COLORADO SPRINGS (USA) - USA Basketball have named the 33 players who will fight for a spot on the team for the FIBA U19 Basketball World Cup 2025 with eight nominees having helped the country win the title at the FIBA U17 Basketball World Cup 2024 including stars AJ Dybantsa, Koa Peat and Tyran Stokes.
Head coach Tommy Lloyd and his staff will bring together the 33 players to start a training camp on June 14 in Colorado Springs to get ready for the U19 World Cup, which starts on June 28 in Lausanne.
"We are confident that we will build the best team to compete in Switzerland from this group of USA Basketball veterans and newcomers," USA Basketball Men's National Team director Sean Ford said.
Dybantsa, Peat and Stokes led a USA team that broke record after record at the U17 World Cup last summer to give USA their seventh straight global cadet title - Peat actually winning the U17 World Cup in 2022 as well. Also on the team last summer in Istanbul were Chris Cenac, Caleb Holt, JJ Mandaquit, Brandon McCoy and Jordan Smith.
USA's preliminary list for FIBA U19 Basketball World Cup 2025
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Matt Able | Tajh Ariza | Mikel Brown | LJ Cason | Chris Cenac |
Christian Collins | Jason Crowe | Tony Duckett | AJ Dybantsa | Caleb Gaskins |
Hudson Greer | Isiah Harwell | Cameron Holmes | Caleb Holt | Daniel Jacobsen |
Jasper Johnson | Morez Johnson | Nik Khamenia | Taylen Kinney | Nykolas Lewis |
JJ Mandaquit | Brandon McCoy | Malachi Moreno | Royce Parham | Koa Peat |
Jaxon Richardson | Deron Rippey | Tyrone Riley | Jordan Smith | Tyran Stokes |
Tyler Tanner | Sadiq White | Elijah Williams |
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Among the 33 nominees are four players who won the FIBA U18 AmeriCup 2024 under the guidance of Coach Lloyd.
Daniel Jacobsen collected 9.2 points and 7.0 rebounds including 3.0 offensive boards; Jasper Johnson tallied 10.0 points on 42 percent three-point shooting and 2.7 assists; Morez Johnson contributed 8.0 points, 9.0 rebounds and 1.2 blocks and Nik Khamenia chipped in 7.7 points on 39 percent threes.
Jacobsen and Morez Johnson are two of seven nominees who played college basketball last season - the others being LJ Cason, Tony Duckett, Royce Parham, Tyrone Riley IV and Tyler Tanner.
The record eight-time U19 world champs USA will be facing Australia, Cameroon and France in Group D in the tournament, which runs until July 6. The Americans will be coming to Switzerland looking to get back to the top of the world after slumping to fourth place in 2023.
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