Player Quotes on Making the Team || USA Basketball Athlete Selection Procedures for the 2016 Olympic Games (PDF) USA Basketball announced the 12-player roster for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. As expected, the squad does not include two-time…
Games begin on July 28 and end on August 11. All preliminary and quarterfinal games will be held at the Basketball Arena. The semifinal and final games will be held at the North Greenwich Arena (also known as the O2…
While many expect the United States to win their fifth straight gold medal in the women’s basketball competition during the London 2012 Summer Olympics, Diana Taurasi does not think that earning the honor will be easy. Today, USA Basketball practiced…
Photo courtesy USA Basketball From USA Basketball: The 2012 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Women concluded on July 1 in Ankara, Turkey, completing the 12-nation field for the XXIX Olympic Games women’s basketball competition. Earning the final five berths…
Update 6/30/2012 Results, Friday, June 29 Croatia 59, Canada 56 Czech Republic 53, Japan 47 Turkey 72, Argentina 58 France 80, Korea 63 Fifth place quarterfinal matchups for the last spot in the Olympic pool France vs. Argentina Japan vs. Korea 6/30…
Phoenix Mercury forward and 10-year WNBA veteran Penny Taylor tore her left anterior cruciate ligament on March 29 while playing for Fenerbahce (Turkey) in the Euroleague Final 8. She is scheduled to undergo surgery in Melbourne, Australia and then begin…
USA Basketball announced the first 11 members of the 2012 U.S. Olympic Women’s Basketball Team Friday. The team includes a trio of two-time Olympic gold medalists, four athletes who have each earned one Olympic gold medal and four new members.…
While the WNBA season was heading toward its completion with the playoffs, available and healthy members of the USA Basketball Senior National Team were in Europe, participating in a training camp and tour, playing different local teams, bonding and getting…
USA Basketball added two new members to its women’s national team pool before heading on a European tournament and training camp tour. Sophia Young and Danielle Robinson of the San Antonio Silver Stars will join the squad as it begins…
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The U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC) named five-time Olympian and four-time gold medalist Teresa Edwards as a member of the 2009 class to be inducted into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame presented by Allstate. Teresa’s statement on being inducted: For…