USA Women's national team

[JGX]

US smashed Croatia 109-55 yesterday, then pulled away in the fourth quarter to beat Turkey 80-61 today.

[carlo]

These results look a bit inconsistent, watched yesterday game (1st half) and US women played as they were coming from another planet...don't know today but looking at the stats they probably were much closer to earth !

[CKR13]

A good read.

London 2012: USA women's basketball: always winning, always ignored

[CKR13]

Head coach Geno Auriemma stated in the news that he has no plans in coaching the national team for the 2016 Rio Olympics.

[CKR13]

For once the women's national team shares honors with the men's Team USA.

2012 USA Men’s and Women’s Olympic Teams Share USA Basketball’s 2012 Team of the Year Award

[CKR13]

Good news! Geno Auriemma will return to coach Team USA and has signed on for the 2016 Rio Olympics.

Geno Auriemma to return to coach U.S. Olympic women’s basketball team

[carlo]

USA Basketball announcement:

http://www.usab.com/womens/national/13-16_wnt_head_coach.html

[CKR13]

Welcome back Geno!

[carlo]

USA basketball announced a roster of 33 invitees to the NT mini-camp (Oct 4-6), which will represent a very fìrst step of the road to the World championship.

http://www.usab.com/womens/national/13_wnt_vegas_athletes.html

Besides former Olympics/World championship veterans Diana Taurasi, Sue Brird, Tamika Catchings, Candace Parker, Seimone Augustus, Sylvia Fowles, Tina Charles, Angel McCoughtry, Maya Moore, Lindsay Whalen, Cappie Pondexter, Candice Dupree and Jayne Appel are several newcomers.
Among them, Elena Delle Donne, Skylar Diggins and Brittney Griner are WNBA rookies.
Stefanie Dolson, Bria Hartley, Kayla McBride, Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis, Odyssey Sims, Breanna Stewart and Alyssa Thomas are college players. Stewart is of course the youngest of them all (19y).
All newcomers earned previous international experience with other USA teams, except Briann January (Indiana Fever) and Alyssa Thomas (Maryland).

http://www.usab.com/womens/national/roster.html

[CKR13]

Women's team has a very bright future that the string of dominance could continue after the likes of Taurasi and Bird retire from the national team.

[carlo]

In addition to the wave of new players (7 collegians including 4 UConn) I expect there will also be space for Stanford's Chiney Ogwumike (22.4ppg and 12.9rpg last season) and Duke's Elizabeth Williams (15.3ppg and almost 3 blocks pg).

[carlo]

Bria Hartley, one of the 7 college invitees, will miss the mini-camp due to an injured ankle.

http://blog.ctnews.com/elliott/2013/10/04/left-ankle-again-an-issue-for-hartley/

[CKR13]

2014 - 2016 Team USA Women's Player Pool

Sue Bird (Seattle Storm)
Tamika Catchings (Indiana Fever)
Diana Taurasi (Phoenix Mercury)
Seimone Augustus (Minnesota Lynx)
Sylvia Fowles (Chicago Sky)
Candace Parker (Los Angeles Sparks)
Tina Charles (Connecticut Sun)
Angel McCoughtry (Atlanta Dream)
Maya Moore (Minnesota Lynx)
Lindsay Whalen (Minnesota Lynx)
Kara Lawson (Connecticut Sun)
Cappie Pondexter (New York Liberty)
Jayne Appel (San Antonio Silver Stars)
Candice Dupree (Phoenix Mercury)
DeWanna Bonner (Phoenix Mercury)
Elena Delle Donne (Chicago Sky)
Skylar Diggins (Tulsa Shock)
Stefanie Dolson (University of Connecticut)
Brittney Griner (Phoenix Mercury)
Lindsey Harding (Los Angeles Sparks)
Briann January (Indiana Fever)
Glory Johnson (Tulsa Shock)
Jantel Lavender (Los Angeles Sparks)
Kayla McBride (University of Notre Dame)
Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis (University of Connecticut)
Nnemkadi Ogwumike (Los Angeles Sparks)
Danielle Robinson (San Antonio Silver Stars)
Odyssey Sims (Baylor University)
Breanna Stewart (University of Connecticut)
Alyssa Thomas (University of Maryland)
Courtney Vandersloot (Chicago Sky)
Monica Wright (Minnesota Lynx)
Sophia Young (San Antonio Silver Stars)

Definitely one of the deepest pool.

[carlo]

2014 - 2016 Team USA Women's Player Pool

Sue Bird (Seattle Storm)
Tamika Catchings (Indiana Fever)
Diana Taurasi (Phoenix Mercury)
Seimone Augustus (Minnesota Lynx)
Sylvia Fowles (Chicago Sky)
Candace Parker (Los Angeles Sparks)
Tina Charles (Connecticut Sun)
Angel McCoughtry (Atlanta Dream)
Maya Moore (Minnesota Lynx)
Lindsay Whalen (Minnesota Lynx)
Kara Lawson (Connecticut Sun)
Cappie Pondexter (New York Liberty)
Jayne Appel (San Antonio Silver Stars)
Candice Dupree (Phoenix Mercury)
DeWanna Bonner (Phoenix Mercury)
Elena Delle Donne (Chicago Sky)
Skylar Diggins (Tulsa Shock)
Stefanie Dolson (University of Connecticut)
Brittney Griner (Phoenix Mercury)
Lindsey Harding (Los Angeles Sparks)
Briann January (Indiana Fever)
Glory Johnson (Tulsa Shock)
Jantel Lavender (Los Angeles Sparks)
Kayla McBride (University of Notre Dame)
Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis (University of Connecticut)
Nnemkadi Ogwumike (Los Angeles Sparks)
Danielle Robinson (San Antonio Silver Stars)
Odyssey Sims (Baylor University)
Breanna Stewart (University of Connecticut)
Alyssa Thomas (University of Maryland)
Courtney Vandersloot (Chicago Sky)
Monica Wright (Minnesota Lynx)
Sophia Young (San Antonio Silver Stars)

Definitely one of the deepest pool.

Truly inconceivable how such a standout like Chiney Ogwumike, a 2014 college PoY candidate, is not in !

[CKR13]

Maya Moore in her young career is already well decorated as she has been a winner in the NCAA, WNBA, FIBA participations and in China. She has not even reached her prime years yet. She told the press recently that she is still training to overcome her weaknesses.