It seems that martelli wouldnāt cut curt out of good will for the new A-10 arrival, unless he likes to make enemies.
he just had an off day you canāt be expected to play perfectly every game it is just impossible to imagine let alone actually do
hereās a link to the Global Games
I presume cuts will be based on the players preformances in the games.
USA plays Wednesday thru Friday this week.
Lets go Curt!!!
[i]Originally posted by DownwithNBA[/i]@Jul 26 2005, 03:11 PM [b] It seems that martelli wouldn't cut curt out of good will for the new A-10 arrival, unless he likes to make enemies. [/b]I can guarantee that Martelli doesn't give a darn about that. His job is to put together the best team for THIS competition. That being said, I agree with dax that CW just had a bad day. If Gray, Brooks, and Davis were the best players in that game, then there some other notables having bad games, most notable being Rudy Gay and J.J. Redick.
Withers is all but an absolute lock to make this team. Curt has played well in the prior sessions, not to mention there is a derth of big men available at the tryouts. No worries.
Some love from Luke Winn at SI.comā¦
[b]Buy stock in Withers. The Charlotte forward was -- at least from my view in the stands -- the most dominant player in the first three days of camp, and should be on everyone's preseason All-America lists in the winter.[/b]Link: [url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2005/writers/luke_winn/07/26/inside.bkc/index.html]Inside College Basketball[/url]
Just wanted to bring this back to the top of the board, especially with the mention Curtis got from Luke Winn on SI.com (see post/link above).
Another day, which means no mention in the Observerā¦ <_<
Funny reading the Dallas and Fort Worth newspapers for info. Yes, they are giving scores, etc. Not paying too much attention to the U-21 team composition, though, since they keep mentioning that JamesOn Curry is on the team, when, in fact, he left the Trials due to injury! :rolleyes:
The āotherā USA team has a bit of indirect āCharlotteā flavor as wellā¦
USA Menās World University Games Team Begins Preparation For International Competition Thursday In Colorado
July 27, 2005 ā¢ Colorado Springs, Colo.
With a roster of 14 finalists, the USA Basketball Menās World University Games Team is set to begin preparations for the World University Games that are being held Aug. 11-22 in Izmir, Turkey. The finalists will compete in the trials and training camp July 28-Aug. 4 in Colorado Springs, Colo. in the hopes of making the final 12-man roster that is slated to compete in Turkey.
Joining the original 13 finalists is Bobby Jones (Washington / Compton, Calif.). The senior foward is a three-year starter for Washington and ranked fourth on the team with 11.2 points per game and pulled down a team-high 5.8 rebounds per game as a junior in 2004-05.
Athlete selections were made by the USA Basketball Menās Collegiate Committee, chaired by Syracuse University (N.Y.) head coach Jim Boeheim and include: Greg Brunner (Iowa / Charles City, Iowa); Randy Foye (Villanova / Newark, N.J.); Mike Gansey (West Virginia / Olmsted Falls, Ohio); Vincent Grier (Minnesota / Charlotte, N.C.); Matt Haryasz (Stanford / Page, Ariz.); Chris Hernandez (Stanford / Fresno, Calif.); Eric Hicks (Cincinnati / Greensboro, N.C.); Jeff Horner (Iowa / Mason City, Iowa); Jones; Gerry McNamara (Syracuse / Scranton, Pa.); Craig Smith (Boston College / Los Angeles, Calif.); Patrick Sparks (Kentucky / Central City, Ky.); Shelden Williams (Duke / Forest Park, Okla.) and Brendan Winters (Davidson / Denver, Colo.).
Villanova University (Pa.) head coach Jay Wright, who previously served as an assistant on the 2002 USA World Championship For Young Men Qualifying Team, is head coach for the 2005 USA Menās World University Games Team. Wright will be assisted on the sidelines by collegiate head coaches Jeff Capel of Virginia Commonwealth University and Bobby Gonzalez of Manhattan College (N.Y.). Texas A&M University head coach Billy Gillispie and George Washington University (D.C.) head coach Karl Hobbs will serve as court coaches during trials in Colorado Springs.
The 14 finalists take the first steps toward a gold medal tomorrow at 5 p.m.(all times local), when the team takes the floor together for the first practice of trials at Reid Gymnasium on the campus of Colorado College. The team will then practice at 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. daily, alternating each day between Colorado College and Sports Center I at the U.S. Olympic Training Center. Practices on July 28, July 30, Aug. 1 and Aug. 3 will take place at CC, while the U.S. Olympic Training Center will play host to two-a-day practices on July 29, July 31, Aug. 2. Final practices on Aug. 4, which are slated to begin at 11 a.m. and 6 p.m., respectively, are also scheduled to take place at the U.S. Olympic Training Centerās Sports Center I. The team, consisting of the official 12-man roster will then leave Aug. 5 for Izmir and continue training Aug. 7-10. before competition begins on Aug. 12.
Competition opens with the U.S. squad matching up against fellow Group F teams - Iran, Slovakia and Germany - to begin preliminary group play. The first game is slated for 3 p.m. against Iran on Aug. 12, followed by a 12:45 p.m. contest versus Slovakia on Aug. 13. Pool play comes to a close on Aug. 14, as the U.S. takes on Germany at 3 p.m. Second round games will take place on Aug. 16-17; the quarterfinal round is slated for Aug. 18, and the semifinals and finals are scheduled for Aug. 19 and 21, respectively.
Five of the 14 players competing for spots on the USA team have prior USA Basketball experience, all as part of USA Basketball Youth Development Festivals. University of Iowa teammates, Brunner and Horner, were also a formidable duo at the 2001 Festival, where they teamed up to post a 4-1 record and lead the North squad to the gold medal. Horner also won gold as a member of the North team during the 2000 Festival. Although now playing on opposite coasts, Smith and Hernandez teamed up on the West Team during the 2000 Youth Development Festival, falling to Horner and the North in the championship game and walking away with silver. Williams won a bronze medal in 2001, leading the South Team to a 3-2 record, and also participated in the U.S. Junior World Championship Team Trials in 2003.
Williams earned multiple All-Atlantic Coast Conference honors in 2005, including first team all-conference, all-defensive team (as the only unanimous selection) and all-tournament. From the Big East Conference, Smith and McNamara each received first-team accolades, while Foye, who was named to the 2005 NCAA Tournament Syracuse Regional Team, received a third team selection. McNamara, Foye and Gansey were all selected to the Big East All-Tournament Team. Grier tops the Big Ten Conference list, after garnering all-conference first team and all-tournament honors in 2005 and Brunner and Horner earned all-conference second team and honorable mention, respectively. Hernandez took in All-Pacific-10 accolades, while teammate Haryasz received honorable mention and both made the all-tournament team. Winters earned All-Southern Conference and second team all-tournament honors for his performance last season. Sparks (Southeastern Conference) and Hicks (Conference USA) round out the all-conference awards with second and third team awards, respectively.
Williamsā All-American honors in 2005 include second-team selections by SportsIllustrated.com, Dick Vitaleās All-Rolls Royce, and Rivals.com and a third team All-American award by the Associated Press (A.P.). Smith was named to the third team by both the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) and SportsIllustrated.com and earned fourth-team and honorable mention from Dick Vitaleās All-Rolls Royce and the A.P., respectively. Winters joins Smith on the A.P. All-American honorable mention list, while McNamara received honorable mention recognition by SportsIllustrated.com.
2005 USA World University Games Team
The 2005 World University Games menās basketball competition will include 32 teams and the United States has been placed in preliminary round Group F with Germany, Iran and Slovakia. Also listed among this years competitors are Brazil, Finland, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates in Group A; Group B consists of Haiti, Serbia & Montenegro, South Korea and Sweden; Group C includes Cyprus, Japan, Republic of South Africa and Russia; in Group D are Angola, Canada, Italy and Portugal; while China, Croatia, Czech Republic and Peru have been placed in Group E; Group G consists of Australia, Great Britain, Lebanon and Lithuania; while Group H includes Estonia, Greece, Mexico and Spain.
The USA men in past WUG competitions have dominated, compiling a 119-17 overall record (.875 winning percentage) while medaling in all 17 Games in which they have participated, including 12 gold medals. In 2001, the most recent WUGās in which the U.S. men competed, the USA saw its streak of six consecutive golds and 46 consecutive wins come to a halt when host China, led by itās āWalking Wallā of Menk Batere, Yao Ming and ZhiZhi Wang, all of whom competed for China at the 2000 Olympic Games the previous summer, edged the U.S. collegians 83-82 in the semifinals. The USA squad finished 7-1 to claim the 2001 WUG bronze medal.
The United States has been sending teams to the World University Games since 1965, and since then the World University Games has served as an important developmental event for the U.S. Seventeen players have represented the USA in both the World University Games and the Olympic Games, including Ray Allen, Stacey Augmon, Charles Barkley, Larry Bird, Bill Bradley, Quinn Buckner, Tom Burleson, Ken Davis, Tim Duncan, Phil Hubbard, Allen Iverson, Mitch Kupchak, Karl Malone, Mitch Richmond, Michael Silliman, Steve Smith and Jo Jo White.
[i]Originally posted by run49er[/i]@Jul 26 2005, 06:30 PM [b] Some love from Luke Winn at SI.com...PS - more love from Luke - his reply to my thank you note:[b]Buy stock in Withers. The Charlotte forward was -- at least from my view in the stands -- the most dominant player in the first three days of camp, and should be on everyone's preseason All-America lists in the winter.[/b]Link: [url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2005/writers/luke_winn/07/26/inside.bkc/index.html]Inside College Basketball[/url] [/b]
[b]No problem ... i actually have a longer interview with him stored on my tape recorder, ready to turn into a summer column. [b]look for something in the next two weeks[/b].Thanks for reading.
- Luke[/b]