Cooper Flagg, Ace Bailey, Dylan Harper, Ian Jackson, Boogie Fland highlight Nike Hoop Summit roster
USA Basketball announced today the USA men’s and women’s rosters and coaching staffs for the 2024 Nike Hoop Summit. The 25th Nike Hoop Summit is scheduled for Saturday, April 13, at Moda Center in Portland, Oregon. Tickets are on sale at www.usab.com/tickets.
The 2024 USA Men’s Nike Hoop Summit roster features Airious “Ace” Bailey, David Castillo, Isaiah Evans, Cooper Flagg, Johnuel “Boogie” Fland, Dylan Harper, Ian Jackson, Morez Johnson Jr., Tre Johnson, Asa Newell, Patrick Ngongba II and Jayden Quaintance.
The head coach for the USA men is Sharman White (Pace Academy, GA) and he will be assisted by Frank Bennett (Chaminade College Prep, MO) and Nick LoGalbo (Lane Technical College Prep, IL).
The 2024 USA Women’s Nike Hoop Summit roster includes Mikayla Blakes, Jaloni Cambridge, Morgan Cheli, Kendall Dudley, Joyce Edwards, Madisen McDaniel, Olivia Olson, Mackenly Randolph, Arianna Roberson, Kennedy Smith, Sarah Strong and Allie Ziebell.
Leading the USA women’s team will be head coach Sue Phillips (Archbishop Mitty, CA) with assistant coaches Tamika Dudley (Sidwell Friends, Washington D.C.) and Hilda Hankerson (Westlake High School, GA).
Overall, the USA men’s and women’s athletes have combined for 18 gold medals as members of USA Basketball junior national teams.
The 2024 Nike Hoop Summit will air live on FS1 with the women’s game tipping at 7:30 p.m. ET/4:30 p.m. PT and followed by the men’s game at approximately 10:00 p.m. ET/7:00 p.m. PT.
The Nike Hoop Summit has been held annually since 1995 (with the exception of 2001-03 and 2020-21). For more on the men’s game, click here, and for the women’s game, here.
USA Men’s Nike Hoop Summit Roster Highlights
- Bailey, Evans, Morez Johnson Jr. and Ngongba II will make their USA Basketball competitive debuts in Portland.
- Harper, Jackson, Tre Johnson and Newell were members of the 2023 U19 National Team that competed at the FIBA U19 Men’s World Cup in Debrecen, Hungary.
- Quaintance was on the 2023 U16 National Team that secured the gold medal at the FIBA Men’s U16 Americas Championship in Merida, Mexico.
- Castillo, Flagg, Fland, Jackson and Newell were on the 2022 U17 National Team that won the gold medal at the FIBA U17 Men’s World Cup in Malaga, Spain.
- Castillo and Jackson were teammates on the 2021 U16 National Team that captured the gold medal at the FIBA Men’s U16 Americas Championship in Xalapa, Mexico.
- Bailey (April 2023), Castillo (Oct. 2023, April 2023, Oct. 2022, April 2022, May 2021), Evans (Oct. 2023), Flagg (April 2022), Fland (Oct. 2023, April 2023, May 2021), Harper (Oct. 2023, April 2023), Jackson (Oct. 2023, April 2023, April 2022, May 2021), Morez Johnson Jr. (Oct. 2023), Tre Johnson (Oct. 2023, April 2023, May 2021), Ngongba II (Oct. 2023) and Quaintance (Oct. 2023, April 2023, Oct. 2022) have all recently participated in a USA Men’s Junior National Team minicamp.
- White, with an abundance of USA Basketball experience, most recently led his second USA U16 National Team to FIBA Men’s U16 Americas Championship gold by going 6-0 at the competition in 2023. White was named head coach for the USA at the 2020 Nike Hoop Summit, though the game was not played.
- Bennett and LoGalbo were assistants for the 2023 Men’s Nike Hoop Summit team.
(Release via USA Basketball)
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