The Butler Did It!

Featuring two members of USA Basketball's U19 World Championship Team that captured the gold medal last summer, Gordan Hayward and Shelvin Mack, Butler stunned USA National Team assistant coach Jim Boeheim and his Syracuse squad to advance to the Elite Eight for the first time in school history. Butler, a 5 seed, took out the top seeded Orange 63-59, busting even more brackets around the country. Although Lynn Zinser in the NY Times asks if upsets like this can really be deemed an upset anymore.

• USA Women's U19 World Championship Team assistant Bill Fenelly faces a tough task against UConn & USA National Team head coach Geno Auriemma.
• Congratulations are due for Chiney Ogwumike, former USA team trials participant and younger sister to USA U19 World Championship Team gold medalist Nneka Ogwumike, Gatorade's 2010 National High School Girls Basketball Player of the Year.
• Bird at the Buzzer: Reason for UConn Ho-Hum?

Jerry Colangelo's Q&A

A month after the announcement of USA Basketball’s new national pool of players, Jerry Colangelo, national director for USA Basketball and the former owner of the Phoenix Suns and Phoenix Mercury, was able to squeeze in some time for an interview with the BusinessMirror.

Did you know Marion Jones once was on a USA Basketball Team? Now she's headed to Tulsa to resume her basketball career and ESPN.com talks about the joy Jones has found on the court.

USA gearing up for impact of epic summer of free agency

It is the other uncertainty in the upcoming massive free-agent uncertainty. The other guessing game in attaching GPS devices to the futures of LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh, Carlos Boozer, David Lee, Rudy Gay and maybe Amar'e Stoudemire. And it's a major consideration regarding the USA and the world championship...

• Hoops ‘Madness’ Features Half-Court Shots And Honesty

• Next up for UConn: Finding Next Victim

• Quinn Cook & DeMatha once again find winning formula

• Butler's Burdick is N.C. Gatorade Player of the Year

The (Not So) Little Team that Could

Following a dominating showing by the 1992 Dream Team, the 1994 USA World Championship and 1996 Olympic teams continued to collect gold on the world stage with teams featuring NBA players. With stars like Vin Baker, Tim Duncan, Kevin Garnett, Tim Hardaway, Grant Hill and Gary Payton named to the squad, the 1998 USA World Championship Team looked to be on the same gold medal track as its predecessors. However, the locomotive that the world thought would steam into the gold medal station in Athens that summer, got derailed when the labor negotiations between the NBA and the NBA Players Association took a turn for the worse...

Brandon Roy Still Has Hopes for 2012

Brandon Roy, who is sitting this summer out in order to rest his knee, still has hopes of being on the USA National Team in the future.

The city of Hartford submitted a bid to play host to the USA Women's National Team this fall ... former USA Basketball player Marion Jones, better known for her prowess on the track, worked out for the Tulsa Shock ... Cindy Blodgett is taking the time to rebuild the program at her alma mater, Maine ... DeMatha star Quinn Cook finds a safe haven on the court (be sure to watch the video) ... James McAdoo continues to shine for Norfolk Christian ...

And of course we'd be remiss not to include the stories on USA National Team head coach Geno Auriemma and his UConn Huskies' 70-game winning streak:

• UConn Wins 70th Game
• UConn on Verge of Breaking Own Streak
• Notre Dame women's basketball: Here come the Huskies
• No. 1 UConn ties record with 77-41 rout of Orange
• UConn women stretch winning streak to 70 - again

More Coverage on the USA Women's National Team Additions & Other News

• Minnesota Lynx's Lindsay Whalen, Candice Wiggins added to U.S. national team
• Team USA's women's roster has local flavor
• Moore, Charles National Team Candidates
• With USA calling, no rest to be had for Whalen
• Beard & Harding Added To USA Basketball National Team
• Storm star Swin Cash gets USA nod; Czech player gets invite
• Lynx's Whalen, Wiggins added to national team pool
• Women's Basketball: Huskies, Sun stars join USA roster
• Sky's Dupree on USA Basketball national team
• Charles, Moore lead U.S. pool additions
• U.S. Team Adds UConn Stars
• McCoughtry Added To U.S. Team Roster
• Maya, Tina Added To National Team Roster
  

In Other News ...

• Alexis Gray-Lawson Receives Frances Pomery Naismith Award

12 Athletes Added to USA Women's National Team

Twelve internationally experienced players, including one Olympic gold medalist, have been added to the 2010-12 USA Basketball Women’s National Team roster, USA Basketball today announced. The 12 athletes bring the pool of players from which the 2010 USA World Championship Team and, should the USA qualify, the 2012 U.S. Olympic Team will be selected to 20.

• Moore, Charles Among 12 Added to USA Pool
• Lynx Guards Whalen and Wiggins added to USA National Team
• Dupree Added to USA National Team

In other USA Basketball Women's News ...

• Lawson Staying Busy
• Meyers-Dreysdale Responds to Pondexter Trade Rumors
• Moms in Training: Candace Parker
  
• UConn Women Run Streak to 69
• UConn Women Appear Headed to 70 Straight
• How To Close the Gap
• Charles is UConn's All-Time Leading Scorer & Rebounder
• Different Streak, Different UConn Team
  

In other USA Basketball Men's News ...

• Tayshaun Prince Could Return to USA Basketball
• Norfolk Christian Junior Shining