LC
Years ago

U17 World Championships for Men

FIBA have announced the draw for U17 Men's World Championships to be held from 29 June - 8 July in Lithuania.

Here are the two preliminary pools:

Group A: Australia, China, Czech Republic, Egypt, France & USA

Group B: Argentina, Canada, Croatia, Korea, Lithuania & Spain

We open the WC's with a game against the USA!

To recap, here is the preliminary Australian squad:

Sam Daly, SA, Sturt Sabres
Josh Derksen, QLD, Toowoomba
Mirko Djeric, NSW, Bankstown
Nick Duncan, NSW, Manly Warringah
Dante Exum, VIC, Keilor
Matt Jackson, VIC, Diamond Valley
Sam Johns , SA, Southern Tigers
Tanner Krebs, TAS, Grenadiers
Fabijan Krslovic, NSW, Northern Suburbs
Michael Luxford, VIC, Werribee Devils
Cher Maker, NSW, Newington College
Darcy Malone, ACT, West Belconnen
Jonathan Mbakwe, NSW, Sydney City Comets
Christian Petracca, VIC, Bulleen
Jack Purchase, VIC, Melbourne Tigers
Ben Simmons, VIC Metro, Knox
Cade Towers, QLD, Southern Districts Spartans
Felix von Hofe, VIC Metro, Melbourne Tigers

Head Coach: Guy Molloy
Assistant Coach: Alan McAughtry
Assistant Coach: Jamie O'Loughlin
Manager: Kevin Smith
Physio: Eirik Ulvestad
Doctor: Cliff Baxter

http://basketball.net.au/index.php?id=302&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=2318&tx_ttnews[backPid]=1&cHash=7bb49497da

Competition Schedule: http://basketball.net.au/fileadmin/user_upload/Attachments/2012/National_Teams/FIBA_U17_World_Champs_Draw.pdf

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Vart  
Years ago

Really looking forward to seeing Exum and Simmons play together. Very exciting prospects for the Boomers!

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paul  
Years ago

Purchase, Krebs, Simmons and Exem. Sounds familiar!

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Anonymous  
Years ago

apparently the team going to china got announced yesterday

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LC  
Years ago

Following the tour of China, the Australian Under 17 men's basketball squad has been named for the 2012 WC's:

Joshua Derksen
Mirko Djeric
Nicholas Duncan
Dante Exum
Matthew Jackson
Samuel Johns
Felix Von Hofe
Fabijan Krslovic
Michael Luxford
Gerard Martin
Jack Purchase
Benjamin Simmons
Darcy Malone
Curtis Ryan
Nick Dean

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LC  
Years ago

FIBA article on Exum:

Australian U17 talent Exum has makings of a star

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sircreate  
Years ago

Ben Simmons went to the Pangos All American camp last week and was the talk of the tournament.

Jeff Borzello(CBS college reporter)

Ben Simmons, 2015: Simmons was the talk of the camp, as the 6-foot-8 Australia native clearly made a tremendous first impression on the scouts and analysts in attendance. Arguably the best prospect at the event, Simmons would likely be the No. 1 player in the class of 2015 if he attended high school in the United States. As it stands, he's an extremely athletic and skilled forward who runs the floor extremely well and knows how to finish at the rim. He's a very good rebounder and is a mismatch for most opponents.

If Bens still elligible for the u17 worlds in 2014, can you imagine a front court of him and Thon Maker?(Thon's been rated as the top 2016 player in the US)

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