
Pritchard Headed to USA Men's U19 World Cup Team Training Camp
06/08/17 | Men's Basketball
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Oregon freshman guard Payton Pritchard has accepted an invitation to attend the 2017 USA Basketball Men's U19 World Cup Team training camp.
The camp will take place June 18-25 at the United States Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Finalists for the USA U19 team are expected to be announced June 20. The selected finalists will remain in Colorado Springs and will train twice a day through June 25. The 12-member team is expected to be announced June 22.
Kentucky head coach John Calipari will lead the USA U19 World Cup Team with the assistance of Tad Boyle from Colorado and Danny Manning from Wake Forest.
The starting point guard on Oregon's Final Four team, Pritchard will be the Ducks' top returning player in every statistical category except blocks as sophomore in 2017-18. The West Linn, Ore., native ranked eighth in the Pac-12 in assists (3.6 per game) and third in assists-to-turnover ratio (2.5-to-1).
After Pritchard moved into the starting line-up in the fifth game of the season, the Ducks went 31-4. Pritchard averaged 7.4 points per game as a freshman with a high of 19 Jan. 28 at Colorado. He tied the Matthew Knight Arena record with 13 assists Dec. 2 versus Savannah State.
"We're excited about the players who have accepted our invitation to attend the USA Men's U19 training camp," said Purdue University head coach Matt Painter, chair of the selection committee. "We have an outstanding group of players, some of whom have prior USA Basketball experience, some with outstanding collegiate experience and some of the best high school players in America. It will be very competitive in tryouts to make the 12-person U19 team."
As the 2013 and 2015 FIBA U19 World Champion, the United States will look for a third-consecutive gold medal at the July 1-9 event in Cairo, Egypt.
Pritchard returns to USA Basketball for the first time since helping the 2016 USA Junior National Select Team to a win in the 2016 Nike Hoop Summit. He was also a member of the 2015 U18 3x3 World Championship Team and participated in the 2013 U16 National Team Training Camp.
Among the 28 camp invitees are fellow Pac-12 players Malachi Flynn (Washington State) and De'Anthony Melton (USC).
The camp will take place June 18-25 at the United States Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Finalists for the USA U19 team are expected to be announced June 20. The selected finalists will remain in Colorado Springs and will train twice a day through June 25. The 12-member team is expected to be announced June 22.
Kentucky head coach John Calipari will lead the USA U19 World Cup Team with the assistance of Tad Boyle from Colorado and Danny Manning from Wake Forest.
The starting point guard on Oregon's Final Four team, Pritchard will be the Ducks' top returning player in every statistical category except blocks as sophomore in 2017-18. The West Linn, Ore., native ranked eighth in the Pac-12 in assists (3.6 per game) and third in assists-to-turnover ratio (2.5-to-1).
After Pritchard moved into the starting line-up in the fifth game of the season, the Ducks went 31-4. Pritchard averaged 7.4 points per game as a freshman with a high of 19 Jan. 28 at Colorado. He tied the Matthew Knight Arena record with 13 assists Dec. 2 versus Savannah State.
"We're excited about the players who have accepted our invitation to attend the USA Men's U19 training camp," said Purdue University head coach Matt Painter, chair of the selection committee. "We have an outstanding group of players, some of whom have prior USA Basketball experience, some with outstanding collegiate experience and some of the best high school players in America. It will be very competitive in tryouts to make the 12-person U19 team."
As the 2013 and 2015 FIBA U19 World Champion, the United States will look for a third-consecutive gold medal at the July 1-9 event in Cairo, Egypt.
Pritchard returns to USA Basketball for the first time since helping the 2016 USA Junior National Select Team to a win in the 2016 Nike Hoop Summit. He was also a member of the 2015 U18 3x3 World Championship Team and participated in the 2013 U16 National Team Training Camp.
Among the 28 camp invitees are fellow Pac-12 players Malachi Flynn (Washington State) and De'Anthony Melton (USC).
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