The final roster for the World University Games was released late last night and Kentucky’s Darius Miller has made the final cut.
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[B]Tim Abromaitis[/B] (Notre Dame/Unionville, Conn.);
[B]Marcus Denmon[/B] (Missouri/Kansas City, Mo.);
[B]Ashton Gibbs[/B] (Pittsburgh/Scotch Plains, N.J.);
[B]Draymond Green[/B] (Michigan State/Saginaw,
[B]Scoop Jardine[/B] (Syracuse/ Philadelphia, Pa.);
[B]John Jenkins[/B] (Vanderbilt/ Hendersonville, Tenn.);
[B]Orlando Johnson[/B] (UC Santa Barbara/Seaside, Calif.);
[B]Greg Mangano[/B] (Yale/Orange, Conn.);
[B]Trevor Mbakwe[/B] (Minnesota/ St. Paul, Minn.);
[B]Ray McCallum[/B] (Detroit Mercy/Beverly Hills, Mich.);
[B]Darius Miller[/B] (Kentucky/Maysville, Ky.).
Purdue’s Matt Painter is the head coach and will have two a days till August 7th.
The team leaves for China on August 8th.
The USA will play an exhibition contest against New Century, a Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) professional team, in Huizho, China, on Aug. 11, before opening World
In all, 24 countries will compete in the international competition. The USA has been slotted into Pool D, along with Finland, Hungary, Israel, Mexico and South Korea. The red, white and blue will open play against Mexico at 6 p.m. on Aug. 13 (all times listed are China Standard Time, which is +12 hours from Eastern Time) and will then play Hungary at 3:30 p.m. on Aug. 14; South Korea at 3:30 p.m. on Aug. 15; Finland at 6 p.m. on Aug. 17; and Israel at 3:30 p.m. on Aug. 18.
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