Taurasi headline US women's hoops national team pool
NEW YORK (AP) — Sue Bird and
Diana Taurasi headline the 29 players chosen for the U.S
. women's
basketball team pool. Bird and Taurasi have each won four Olympic gold
medals and helped the U.S. to the past two world championships.
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Phoenix Mercury guard Diana Taurasi (3) talks with Seattle Storm guard
Sue Bird (10) during the second half of a single-game WNBA basketball
playoff matchup, in Tempe, Ariz. Bird and Taurasi headline the 29
players chosen for the U.S. women's basketball team pool. Eleven members
of the 2016 Olympic team that won a sixth consecutive gold medal for
the Americans are in the pool that was announced Thursday, Dec. 14.
Eleven
members of the 2016 Olympic team that won a sixth consecutive gold
medal for the Americans are in the pool that was announced Thursday. The
only player missing from that team is Tamika Catchings, who retired
after the 2016 WNBA season.
The U.S. already has qualified for next year's FIBA
World Cup, which will be held in Spain. There are five college players
in the pool: UConn's Napheesa Collier and Katie Lou Samuelson, South
Carolina's A'ja Wilson, Ohio State's Kelsey Mitchell and Louisville's
Asia Durr. They won't participate in a training camp that will be held
in South Carolina from Feb. 9-11.
All 29 players in the pool have previous
international experience with USA Basketball. They've combined to win
100 gold, two silver and four bronze medals.
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