USA Basketball 3x3 U18 Qualifiers

[ochoopsfan]

http://www.usab.com/womens/3x3/roster.html

I dont know many of the teams but I will take the team called "Defend"

The world Championships are in Indonesia in September.

 

[Phil]

Wow, they look loaded, but don't count out Primus, who might surprise some.

 

[CBus13]

Does anyone know how they divided these girls? Like is there a rhyme or reason why one team has some high profile names and then other teams have girls who are all from the same city?

 

[ochoopsfan]

Does anyone know how they divided these girls? Like is there a rhyme or reason why one team has some high profile names and then other teams have girls who are all from the same city?

Some of these teams were in a competition to qualify for this event(I think)
http://www.usab.com/womens/3x3/13_3x3_schedule.html

The team named "Defend", with UConn 2015 recruit Katie Lou Samuelson, I think were invited from players that were on other USA Teams this year. Green and Turner were on the U19 team(but are U18) and KLS and Ogunbowale were on the U16 team that played in Mexico in June.

 

[CBus13]

Some of these teams were in a competition to qualify for this event(I think)
http://www.usab.com/womens/3x3/13_3x3_schedule.html

The team named "Defend", with UConn 2015 recruit Katie Lou Samuelson, I think were invited from players that were on other USA Teams this year. Green and Turner were on the U19 team(but are U18) and KLS and Ogunbowale were on the U16 team that played in Mexico in June.

Oh! Okay! Thank you for the info ochoopsfan!

 

[ochoopsfan]

Team USA Qualifier 3x3 Final hilights


Article from USA Basketball--includes mens team champs
http://www.usab.com/mens/3x3/13_3x3_u18_081113.html

Best wishes to all going to Indonesia in September, especially UConn recruit KLS.

 

[UConnCat]

Carl Adamec did a story Katie Lou and the 3x3 tournament which can be found at his blog:

http://snyuconn.com/uconn/samuelson-seeks-3x3-bid-prepares-to-make-list/#more-7923

Katie Lou and Mater Dei will be playing in the Hall of Fame tourney in Springfield MA in January and Katie Lou hopes to visit UConn that weekend.

 

[HuskyFan1125]

"Among the schools she has been linked to in recruiting are UConn, Stanford, Duke, Notre Dame, Louisville, and UCLA. Her older sisters, Bonnie and Karlie, are at Stanford. Bonnie is a junior and Karlie a freshman. Katie Lou said in May that it annoys her when she hears that she’ll go to Stanford only because her sisters did.
“It’s just … I get that a lot,” Samuelson said. “People say it and they need to know that I’m thinking about what is best for me. Just because my sisters are there does not mean I’m going there. I need to find the place I’m going to be the most successful. If it’s Stanford or it’s not Stanford, I have to figure it out.”












I find this encouraging. Sounds like she is going to make the decision that best suits her.

 

[Phil]

Not surprisingly, Defend won, but they had to beat Primus, who went 6-1.

 

[Wbbfan1]

As has been said the team that won the tournament was put together by USA BB with the expectation it would win the tournament. Mike Flynn has stated this team was going to represent USA regardless if they won the tournament or not. USA BB came back and said that was not true and whoever won the tournament would represent Team USA. I suspect Mike is more accurate in his statement as USA BB is going to want elite players to represent USA.

 

[Kibitzer]

USA BB is going to want elite players to represent USA.

This seems to me to be a good idea.

On the other hand, they could have it in for the TV talkers or the PA person in Indonesia and assemble a team comprising Ogunbowale, Guiranthes, Charensouk, and Iwahashi. Team name? "Carolyn Peck's Nightmare."

 

[grizz36]

This seems to me to be a good idea.

On the other hand, they could have it in for the TV talkers or the PA person in Indonesia and assemble a team comprising Ogunbowale, Guiranthes, Charensouk, and Iwahashi. Team name? "Carolyn Peck's Nightmare."

Hell, Kib; Smith, Jones, Brown, Moore and Green could be a "Carolyn Peck's Nightmare".