U17 cuts down to 41 with some surprising omissions

[DaddyChoc]

Maybe Lexi will play with a chip on her shoulder now like Parker?

I'm looking around on Twitter for her dunking video... take that

 

[malevocalist#]

Maybe her father is on the committee!

Who knows, maybe

 

[Fightin Choke]

Neither of the two Uconn commits made it. Wow.

I guess this is the final 12

www.usab.com/womens/u17

That's the team from 2014. The final cuts down to 12 for the U17 team will be on June 3rd (Friday).

 

[malevocalist#]

That's the team from 2014. The final cuts down to 12 for the U17 team will be on June 3rd (Friday).

I knew something was wrong lol...

Thanks for correcting.

 

[UcMiami]

I think the idea of opening the U16 and U17 trials to applicants (they have to apply and be accepted) is a good idea - there are just too many kids at that age range that have had little or no national exposure for a committee to have a chance to see them all. That said, the process of selection from 140 +/- to 100 and then to 40 seems awfully compressed, to be cutting a significant number of 'invitees' who got their invites based on observation over 12 months rather than two days in a gym with 140 other players. I would have preferred to see the invitees all make it to the 40-50 player cut and then have 2 days to cut down to 15-18 final group. If you ended up in a section of underachievers at the 100 cut mark it could doom your chances.

The experience for everyone getting a chance to work with and against the best quality age peers has to be a positive - many of them are so far above the players on their own teams that seeing a broad cross section of the national talent is both an eye opener and a motivator even if they last only till the first cut.

 

[malevocalist#]

That's the team from 2014. The final cuts down to 12 for the U17 team will be on June 3rd (Friday).

But was I correct that neither of the Uconn commits made the list?

 

[UcMiami]

But was I correct that neither of the Uconn commits made the list?

There are a number of players Uconn is recruiting that did make the list, but neither of the committed players made it - Gordon didn't make it into the 41, and AEH didn't make it into the final 18.