KK Arnold and Allie Ziebell invited to USA Basketball U-19 Trials

[UConnCat]

U-19 World Cup will be held in Spain in July.

UConn POIs invited: Sarah Strong and Kennedy Smith.

USA Basketball Women’s U19 National Team Trials Roster

Trials begin May 12 with the 12-member team expected to be announced on May 15. The 2023 FIBA U19 Women’s World Cup is scheduled for July 15-23 in Madrid.

www.usab.com

 

[darrell]

 

[Sluconn Husky]

Wonder if Shade missed the age cutoff.

 

[BobbyJ]

Wonder if Shade missed the age cutoff.

Shade’s DOB is July 13, 2004. So she just wasn’t invited.

 

[oldhusky]

Hope we get to see KK, Allie and Sarah. That would be nice and could help our chances with Sarah.

 

[Alydar]

Playing in a prep league takes many players out sight. Prep school results are thinly reported and many schools don't publish a box score.
From everything I've watched and read about her character I'm confident Shade will be ready upon arrival. Both she and Samuels come in with reps as tenacious defenders and good 3pt shooters. That should make Geno smile.

 

[Zarathustra]

Wonder if Shade missed the age cutoff.

According to the FIBA basketball web page, Ashlynn Shade's date of birth is
July 13, 2004. I suspect that Ashlynn playing at Lalumiere School (this year, 2022-2023) may have made
a difference?? When July comes along, we should all wish Ashlynn a "HAPPY BIRTHDAY"!

 

[darrell]

KK is a USA Basketball vet at this point, I think she’s a lock for the team. Hoping Allie can join her.

 

[BobbyJ]

KK is a USA Basketball vet at this point, I think she’s a lock for the team. Hoping Allie can join her.

The USA coaches tend to like the experience factor when building a roster. Depending on how many PGs they want to carry, I think Arnold and Hidalgo may be competing for a 3rd PG slot along with Jones behind Rice and Lepolo. The one year of college experience is likely a big deal to them and a 3rd kid would probably not get much PT anyways.

 

[Geew1992]

KK is a USA Basketball vet at this point, I think she’s a lock for the team. Hoping Allie can join her.

This is what UConn’s been missing.

 

[MSGRET]

This is great, but I hope they don't get any injuries that would keep them from playing in the European Trip in August.

 

[hoopsnloops32]

The USA coaches tend to like the experience factor when building a roster. Depending on how many PGs they want to carry, I think Arnold and Hidalgo may be competing for a 3rd PG slot along with Jones behind Rice and Lepolo. The one year of college experience is likely a big deal to them and a 3rd kid would probably not get much PT anyways.

Has Lepolo played for team USA before? I think they prefer team USA experience which Hidalgo has over Lepolo and Arnold.

 

[BobbyJ]

Has Lepolo played for team USA before? I think they prefer team USA experience which Hidalgo has over Lepolo and Arnold.

Arnold played on the U16 in 2021. Hidalgo U17 in 2022. I would think Lepolo starting 31 games at 26 mpg for Stanford would outweigh 5 games apiece against overmatched HS kids in a tournament for those other two. But I don’t know what these USA coaches value more for experience.

 

[southie]

USA Basketball Women’s U19 National Team Announced

USA Basketball announced today the 2023 USA Women's U19 National Team following three days of trials in Colorado Springs. The 12-member roster, selected from 23 trials invitees, will compete at the 2023 FIBA U19 Women’s World Cup from July 15-23 in Madrid.

www.usab.com

2023 USA Basketball Women’s U19 National Team Roster (selections in bold):

KK Arnold, Connecticut
Madison Booker, Texas
Sydney Bowles, Texas A&M
Essence Cody, alabama
Talaysia Cooper, South Carolina
Breya Cunningham, Arizona
Aalyah Del Rosario, LSU
Jadyn Donovan, Duke
Joyce Edwards, Camden High School
Hannah Hidalgo, Notre Dame
Londynn Jones, UCLA
Chloe Kitts, South Carolina
Alyssa Latham, Syracuse
Talana Lepolo, Stanford
Cotie McMahon, Ohio State
Kiyomi McMiller, Life Center Academy
Courtney Ogden, Stanford
Mackenly Randolph, Sierra Canyon School
Kiki Rice, UCLA
Kennedy Smith, Etiwanda High School
Sarah Strong, Grace Christian School
Grace VanSlooten, Oregon
Juju Watkins, Southern Cal
Allie Ziebell, Neenah Hgh School

 

[RockyMTblue2]

Somewhat surprised that KK Arnold didn't make it.

 

[HuskyNan]

 

[Ozimoto]

With Hidalgo and Rice on the roster, KK may have been odd person out for the point guard position. Gives her motivation to work hard when she arrives on campus.

 

[sun]

Now I notice that Juju also wasn't selected.