Oregon’s Kel’el Ware made the cut for USA Basketball’s men’s U18 national team.
Ware is among 12 players to make the roster from a group of 17 finalists who competed during a week of training in Houston.
Team USA will play at the 2022 FIBA U18 Americas Championship in Tijuana, Mexico from June 6-12, starting against the Dominican Republic on Monday. They’ll then play Ecuador on Tuesday and Puerto Rico on Wednesday before tournament play begins on June 10.
The rest of the squad includes Mark Armstrong (Villanova), Anthony Black (Arkansas), Kanaan Carlyle (Stanford), Stephon Castle (UConn), Eric Dailey Jr., Brandon Garrison, Gregory ‘GG’ Jackson (North Carolina), Jared McCain (Duke), Ty Rodgers (Illinois), Seth Trimble (North Carolina) and Cam Whitmore (Villanova).
The team is coached by Colorado’s Tad Boyle, Oklahoma State’s Mike Boynton Jr. and Boise State’s Leon Rice.
Ware, Black and Whitmore represented USA Basketball in a 102-80 win over the World Select Team at the 2022 Nike Hoop Summit in April.