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Message: [QUOTE="Kaizen, post: 2830220, member: 6183"] [B]COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – [/B]Seven UConn women's basketball team alums and current senior [URL='https://uconnhuskies.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=9333']Napheesa Collier[/URL]earned invitations to the 2018 USA Basketball Women's National Team training camp ahead of the 2018 FIBA World Cup, as announced by USA Basketball Saturday. Joining Collier are former Huskies Sue Bird, Tina Charles, Stefanie Dolson, Tiffany Hayes, Breanna Stewart, Diana Taurasi and Morgan Tuck. Bird, Hayes, Stewart and Taurasi are currently competing in the WNBA playoffs and may join the team following the conclusion of their seasons. Charles, Collier, Dolson and Tuck have confirmed their participation in the USA training camp. The training camp will be held in Columbia, S.C., and is the tip-off of the team's final preparations for the World Cup. Following two days of practice, the USA squad will compete in a Red-White intrasquad exhibition at Colonia Life Arena in Columbia on Sept. 5. Traveling up the coast to Bridgeport, Connecticut, the USA continues its exhibition schedule with a 7 p.m. (EDT) game against Canada on Sept. 8 at Webster Bank Arena, and closes out its domestic tour against Japan at 7 p.m. on Sept. 10 at George Washington University's Charles E. Smith Center in Washington, D.C. Former Husky Jennifer Rizzotti is an assistant for the U.S. National Team at the World Cup. UConn head coach [URL='https://uconnhuskies.com/coaches.aspx?rc=446']Geno Auriemma[/URL], who coached USA teams to gold medals at the past two Olympics and FIBA World Cups, serves as a special advisor. [URL="https://uconnhuskies.com/news/2018/9/1/womens-basketball-eight-huskies-invited-to-usa-national-team-training-camp.aspx"]Eight Huskies Invited to USA National Team Training Camp - UConn Huskies | University of Connecticut Athletics[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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