USA Women's national team

[carlo]

A 34-player pool is expected to participate in a three-day training camp May 4-6 in Las Vegas.

Full players list here.

[carlo]

Jewell Loyd (former Jr at Notre Dame and 2015 WNBA #1 pick), 6-7 Jennifer Hamson (BYU 2014 and currently LA Sparks) as well as Tiffany Mitchell (South Carolina's top scorer in 2014-15 season as a junior) will join other 24 "established" players and train with NT for the first time at the mini-camp of May 4-6.

http://www.usab.com/news-events/news/2015/04/27-olympic-hopefuls-expected-to-attend-usa-wnt-training-camp.aspx

[carlo]

Britt Griner decided not to attend USAB mini camp.

http://fullcourt.stats.com/wnba/story.asp?i=20150504134343814465408&ref=rec&tm=&src=

[carlo]

Headed by WNBA MVP Elena Delle Donne and vets Candace Parker, Sue Bird & Tina Charles, USA NT will be on an European Tour from Oct 2-10 in preparation for 2016 Olympics. Not joining the team are Maya Moore and other team members engaged in the WNBA finals.
Games will be played with some clubs in Spain, Italy and Czech Republic and with Italian NT on Oct 7.

http://www.usab.com/news-events/news/2015/09/2015-wnt-european-tour.aspx

[carlo]

Brittney Griner will be with NT but will be missing some training camp due to suspension by USA Basketball as a consequence of the domestic violence arrest in April. Suspension should start at the beginning of the camp, similarly to what happened at WNBA season start.

http://fullcourt.stats.com/wnba/story.asp?i=20150929184724178834308&ref=rec&tm=&src=

[CKR13]

Headed by WNBA MVP Elena Delle Donne and vets Candace Parker, Sue Bird & Tina Charles, USA NT will be on an European Tour from Oct 2-10 in preparation for 2016 Olympics. Not joining the team are Maya Moore and other team members engaged in the WNBA finals.
Games will be played with some clubs in Spain, Italy and Czech Republic and with Italian NT on Oct 7.

http://www.usab.com/news-events/news...pean-tour.aspx

Hi Carlo, do you have info or just names of the club that USA WNT will face? Thanks!

[carlo]

Hi Carlo, do you have info or just names of the club that USA WNT will face? Thanks!

Not many info.

Concerning Girona, interesting to see if recent recruit Chelsea Gray will play tomorrow. Girona recently won the League's cup beating Perfumerias Avenida and Gray was named MVP. Here's the game's box score

In the meantime, Italian NT (Oct 6 game) is on a training camp under the direction of new coach Andrea Capobianco.
Here's the prelim roster of 16 players:
Martina Bestagno (’90, 1.89, C, Famila Schio)
Debora Carangelo (’92, 1.68, PG, Umana Venezia)
Chiara Consolini (’88, 1.85, SG, Passalacqua Ragusa)
Martina Crippa (’89, 1.78, G/F, Gesam Gas Lucca)
Francesca Dotto (’93, 1.70, PG, Gesam Gas Lucca)
Elisa Ercoli (’95, 1.90, C, Geas S.S.Giovanni)
Martina Fassina (’88, 1.83,SF, Saces Mapei Napoli)
Marcella Filippi (’85, 1.86, Fw, Fila S. Martino Di Lupari)
Alessandra Formica (’93, 1.89, C, Umana Venezia)
Giulia Gatti (’89, 1.68, PG, Famila Schio)
Gaia Gorini (’92, 1.81, PG, Passalacqua Ragusa)
Raffaella Masciadri (capt, ’80, 1.85, Fw, Famila Schio)
Francesca Pan (’97, 1.82, SG, Umana Venezia)
Kathrin Ress (’85, 1.93, C, Famila Schio)
Giorgia Sottana (’88, 1.75, G, Famila Schio)
Cecilia Zandalasini (’96, 1.85, SF, Famila Schio)

It's a mix of veterans and young hopes, but basically the true NT.

Italian club Saces Mapei Dike Naples (Oct 8 game) is the Italian League's Div II champ and was promoted to Div I. Victoria Macaulay should be its top player but I don't know if she's there. This is the roster but it's unclear who will play, btw one player (Fassina) is also at the Italian NT training camp.

[carlo]

Britt Griner, who's on tour with US NT, was signed by Russian powerhouse club UMMC Ekaterinburg. After the recent signing of Sancho Lyttle, it seems that Candace Parker (another touring US NT-member) is definitely out of the Russian club roster.

http://lovewomensbasketball.com/2015/10/02/ummc-ekaterinburg-signs-american-center-brittney-griner/

[carlo]

Girona official roster, Gray still missing in the picture as she just signed in September.

Found some news on Saces Dike Naples recruiting campaign, Canadian star Natalie Achonwa is the latest and strongest newcomer:

http://lovewomensbasketball.com/2015/09/29/saces-dike-napoli-signs-canadian-post-player-natalie-achonwa/

[carlo]

USA-Girona 46-25 at ht.

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[carlo]

Final score USA-Girona 84-52.
Hopefully Griner should play next time. Originally set to participate, Tina Charles isn't with team.

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[CKR13]

Not many info.

Concerning Girona, interesting to see if recent recruit Chelsea Gray will play tomorrow. Girona recently won the League's cup beating Perfumerias Avenida and Gray was named MVP. Here's the game's box score

In the meantime, Italian NT (Oct 6 game) is on a training camp under the direction of new coach Andrea Capobianco.
Here's the prelim roster of 16 players:
Martina Bestagno (’90, 1.89, C, Famila Schio)
Debora Carangelo (’92, 1.68, PG, Umana Venezia)
Chiara Consolini (’88, 1.85, SG, Passalacqua Ragusa)
Martina Crippa (’89, 1.78, G/F, Gesam Gas Lucca)
Francesca Dotto (’93, 1.70, PG, Gesam Gas Lucca)
Elisa Ercoli (’95, 1.90, C, Geas S.S.Giovanni)
Martina Fassina (’88, 1.83,SF, Saces Mapei Napoli)
Marcella Filippi (’85, 1.86, Fw, Fila S. Martino Di Lupari)
Alessandra Formica (’93, 1.89, C, Umana Venezia)
Giulia Gatti (’89, 1.68, PG, Famila Schio)
Gaia Gorini (’92, 1.81, PG, Passalacqua Ragusa)
Raffaella Masciadri (capt, ’80, 1.85, Fw, Famila Schio)
Francesca Pan (’97, 1.82, SG, Umana Venezia)
Kathrin Ress (’85, 1.93, C, Famila Schio)
Giorgia Sottana (’88, 1.75, G, Famila Schio)
Cecilia Zandalasini (’96, 1.85, SF, Famila Schio)

It's a mix of veterans and young hopes, but basically the true NT.

Italian club Saces Mapei Dike Naples (Oct 8 game) is the Italian League's Div II champ and was promoted to Div I. Victoria Macaulay should be its top player but I don't know if she's there. This is the roster but it's unclear who will play, btw one player (Fassina) is also at the Italian NT training camp.

Thanks for the info. I'll try to rewatch the replay, should it resurface online.

[carlo]

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In the meantime, Italian NT (Oct 6 game) is on a training camp under the direction of new coach Andrea Capobianco.
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Actually, game vs Italy is scheduled on Oct 7th.

[carlo]

Italian club Saces Dike Naples should field former Tennessee fw Cierra Burdick, who finished the WNBA season with Atlanta Dream and has been signed at the beginning of this month.

[carlo]

USA and Italy NT are surprisingly tied at ht, 37-37, after American women were leading 21-14 at Q1.
Italy is playing with a 14 athletes roster.

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