group B, Argentina had another slow start, but eventually beat Ecuador, which got 14 points from Eddie Sanchez, 82-61. Canada made sure that they won the group as Andrew Nembhard had 19 points and 7 assists and Emanuel Miller had 17 points and 7 rebounds in their 97-60 win over Chile. Maxwell Lorca had 11 points and 8 rebounds in the loss.
http://www.fiba.basketball/americas/...a#tab=boxscore
http://www.fiba.basketball/americas/...a#tab=boxscore
Standings: Canada 3-0, Argentina 2-1, Chile 1-2, Ecuador 0-3

The knockout round starts on Thursday and the quarterfianls actually the most important phase as the four winners will qualify for 2019 U19 World Championship.

Bracket:
United States vs Ecuador
Dominican Republic vs Argentina
Puerto Rico vs Chile
Panama vs Canada

[awhom111]

The USA U18 Girls' team needed to make a few roster moves:
https://www.usab.com/news-events/new...ster-adds.aspx

FIBA has not linked up the U18 Boys' games for Thursday on YouTube, but the United States plays at 6pm ET and you should be able to find the link at game time.

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The USA U18 team qualified for next year's World Championship with ease as the beat Ecuador 132-55. There was plenty of garbage time so contributions were spread out pretty well.
http://www.fiba.basketball/americas/...r#tab=boxscore

Argentina ended any questions about their vulnerability for this game with a fast start and 87-70 win over the Dominican Republic. Alanzo Frink had 27 points and 7 rebounds and Lester Quinones had 26 points and 6 rebounds in the loss. Maxwell Lorca had 13 points and 11 rebounds as Chile was on the verge of history, but Puerto Rico did enough in the second half to win 68-65. In the win, Alejandro Vasquez had 23 points, Giovanni Santiago had 12 points, and Jose Placer had 10 points. Canada will be ready to defend their world crown after a 105-39 win over Panama. The lopsided margin gave some other players some opportunities as Joel Brown had 14 points.
http://www.fiba.basketball/americas/...a#tab=boxscore
http://www.fiba.basketball/americas/...e#tab=boxscore
http://www.fiba.basketball/americas/...a#tab=boxscore

Brackets:

Semifinals:
United States vs Argentina
Puerto Rico vs Canada

5th Place:
Ecuador vs Dominican Republic
Chile vs Panama

The United States will play at 6pm ET on Friday. FIBA does not have the YouTube links yet.

[awhom111]

The USA U18 Boys' team knew that they were getting their first real test in the semifinal and they kept the margin comfortable enough in a 104-92 win behind Quentin Grimes and Coby White. Francisco Caffaro led Argentina with 22 points and 6 rebounds as he faced some guys he may see again in college.
http://www.fiba.basketball/americas/...a#tab=boxscore

The other semifinal saw hosts Canada survive Puerto Rico 95-89 as Emanuel Miller had 31 points and 14 rebounds, Andrew Nembhard had 14 points and 17 assists, and Tyrese Samuel had 11 points and 7 rebounds. In the loss, Jorge Torres had 21 points and 12 rebounds, Alejandro Vasquez had 19 points, 6 rebounds, and 7 assists, Isaiah Palermo had 12 points, 9 rebounds, and 6 assists, and Giovanni Santiago had 12 points. That sets up a finals rematch from the preceding cycle where the last Canada U18 faded down the stretch against the United States only to come back the next summer and famously take the world championship.
http://www.fiba.basketball/americas/...a#tab=boxscore

Earlier in the day, the consolation playoffs started. The Dominican Republic beat Ecuador 102-70 after a strong second half. In the win, Lester Quinones had 20 points, 15 rebounds, and 7 assists, Joel Soriano had 19 points and 9 rebounds, Alanzo Frink had 18 points and 6 rebounds, and Rafael Rubel had 10 points. Maxwell Lorca had 14 points and 15 rebounds as Chile had a tough time with Panama before winning 67-61.
http://www.fiba.basketball/americas/...c#tab=boxscore
http://www.fiba.basketball/americas/...a#tab=boxscore

Final Day Schedule (all games on FIBA's YouTube channel):
1st Place: United States vs Canada, 8:15pm ET
3rd Place: Argentina vs Puerto Rico, 6:00pm ET
5th Place: Dominican Republic vs Chile, 2:15pm ET
7th Place: Ecuador vs Panama, 12:00pm ET

[awhom111]

The USA U18 Boys' team made sure there was no repeat of their last two meeting with Canada as they rolled to a 113-74 win. In the loss, Tyrese Samuel had 13 points and 11 rebounds, Andrew Nembhard had 12 points and 8 assists, and Emanuel Miller had 11 points.
http://www.fiba.basketball/americas/...a#tab=boxscore

The day started with the 7th place game between the winless teams as Panama beat Ecuador 66-51.
http://www.fiba.basketball/americas/...a#tab=boxscore

The 5th place game went to Chile 69-63 after a late comeback against the Dominican Republic as Maxwell Lorca had 10 points and 8 rebounds. In the loss, Alanzo Frink had 18 points and 22 rebounds, Lester Quinones had 12 points and 8 rebounds, and Rafael Rubel had 10 points.
http://www.fiba.basketball/americas/...e#tab=boxscore

The last medal went to Argentina as they also had a comeback to beat Puerto Rico 87-79 with Francisco Caffaro providing 21 points and 10 rebounds to finish a strong tournament. In the loss, Jose Placer had 22 points, Georgie Conditt had 20 points and 7 rebounds, and Jorge Torres had 12 points, 10 rebounds, and 7 assists.
http://www.fiba.basketball/americas/...o#tab=boxscore

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The USA U17 Boys' team has been trimmed to 18:
https://www.usab.com/news-events/new...finalists.aspx

R.J. has been added to Canada's senior squad for upcoming exhibitions ahead of determining a roster for qualifiers:
http://basketball.ca/en/news-article...roster-announc

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The USA U17 Boys' team roster is now final:
https://www.usab.com/news-events/new...eam-named.aspx

In Suriname, 7 women's national teams have been competing to keep their Olympic dreams alive by fighting for 3 spots in the upcoming Centrobasket tournament. The Dominican Republic and Cuba won on Wednesday to take a pair of berths while Bahamas beat Barbados for the last spot today. I wrote recaps of each day's action here:
http://www.womensbasketball247.com/2...y-1-june-17th/
http://www.womensbasketball247.com/2...y-2-june-18th/
http://www.womensbasketball247.com/2...y-3-june-19th/
http://www.womensbasketball247.com/2...y-4-june-20th/
http://www.womensbasketball247.com/2...y-5-june-21st/

Club information is hard to find for some smaller leagues, but here is the best I could do for this competition:

Bahamas:
Valerie Nesbitt, Chipola (JC)
Arlia Greene, club unknown, Webber (NAIA)
Tracy Lewis, club unknown, Little Big Horn (JC)
Ashley Moss, club unknown
Pamela Bethel, club unknown, Eastern Wyoming (JC)
Latoya Rolle, club unknown
Sha-Londa Neely, Jacksonville
Taronya Wildgoose, club unknown, Albany State (DII)
Britenique Harrison, Operators (Bahamas), Benedict (DII)
Brea Forbes, Lees-McRae (DII)
Joette Fernander, Texas College (NAIA)
Taneil Poitier, Yellowstone Christian (NCCAA)

Cuba:
Lisdeyvi Martinez, La Habana (Cuba)
Yamara Amargo, Sancti Spiritus, (Cuba)
Dairis Tornell, La Habana (Cuba)
Marlen Cepeda, Sancti Spiritus, (Cuba)
Edith Thompson, La Habana (Cuba)
Suchitel Avila, La Habana (Cuba)
Anilegna Colas, La Habana (Cuba)
Maria Isabel Perez Suarez, Sancti Spiritus (Cuba)
Leanyi Becquer, La Habana (Cuba)
Yuniesky Bouly, Guantanamo (Cuba)
Eilen Gilbert, Sancti Spiritus, (Cuba)
Anisleidy Galindo, Pinar Del Rio (Cuba)

St. Vincent and the Grenadines:
Lorna Caesar, Delaware State
Sheldeen Joseph, club unknown, Bowie State (DII)
Suzette Jordon, club unknown
Laneicia King, club unknown
Nathifa Weekes, club unknown
Shavern Weekes, club unknown
Mary Ann Frederick, club unknown, McCook (JC)
Dilonie Sam, club unknown
Shanique De Shong, club unknown
Angelika John, club unknown
Suzette Jackson, club unknown
Vasha Adams, club unknown, Clarendon (JC)

Barbados:
Zahra Ashby, club unknown
Rashanna Thorne, club unknown
Anicia Wood, club unknown, St John's (Volleyball)
Tower Lorde, club unknown
Toni Atherley, club unknown, Fresno State
Ashlee Daniel, Arkansas-Pine Bluff
Astrid Alleyne, club unknown
Tamisha Flatts, club unknown
Deidre Lassiter, Highlands Ranch (CO)
Ria Phillips, club unknown
Shakila Small, Oklahoma State
Maria Cumberbatch, club unknown

Dominican Republic:
Jennifer Ramirez, club unknown, Texas A&M Corpus Christi
Julady Zapata, club unknown
Yohanna Morton, club unknown, Robert Morris
Jennifer Estrella, La Vega (Dominican Republic)
Andreina Paniagua, Calero (Dominican Republic)
Esmery Martinez, Hamilton Heights Christian (TN)
Genesis Evangelista, Mauricio Baez (Dominican Republic)
Anyi Hodge, Este (Dominican Republic)
Flor Jones, Mauricio Baez (Dominican Republic)
Giocelis Reynoso, Isabela (Puerto Rico)/Tallina University (Estonia), Central Connecticut State
Yamile Rodriguez, Aros (Spain), East Tennessee State
Sugeiry Monsac, club unknown, Robert Morris

Guyana:
Miriam McKenzie, Adelantados (Spain), Loyola (MD)
Ginelle Ifill, club unknown, Howard (JC)
Jada Mohan, club unknown
Kennesha Leacock, club unknown
Saffiya Greene, club unknown
Annalisa Barclay, club unknown
Roschelle Campbell, club unknown
Demelza Nicholas, club unknown
Caron Bobb-Semple, club unknown
Makeda Rogers, club unknown
Cliffana Hunter, club unknown
Kesann Charles, club unknown

Suriname:
Cindy Vianen, De Arend (Suriname)
Zephanya Zeefuik, club unknown
Mirelva Marica, De Arend (Suriname)
Suelle Shepperd, Yellow Birds (Suriname)
Chayanne Schurman, SCVU (Suriname)
Conchita Riedewald, De Arend (Suriname)
Abigail De Rijp, Yellow Birds (Suriname)
Chayenne Naarden, Yellow Birds (Suriname)
Cyarah Kensmil, Yellow Birds (Suriname)
Marcella Sedoc, De Arend (Suriname), Dodge City (JC)
Li Ling Fang, Yellow Birds (Suriname)
Morena Leter, De Arend (Suriname)