USA Women's Youth Development Festival

[gymrat]

Does anyone have any info on this event? Understand it is being held at the US Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs. Who's going, how're they picked, what's the format, etc., etc.? Thanks

[YCN]

Info about this event is harder to find than hen's teeth!

The link to the roster list at USABasketball.com for this event doesn't work.

I found an eligibility form, curiously enough located at NBA.com:
http://www.nba.com/media/usab/usaw02availability.pdf

The deadline for sending this form in was March 15th.

This link...
http://www.thetowntalk.com/html/DD34771B-FA8B-4C5E-ADEF-4D237FE4A9FE.shtml

...provides the quote:

"Not only is Antony being recruited by the top women's college programs in the nation, USA Basketball has rewarded her by giving her one of only 48 invitations to the 2002 USA Basketball Youth Development Festival, which is being held at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado in June."

So apparently it is by invitation only.

According to the calendar page at USABasketball.com, the camp will be held from June 12-16.
http://www.usabasketball.com/schedule/calendar.html


[This message has been edited by YCN (edited 05-13-2002).]

[gymrat]

Saw this on the USA site, thought I'd pass it on.


2002 USA Women's Youth Development Festival



USA Basketball Women's Youth Development Festival
(June 13-16, Colorado Springs, Colorado)
The USA Basketball Women‘s Youth Development Festival will be held June 13-16 at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The USA Basketball Women's Cadet & Youth Committee will invite 48 high school juniors and sophomores to the Youth Development Festival. Four regional teams representing the North, South, East and West will square off in three games of round-robin preliminary play before being seeded and competing in the Festival's semifinals and medal round. Each team will be assigned a head and an assistant coach from its respective region.

The USA Basketball entry-level event will also combine off-court seminars on topics such as the meaning of representing your country, the Olympic experience, sportsmanship, and media training with the aforementioned five-game tournament format. 2002 Youth Development Festival players and coaches are expected to be announced in early May.

The 2002 USA coaching staff and team members will be announced at a later date.