USA Basketball announced the final 12 man roster for the U17 team that will play in the FIBA U17 World Championships beginning on August 8th in Dubai. 33 players were invited to try out overall, including 6 PC recruits. Only 1 of those 6 actually made the final cut:

2016 Tyus Battle (Gill St. Bernard’s School/ Edison, N.J.)

The other 5 PC recruits that tried out but didn’t make the team are:

• 2016 Terrell Brown (St. Andrew’s School/ Barrington, R.I.)
• 2016 Amir Coffey (Hopkins H.S./New Hope, Minn.)
• 2015 Eric Davis (Arthur Hill H.S./Saginaw, Mich.)
• 2016 Josh Langford (Madison Academy/ Huntsville, Ala.)
• 2016 Kobi Simmons (St. Francis H.S./ Alpharetta, Ga.)

USA’s first game in the preliminary round of Group A play in Dubai is August 8th against Greece. The other preliminary round games will be August 9th against Angola and August 11th against the Philippines. The USA is a two-time defending champion at the FIBA U17 World Championships.

Ed Cooley was on Billy Donovan’s staff for the U18 FIBA Americas games in June. These players will be trying out for the U17 USA squad that will compete in the FIBA U17 World Championships from August 8th-16th in Dubai. Per USA Basketball, July 25th will be the only day of the tryouts that college coaches will be allowed in to evaluate the 33 players trying out for the team during the third and final live evaluation period.

Here are the 6 PC recruits, all in the class of 2016 except Eric Davis, that are trying out for the U17 USA team in Colorado Springs:

• 2016 Tyus Battle (Gill St. Bernard’s School/ Edison, N.J.)
• 2016 Terrell Brown (St. Andrew’s School/ Barrington, R.I.)
• 2016 Amir Coffey (Hopkins H.S./New Hope, Minn.)
• 2015 Eric Davis (Arthur Hill H.S./Saginaw, Mich.)
• 2016 Josh Langford (Madison Academy/ Huntsville, Ala.)
• 2016 Kobi Simmons (St. Francis H.S./ Alpharetta, Ga.)