16 finalists for USA Junior Team named

16 finalists for the 2003 USA Basketball Men’s Junior World Championship Team were announced today. The USA Junior squad will compete July 10-20 in the 2003 FIBA Men’s Junior World Championship Tournament that was recently moved from Malaysia to Thessaloniki, Greece. The USA has been placed in Group C, joining China, Nigeria and Slovenia and will be coached by Ernie Kent of Oregon. Five of the team members played for Kent in last year’s junior qualifying team.

NAME	POS	HT	WT	DOB	YOG	COLLEGE/HIGH	HOMETOWN
Mohamed Abukar	F	6-9	200	01/01/85	2003	Rancho Bernardo High	Escondido, CA
Maurice Ager	G	6-4	187	02/09/84	2006	Michigan State	Detroit, MI
James Augustine	F/C	6-10	225	02/27/84	2006	Illinois	Mokena, IL
Brandon Bowman	F	6-8	210	10/15/84	2006	Georgetown	Santa Monica, CA
Daniel Brown	G	6-1	175	08/17/84	2006	Illinois	Maywood, IL
Paul Davis	F	6-11	245	07/21/84	2006	Michigan State	Rochester, MI
Ryan Hollins	C	6-11	215	10/10/84	2006	UCLA	Pasadena, CA
Daniel Horton	G	6-3	197	04/21/84	2006	Michigan	Cedar Hill, TX
Al Jefferson	F	6-10	265	01/04/85	2004	Prentiss High	Prentiss, MS
Brian Johnson	F	6-9	230	08/16/86	2004	Bishop O'Connell (VA) High	Glenarden, MD
Jonathan Modica	F	6-4	198	09/26/84	2006	Arkansas	Smackover, AK
Kevin Pittsnogle	F/C	6-10	225	07/30/84	2006	West Virginia	Martinsburg, WV
J.J. Redick	G	6-4	200	06/24/84	2006	Duke	Roanoke, VA
C.J. Watson	G	6-2	160	04/17/84	2006	Tennessee	Las Vegas, NV
Deron Williams	G	6-3	205	06/26/84	2006	Illinois	The Colony, TX
Kennedy Winston	F	6-7	207	07/29/84	2006	Alabama	Prichard, AL