Danny Granger looks to the Summer

• Pacers' Granger to have short offseason: Indiana forward will compete for a spot on Team USA
• Suicide lines: ‘Melo rallys Nuggets
• Billups Unwavering in Commitment to Team USA
• Dwyane Wade Ponders Future After Celtics Bounce Heat From Playoffs
  

Physics and Basketball

Did you see this? It's actually quite interesting. We've seen cagermetrics and all sorts of other types of basketball analysis. However, this kid compares basketball to physics theory. And it's not a bad theory.

• Gordon Upbeat about his future
• The rumor mill has Sterling Gibbs headed for Maryland
  
• Adults Only: Tina Charles' Growth Continues With Sun
• WNBA: Hightower kicks off training camp with Connecticut Sun
• Connecticut Sun opens camp with 3 former Huskies
• Jeff Jacobs: New Start For Lawson
• Solomon: Lawson having some fun behind enemy lines
• WNBA: USA work gives former Husker Griffin a taste of the grind
• Libs' Donovan set to put it 'Hall' on the line
• Pondexter, other new faces have Liberty thinking title

Juan Antonio Samaranch Passes Away

• Juan Antonio Samaranch, Who Transformed the Olympics, Dies at 89
• U.S.O.C. Ends Plans for Its Own Olympic Channel
• Former IOC chief Samaranch oversaw progress, problems

Is Jeff Green In?

• Thunder notebook: Jeff Green added to Team USA roster
• Boozer Committed for First Round, Wavering on World Championships

• Moore Stands Out In U.S. Scrimmage
• UConn's Moore scores 32 in scrimmages
• Maya, Renee put on one Moore show?
• Lindsay Whalen may bring just the sort of hope and change the Minnesota Lynx need right now
• Augustus Participates in US Scrimmage
• Elizabeth Williams, Boo Williams Elite
• Fans honor UConn women with parade, Hartford hosts USA national team
• It's a wrap
• Moore Stands Out In U.S. Scrimmage
• Geno Savoring This One, But Can't Help Looking Ahead
• Maya, Renee put on one Moore show
• Auriemma on Appel and her future with Team USA
• Women's hoop: Cash still brings plenty of energy
• USA – Players, coaches give thumbs-up to week-long camp
• World's Best Women's Players Compete In Hartford Sunday
• Greene gets chance to play with U.S. team

USA Basketball Women's Team & Other USA News

Ok, we're playing catch-up today. It's been a long week with practices and other team stuff. We apologize. Hopefully this will help give a recap of this week's training camp!

• Geno Auriemma Thrives in a 4-Year World
• Kalana Impressive, Kara Ailing
• USA National Team: A soft side to Geno
• Appel Sits Out USA Training Camp
• Training camp underway for USA women
• MVP Taurasi rolls with the punches
• Another MVP for Taurasi as Spartak rolls to fourth title
• Dream's Meadors named as a USA assistant
• Kalana Greene Learning From The Best
• Top Lynx rookie playing against U.S. team
• Monica Wright Blogs from Team USA Camp
• ELSBERRY Best players leaving impressions on Auriemma
• Greene gets chance to play with U.S. team
• Sun Rookie Griffin Gets Taste Of Nutmeg
• Lawson Eager To Help U.S. National Team
• U.S. team to scrimmage at XL Center
• U.S. national team rosters, ticket info
• Tickets on sale for Sunday’s USA women’s basketball scrimmage
• U.S. National Team: A Soft Side To Geno
• Appel Sits Out U.S. Training Camp In Storrs
• Thomas, USA Select Team to Face USA National Team
• U.S. National Game Sunday
• Appel Sits Out U.S. Training Camp
• Auriemma switches gears to US national team
• Pictures: USA National Team's First Practice
• Dream's Meadors named as assistant on USA women's basketball team
• Swin Cash Returns To Storrs For U.S. Training Camp
• Cash earns her way back into Olympic consideration
• Stanford's Pedersen added to USA Select Team (plus Select Team slide show)
• Auriemma switches gears to US national team
• Pictures: USA National Team's First Practice

In other news ...

• Gilchrist Honored to play for Kentucky

USA Men's National Team In the News

• Golden State Warriors’ Stephen Curry gets invite from Team USA
• Evans to receive invite to Team USA mini-camp
• Chris Paul should reconsider, back away from Team USA this summer
• Due to Marriage, Anthony Might Not Play This Summer for Team USA
• Nuggets' Anthony ponders playing in World Championships
• Team USA Closing in on Adding Rondo, Prince, Green, Curry, Evans
• Wade still doesn't want to rule himself out for US team this summer
• Wade not ruling out 2010 worlds

Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Announces Class of 2010

The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame today announced that eight individuals and two teams have been named as the Enshrinement Class of 2010. The inductees include Jerry Buss, Cynthia Cooper, Bob Hurley, Sr., Karl Malone and Scottie Pippen, along with two celebrated teams: the 1960 USA Men’s Olympic team and the 1992 USA Basketball “Dream Team.”

• Skipping Worlds won't keep LeBron, Bosh out of Olympics
• USA Basketball roster won't include Jason Kidd
• Cavaliers notes: Colangelo blinks in USA hoops showdown
• Pippen, Malone chosen for Hall as individuals, part of '92 Dream Team
• 1992 Olympic champs into Hall of Fame

• How good is UConn women's team?
• Huskies admire past, not compete with it
• Geno Holds Court: Best Women Win Because They Stay in School
• Loss to Stanford in 2008 Final Four Changed Charles, UConn Forever

At 63, Coach K is better than ever

From SI: Long before he got the chance to play in a national championship game, before he was even old enough to play competitive basketball, Lance Thomas played for Mike Krzyzewski.

• Bulldogs' Mack, Gordon improved under Dixon's guidance in summer

• Bob Hurley Sr. happy to stand among Hall of Fame giants, even if it means buying a new suit
• Ogwumike Powers Stanford
  

• LeBron, Colangelo spar over national team commitment

• LeBron James says he doesn't 'respect' Jerry Colangelo's threats for 2012 Olympics: Cavaliers Insider

• Cavaliers Notebook: Team USA threats upset LeBron

• Cavaliers notes: Colangelo's comments don't please James (with video)

• LeBron doesn't respect Colangelo's threat

• LeBron says he's made commitment

Will They or Won't They?

Yes, we've used that header before, but it still applies. There have been reports circulating about who will be available to play at this summer's World Championship. Will LeBron play? Will Kobe? What about D-Wade? D-Will? With the first training camp for the USA Team still several months away Your guess is as good as ours. But Jerry Colangelo warns that there are no guarantees for London 2012 for those who don't play in Turkey.

• Deron Williams won't sit out World Championship like other stars
• Will LeBron James Skip Worlds for a Movie?
• Williams Committed to Team USA
• Agent David Falk calls Coach K the Michael Jordan of coaches
• Colangelo: Skip Worlds at your own peril
• Duke's Mike Krzyzewski silencing critics, building on legendary status
  

FIBA announced its pre-World Championship ad campaign yesterday and it's all about giant Godzilla-like men invading Turkey. Clever.

• Which giants will take over Istanbul this summer?

In Women's Hoops News

• USA Basketball announced yesterday that the USA Women's National Team would train April 11-18 in Hartford and Storrs, CT. Several members of the U.S. team are in Europe or have other commitments, but there will still be several stars at training camp hoping to secure a trip to the 2012 World Championship in the Czech Republic.
• Olympic gold medalist as an athlete, assistant coach and head coach, Anne Donovan has been named head coach at Seton Hall and is setting her sights on Connecticut basketball.
  
• Jen Rizzotti will head up the USA U18 National Team
• With the WNBA season following on the heels of the USA National Team's training camp, a lot of people are talking about the big three-way trade that sent Shameka Christon to Chicago, Candice Dupree to Phoenix and Cappie Pondexter to New York.
• Oklahoma 'blessed' without a superstar
• Stanford could challenge UConn women
• Are the Huskies too good?
• UConn's Tina Charles, Rebecca Lobo are two of a kind
• Baylor's Griner will challenge Huskies

USA Women's National Team Spring Training Plans Unveiled

The 2009-12 USA Basketball Women’s National Team will continue its preparations for the 2010 FIBA World Championship with a spring training camp in Hartford and Storrs, Conn., April 11-18.

“Obviously I’m thrilled to death that we’re getting a chance to work with the players, some who I’ve not had the opportunity to see and some who were in camp last fall. So that’s exciting,” said USA head coach Geno Auriemma, who has directed the Huskies to a NCAA women’s basketball record 76-0 winning streak heading into this weekend’s Final Four in San Antonio, Texas. “Secondly, I think this is the perfect place for us to have it right now because of the excitement that’s here in Connecticut. Obviously the facilities here at Gampel are great. We certainly have benefitted from them. The people here are looking forward to it. It’s going to be an exciting time for me and everyone else here to have USA Basketball as part of what’s already happening surrounding Connecticut basketball.”