2012 2nd U17 World Championship

[carlo]

USA-Latvia 108-72, Jahlil Okafor 26pts, Dakari Johnson 17.

[NorCal]

Gran Canaria tournament starting.
Much curiosity for the U17 US boys, led by Jabari Parker, but imo this team is not comparable with the great 2010 World champion squad that dominated the competition. Too many good players are out this year and it will be very difficult for the American boys to repeat the 2010 triumph.

I agree. At least on papert this team is a step down from the 2010 team. It is not a bad team but not as talented as it could have been had a couple players not had injuries or had to drop out for one reason or another.

[JGX]

Domingo and Jones seem to be getting the twitter love along with Okafor.

[Jokinen]

France wins the Douai tournament beating Argentina 66-59, thanks to a strong Q4. Damien Inglis of France was the top scorer with 20pts (+14 reb). Olivier Yao Delon with 16 was the other French high scoring player. Gabriel Deck high for Argentinian boys with 18, followed by Alvaro Merlo with 10 (+9 ast). The game saw both teams with a lot of turnovers (28 France, 24 Argentina), while France had a clear edge in rebounding (43 vs 28). Cold shooting by Argentina, 33% from the field.

Good performance by the Argentinian team anyway. I think we are going to be very competitive at the U17WC, some very good prospects in this team.

[carlo]

USA-Latvia box score:
USA vs Latv stats.jpg

Okafor, double-double (26+15) MVP of the game.

Spain always trailed in the game with Australia and rallying back in Q4, but lost 71-55.

[carlo]

Australia-Spain 71-55 scorers: Duncan 14, Exum 13, Simmons and Von Hofe 10 - Diop 14, Martin 10.

Tomorrow, Australia - USA for the 1st place.

[carlo]

Jabari Parker will sit out also today's game with Australia, for precautionary reasons (injured toe).

http://www.usabasketball.com/mens/u1...17_exh_01.html

[CKR13]

Australia-Spain 71-55 scorers: Duncan 14, Exum 13, Simmons and Von Hofe 10 - Diop 14, Martin 10.

Tomorrow, Australia - USA for the 1st place.

Hi carlo, is this the same Duncan on my short lived thread or am I mistaken?

http://forums.interbasket.net/showth...-of-Tim-Duncan

[carlo]

Nicholas (Nick) Duncan, NSW Metro, ca 200cm, yes he's the same.

He also played for Australia 2012 U17 team at the 2011 Adidas Nations tournament.
http://www.adidasnations.com/teams/australia-2012/

[carlo]

At Gran Canaria tournament, Spain easily leads at halftime over Latvia 47-18, José I Nogués 11 pts.
Eurohopes blogs that Latvians look weak and tired, but Spain is different today.

[carlo]

Spain routs Latvia 87-54 and takes the 3rd place.

[NorCal]

Anyway to watch or at least get regular updates on the USA v Australia game?

[carlo]

Just updates on http://www.eurohopes.com/home blog.

[carlo]

USA leads at halftime 47-38. "USA is trying to break the game but Aussies have answers" (Eurohopes blog).
Australia had a flashy start leading 14-4 after 3', then USA tied the game at 21 with Jahlil Okafor and took first lead 26-24 at the end of Q1 with a three by Kendrick Nunn (Eurohopes blog).

P.S. Okafor leads with 15 pts (USA Basketball)

[carlo]

Q3, USA 75 - Australia 55, Okafor 19, Stanley Johnson 13. Dante Exum excellent play for the Aussies.

[carlo]

USA 89 - AUS 64, with Okafor 19 pts, S. Johnson 15, Stephen Domingo & Kendrick Nunn 10 pts apiece (USA Basketball).

USA wins Gran Canaria tournament but more important had a true, tough opponent in Australia that will meet again in the first game of the World's championship prelim. A good test for USA boys.

Tournament MVP Jahlil Okafor.

[NorCal]

thanks for all the updateds Carlo. This was a solid start for this young squad with some of the top 2014ers playing well. Getting Parker back should obviously be a big boost as well. Can't wait for the tournament to start!

I heard that the quarterfinals-finals will be broadcast online but not the preliminary games. Does anyone know where we might be able to watch any preliminary games?

[CKR13]

Nicholas (Nick) Duncan, NSW Metro, ca 200cm, yes he's the same.

He also played for Australia 2012 U17 team at the 2011 Adidas Nations tournament.
http://www.adidasnations.com/teams/australia-2012/

Thanks for the confirmation.

[Jokinen]

USA 89 - AUS 64, with Okafor 19 pts, S. Johnson 15, Stephen Domingo & Kendrick Nunn 10 pts apiece (USA Basketball).

USA wins Gran Canaria tournament but more important had a true, tough opponent in Australia that will meet again in the first game of the World's championship prelim. A good test for USA boys.

Tournament MVP Jahlil Okafor.

I remember team USA at last year U16 Tournament of Americas, they were great. I see the roster has changed a litle bit. Is this team as strong as last year?

[NorCal]

I remember team USA at last year U16 Tournament of Americas, they were great. I see the roster has changed a litle bit. Is this team as strong as last year?

I think just slightly weaker mostly because of the absence of Aaron Gordon. I would have liked to see James Young on this team too but he had something come up that kept him from participating, I can't remember what it was.