COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado (Jan. 11, 2024) – 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.
Accreditation applications for the 2024 Nike Hoop Summit, in addition to other upcoming USA Basketball events, will open later at www.sportssystems.com/usabasketball.
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.
- 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.
USA Women’s Nike Hoop Summit Roster Highlights
- Blakes, McDaniel, Roberson and Smith will make their USA Basketball competitive debuts.
- Edwards and Ziebell took home gold with the 2023 U19 National Team in Madrid, Spain, helping the team seize a third-straight gold medal at the FIBA U19 Women’s World Cup.
- Cambridge, Cheli and Randolph helped the 2022 U17 National Team capture a second straight (fifth overall) FIBA U17 Women’s World Cup gold medal in Debrecen, Hungary.
- Cambridge, Dudley and Olson were members of the 2021 U16 National Team that won gold at the FIBA Women’s U16 Americas Championship in Leon, Mexico.
- Strong is a two-time 3x3 gold medalist as a member of the 3x3 U18 National Team which captured FIBA 3x3 U18 World Cup titles in 2022 and 2023.
- Phillips served as the head coach for the inaugural women’s Nike Hoop Summit game in 2023 and has led USA Basketball to four junior national team gold medal finishes.
- Dudley will take on her first USA Basketball coaching assignment while Hankerson will make her bench debut after serving as a court coach for the 2019 U16 National Team.