Diggins-Smith and Ogunbowale to Take Part In Upcoming Women's National Team Activities

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. Oct. 9, 2019)-- The USA Basketball Female's National Team, which announced in July an increased training program to assist in its pursuit of a 7th successive Olympic gold medal, will certainly tip-off its quest for a gold in Tokyo with four games against top 1

 "Historically speaking, it has actually been excellent for our program to have an university tour. All our past USA teams that had a college tour went on to win Olympic gold medals. So, if we can draw back into some historical times in which we had the possibility to display our national group in this light, ladies's college basketball goes to an all-time high regarding exposure. This will certainly boost the exposure to women's basketball. And I'm thrilled. Once again, it's prep time. It's more preparation time. The more time we have, the better we will certainly do in Tokyo. " As component of its increased ladies's nationwide group program, U. S. A. Basketball has protected commitments from eight elite professional athletes from the 2019-20 United States National Group pool to join the group's 5 training sections that will certainly take area in between November 2019 and April 2020. Those 8 include Sue Bird Seattle Storm), Elena Delle Donne Washington Mystics), Skylar Diggins-Smith Dallas Wings), Sylvia Fowles Minnesota Lynx), Chelsea Gray Los Angeles Sparks), Nneka Ogwumike Los Angeles Sparks), Diana Taurasi Phoenix Mercury) and A'ja Wilson Las Vegas Aces). The lineup for the November college trip will be completed by U. S. A. National Staff member Seimone Augustus Minnesota Lynx), Layshia Clarendon Connecticut Sun), Napheesa Collier Minnesota Lynx) and Kelsey Plum Las Vegas Aces). Gray will miss the game at Stanford and Plum will miss out on the initial 2 video games due to previous personal dedications. In all, fans throughout the 4 NCAA video games will see athletes that possess a consolidated 15 Olympic and 15 FIBA Globe Mug gold medals. Adhering to competitors of its November NCAA tour, the U. S. A. will certainly take part in the Nov. 10-18 FIBA Americas Pre-Olympic Qualifying Tournament. The U. S. A. , signed up with by Argentina, Brazil and Colombia, will play in Bahia Blanca, Argentina. FIBA Americas Pre-Olympic Qualifying Event Team A, that includes Canada, Cuba, Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico, will certainly play in Edmonton, Canada. The leading two groups from each of those groups will certainly certify to play in one of the 2020 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournaments sites TBD), Feb. 2-10. For the FIBA Americas Pre-Olympic Qualifying Event, Diamond DeShields Chicago Sky), Arike Ogunbowale Dallas Wings), Plum and one extra professional athlete to be announced will certainly sign up with the 8 core participants. Dan Hughes Seattle Storm), Cheryl Reeve Minnesota Lynx) and Jennifer Rizzotti George Washington), that aided the USA to a gold medal at the 2018 FIBA Globe Mug and the 2019 FIBA AmeriCup, are offering as the 2019-20 United States National Team assistant coaches. Staley and Rizzotti, because of dedications to their college teams, will not be readily available for the following two training camps, and Hughes and Reeve will work as co-coaches. Previous U. S. A. Basketball teams in advance of the 1996, 2000 and 2008 Olympic Games completed against college groups, and throughout those 3 excursions, the USA made a 39-1 document completing versus a mixed total of 30 various NCAA Division I teams. The United States National Group, which already has gotten approved for the 2020 Olympics, is benefiting from and joining FIBA's brand-new Olympic certification process, which started with the just recently wrapped up FIBA AmeriCup, where the united state completed 6-0 and recorded gold on Sept. 29 in Puerto Rico. The leading eight finishing groups in the AmeriCup received the Nov. 10-18 FIBA Americas Pre-Olympic Qualifying Tournament. The remaining home window of competition features the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournaments from Feb. 2-10, 2020, at websites worldwide to be determined complying with the November home window. Olympic Games Women's Basketball Competition Champions of the previous 6 Olympic gold medals, the USA possesses a record eight gold medals, one silver medal and one bronze medal, while putting together an all-time 66-3 record in Olympic play given that females's basketball was first presented to the Olympic program in 1976. In 2016, one of the most recent Olympic Games, the united state took the gold medal, while Spain captured silver and Serbia won bronze. The United States, because of winning the gold medal at the 2018 FIBA World Cup, and host Japan currently have safeguarded berths right into the 2020 tournament. The continuing to be 10 teams will qualify with the 2020 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournaments. The 2020 Olympic competitors will see a different event format introduced in 2020. The 12 groups will certainly be divided into three groups of 4 groups apiece for initial play, held July 27-Aug. 3. Adhering to the initial round, groups will be seeded, and the leading 2 teams from each team and the two finest 3rd location teams, according to FIBA's placement regulations, will receive the medal round. In the medal round, groups will certainly compete in a knockout brace, with winners progressing from the Aug. 5 quarterfinals to the Aug. 7 semifinals. The gold medal game will certainly be used Aug. 9, on the morning of the 2020 closing ceremony. Concerning USA Basketball Based in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and chaired by retired Gen.  Martin Dempsey, U. S. A. Basketball is a nonprofit organization and the national governing body for basketball in the United States. As the identified controling body for basketball in the united state by the International Basketball Federation FIBA) and the USA Olympic Committee USOC), USA Basketball is in charge of the option, training and fielding of U. S. A. national groups that complete in FIBA-sponsored five-on-five and 3 3 global competitors, in addition to for some nationwide competitors and for the growth of youth basketball. The USA Basketball Young people Development division is entrusted with the advancement of young people basketball campaigns that address gamer development, coach education and safety and security, while promoting, expanding, and raising the game. United States Basketball is dedicated to offering youth throughout the nation risk-free, enjoyable and developmentally appropriate atmospheres in which they can enjoy the video game Mystics Store. Existing U. S. A. Basketball young people campaigns consist of trainer licensing and education and learning; organization certification; coach academies; regional camps; youth clinics; open court programs; Women in the Video game meetings; and the U. S. Open Basketball Championships. Connect with USA Basketball at  and on Facebook USABasketball and USABYouth), Twitter , , ), Instagram ) and YouTube usabasketball).

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