Aug. 10, 2000
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – University of Notre Dame forward Troy Murphy (Morristown, N.J.) headlines a list of 12 of the top collegians chosen to the USA Men’s Select Team that will compete against the USA Basketball Men’s Senior National Team on Sept. 2 in Honolulu, Hawaii. The game will be played at the University of Hawaii’s Stan Sheriff Center at 1:00 p.m. (local time) and will be televised live on NBC.
Joining Murphy on the roster will be: Shane Battier (Duke/Birmingham, Mich.), Cory Bradford (Illinois/Memphis, Tenn.), Nick Collison (Kansas/Iowa Falls, Iowa), Joe Forte (North Carolina/Greenbelt, Md.), Casey Jacobsen (Stanford/Glendora, Calif.), Ken Johnson (Ohio State/Detroit, Mich.), Terence Morris (Maryland/Frederick, Md.), Jason Richardson (Michigan State/Saginaw, Mich.), Jamal Tinsley (Iowa State/Brooklyn, N.Y.), Michael Wright (Arizona/Chicago, Ill.) and Jason Williams (Duke/Plainfield, N.J.).
The USA squad will be led by St. John’s University head coach Mike Jarvis and assisted by Cincinnati head mentor Bob Huggins. Selections for the team were made by the USA Basketball Men’s Collegiate Committee, chaired by University of Virginia Athletic Director Terry Holland.
2000 USA BASKETBALL MEN’S SELECT TEAM
Name | POS | HGT | HGT | WGT | YOG | SCHOOL/HOMETOWN | |
Shane Battier | F | 6-8 | 215 | 9/9/78 | 2001 | Duke/Birmingham, MI | |
Cory Bradford | G | 6-2 | 200 | 12/4/78 | 2002 | Illinois, Memphis, TN | |
Nick Collison | F | 6-9 | 240 | 10/20/80 | 2003 | Kansas/Iowa Falls, IA | |
Joe Forte | G | 6-4 | 185 | 3/23/81 | 2003 | North Carolina/Greenbelt, MD | |
Casey Jacobson | G | 6-6 | 205 | 3/19/81 | 2003 | Stanford/Glendora, CA | |
Ken Johnson | C | 6-11 | 225 | 2/1/78 | 2001 | Ohio State/Detroit, MI | |
Terence Morris | F | 6-9 | 205 | 1/11/79 | 2001 | Maryland/Frederick, MD | |
Troy Murphy | F | 6-10 | 237 | 5/2/80 | 2002 | Notre Dame/Morristown, NJ | |
Jason Richardson | G/F | 6-6 | 210 | 1/20/81 | 2003 | Michigan State/Saginaw, MI | |
Jamal Tinsley | G | 6-3 | 175 | 2/28/78 | 2001 | Iowa State/Brooklyn, NY | |
Jason Williams | G | 6-2 | 190 | 9/10/81 | 2003 | Duke/Plainfield, NJ | |
Michael Wright | F | 6-8 | 225 | 1/7/80 | 2002 | Arizona/Chicago, IL | |