Team USA’s U-19 team is all set for Cairo, Egypt. This morning, Head Coach John Calipari and the USA Basketball Committee, cut the roster down to 12 players.
Coach Calipari spoke about how difficult the decision was
“Having to select the first group (finalists) was really hard and we ended up keeping three or four more guys, because we weren’t ready to make a decision on those three or four. And then, we had couple of injuries, which ended up moving that number down. But, at the end of the day, there were three players for one spot and we had to choose one. We looked and said, ‘okay. Who, if they had to, could help us?’ And that’s who we went with.”
The players selected were:
Hamidou Diallo (Kentucky/Queens, NY)
Carsen Edwards (Purdue/Atascocita, Texas)
Kevin Huerter (Maryland/Clifton Park, N.Y.)
Louis King (Hudson Catholic H.S./Columbus, N.J.)
Romeo Langford (New Albany H.S./New Albany, Ind.)
Brandon McCoy(Cathedral Catholic H.S/San Diego, Calif.)
Josh Okogie (Georgia Tech/Snellville, Ga.)
Payton Pritchard(Oregon/West Linn, Ore.)
Immanuel Quickly (John Carroll School/Bel Air, Md.)
Cameron Reddish(Westtown School/Norristown, Pa.)
P.J. Washington (Findlay Prep/Las Vegas, Nev.)
Austin Wiley(Auburn/Hoover, Ala.)
Coaches: John Calipari (Head Coach, Kentucky), Tad Boyle (Assistant Coach, Colorado), Danny Manning (Assistant Coach, Wake Forest)
