7 UNC Tarheels Basketball Recruits Named to 2013 USA Basketball Men’s U16 National Team

Following a three-day training camp featuring 30 members of the 2013-14 USA Basketball Men’s Developmental National Team, 16 finalists were today announced for the 2013 USA Basketball U16 National Team. The roster will be pared down to 12 before the squad departs on June 7 for the 2013 FIBA Americas U16 Championship, which will be played June 11-15 in Maldonado, Uruguay. The finalists, who must be 16-years-old or younger (born on or after Jan. 1, 1997) and a U.S. citizen to be eligible for this team, were selected by the USA Basketball Men’s Developmental National Team Committee.  See the whole article from USA Basketball here.

 Seven players currently on North Carolina's recruiting list made the cut.   

Daniel Giddens (Wheeler H.S. / Mableton, Ga.);  

Harry Giles (Wesleyan Christian Academy / Winston-Salem, N.C.); 

V.J. King (St. Vincent - St. Mary H.S. / Akron, Ohio);  

Ivan Rabb (Bishop O’Dowd H.S. / Oakland, Calif.);  

Diamond Stone (Dominican H.S. / Milwaukee, Wis.);

Jayson Tatum Chaminade College Prep / St. Louis, Mo.) and  

Seventh Woods (Hammond School / Columbia, S.C.).