Tim Hardaway JR Makes US U-19 B-Ball Team
Ann Arbor.com reporting:
http://www.annarbor.com/sports/um-basketball/tim-hardaway-jr-makes-usa-basketball-u-19-roster/
THJ made the team. Pretty solid work right there. The team leaves for Europe on Friday. Other B10 teams had players trying out too. Here's the update:
Michigan sophomore-to-be Tim Hardaway Jr. made the roster for the 2011 USA U19 World Championship team, USA Basketball announced today. . . . Michigan State's Keith Appling and Illinois' Meyers Leonard are currently part of the 13-member roster. Iowa's Melsahn Basabe was among the cuts. The team will cut one more player before leaving for Europe. CBSSports.com's Jeff Goodman is reporting that the last roster spot will go to Appling or Villanova's James Bell.
Congrats Mr. Hardaway!
...accomplishment for THJR. Quite a spectacular rise for Beilein's relatively unheralded (but blueblooded) recruit.
I've been anticipating these results for some time and am really happy for Hardaway.
Here's the link from USA Basketball with the roster.
| NAME |
POS
|
HGT
|
WGT
|
DOB
|
YOG
|
SCHOOL | HOMETOWN |
| Keith Appling |
G
|
6-1
|
180
|
02/13/92
|
2014
|
Michigan State | Detroit, MI |
| James Bell |
G
|
6-5
|
225
|
01/07/92
|
2014
|
Villanova | Orlando, FL |
| Anthony Brown |
G
|
6-6
|
200
|
10/10/92
|
2014
|
Stanford | Huntington Beach, FL |
| Jahii Carson |
G
|
5-11
|
160
|
08/31/92
|
2011
|
Mesa H.S./*Arizona State | Phoenix, AZ |
| Tim Hardaway, Jr. |
G
|
6-5
|
185
|
03/16/92
|
2014
|
Michigan | Miami, FL |
| Joe Jackson |
G
|
6-0
|
175
|
02/08/92
|
2014
|
Memphis | Memphis, TN |
| Jeremy Lamb |
G
|
6-5
|
185
|
05/30/92
|
2014
|
Connecticut | Norcross, GA |
| Meyers Leonard |
C
|
7-0
|
240
|
02/27/92
|
2014
|
Illinois | Robinson, IL |
| Khyle Marshall |
F
|
6-7
|
210
|
03/01/92
|
2014
|
Butler | Davie, FL |
| Javon McCrea |
F
|
6-6
|
245
|
11/05/92
|
2014
|
Buffalo | Newark, NY |
| Doug McDermott |
F
|
6-7
|
210
|
01/03/92
|
2014
|
Creighton | Ames, IA |
| Tony Mitchell |
F/C
|
6-9
|
220
|
04/07/92
|
2014
|
North Texas | Dallas, TX |
| Patric Young |
F/C
|
6-9
|
245
|
02/01/92
|
2014
|
Florida | Jacksonville, FL |
| Head Coach:Paul Hewitt, George Mason University | |||||||
| Assistant Coach: Randy Bennett, St. Mary's College | |||||||
| Assistant Coach: Cliff Warren, Jacksonville University | |||||||
| Athletic Trainer: Tim Hansen, United States Military Academy Prep School (Fort Monmouth, N.J.) | |||||||
| Team Physician: Eliot Young, San Antonio Spurs | |||||||
| *Signed a National Letter of Intent to attend and compete for the school indicated. | |||||||
Apparently Basabe didn't play in the tryout like he plays against us. I thought he was a pretty solid player based on the times we played them.
Congrats to Tim Jr.
"Daddy never did that!"
the coach at Ga Tech or did he get fired? Seems like an odd mistake to make.
edit: fired and now at GMU...
....GMU head coach. He was fired at Georgia Tech.
Representing the USA and UM to the world will be an experience that you remember for life - congratulations, and enjoy yourself out there . . .
Story on UMhoops about Hardaway and the US U19 team... probably much better than the annarbor.com one.
http://www.umhoops.com/2011/06/19/tim-hardaway-jr-makes-usa-u19-world-championship-team/
This is an great accomplishment. This really helped a lot of players last year, when they got back to college.
good for him. second time (at least?) that basketball has gotten this guy a trip to europe. not bad for a sophomore.
What a wonderful honor it must be to be chosen to represent your country!
Congratulations to him. Hope he tears it up and represents Michigan and America in a great way. Best of luck to him.
Great for Timmy. Playing with other elite college players can only help, and international competition should help him immensely this year as a leader for the team. My sense is that they'll take Appling because the kid is a good defender and has a good pedigree, but the number of B10 players on this team shows the strength of the conference.
is apparently going to be between Appling and Bell for the final roster spot.
Hardaway is a solid player ... great kid ... and, he deserves it.