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Holiday Invitational

ACC recruits selected to U18 National Team

Boys Basketball: Ravenscroft vs. Upper Room (Jan. 18, 2012)

Published: 2012-06-11 12:27:00
Updated: 2012-06-11 16:59:24

Jun 11, 2012

Nate Britt, Rodney Purvis and Rasheed Sulaimon, three future ACC rivals, will represent the United States together on the 2012 USA Men's U18 National Team.

Britt, a University of North Carolina recruit from Washington, D.C., Purvis, a North Carolina State University recruit from Raleigh's Upper Room Christian Academy, and Sulaimon, a Duke University recruit from Strake Jesuit College Prep in Houston, Texas, were selected to the team this weekend after participating in the Team USA training camp in Colorado.

The team will travel to Sao Sebastiáo do Paraiso, Brazil, this week to compete for the 2012 FIBA Americas U18 Championship. The tournament consists of eight teams – Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Mexico, Puerto Rico, the United States, and the United State Virgin Islands. The top four teams from the field advance ot the 2013 FIBA U19 World Championship next year.

The roster for the U18 national team includes:

Nate Britt, Gonzaga (Washington, D.C.)
Sam Dekker, Sheboygan Lutheran (Sheboygan, Wis)
Shaq Goodwin, Southwest DeKalb (Decatur, Ga.)
Jerami Grant, DeMatha Catholic (Hyattsville, Md.)
Montrezl Harrell, Hargrave Military Academy (Chatham, Va.)
Jake Layman, King Philip Regional (Wrentham, Mass.)
Rodney Purvis, Upper Room Christian (Raleigh, NC)
Julius Randle, Prestonwood Christian (Plano, Texas)
James Robinson, DeMatha Catholic (Hyattsville, Md.)
Marcus Smart, Marcus (Flower Mount, Texas)
Jarnell Stokes, Southwind (Memphis, Tenn.)
Rasheed Sulaimon, Strake Jesuit College Prep (Houston, Texas)

University of Florida head coach Billy Donovan is serving as the head coach of the U18 team. Gonzaga's Mark Few and Virginia Commonwealth's Shaka Smart are assisting Donovan.

The U18 national team is 38-2 since 1990, when it began competing. In 2010, the USA U18 team won the Gold Medal over Brazil, 81-78.

Purvis and Sulaimon both participated in the 2011 HighSchoolOT.com Holiday Invitational basketball tournament in Raleigh.

Copyright 2012 by Capitol Broadcasting Company. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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[quote=11195498]Post by TruthBKnown Returns[/quote]

Earlier the story omitted Britt from the headline and only mentioned the State and Duke players. I suspect enough UNC fans whined about it and someone lost their job over that mistake. IMO, the original story probably only had Sulaimon and Purvis in the headline because they are actually signed and playing this season. Britt is still a rising high school senior.
903 Rogue G I Joe
June 11, 2012 9:59 p.m.
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What are you people complaining about??? The title of the article is "ACC Recruits Selected..." and the very first name mentioned in the article is none other than one NATE BRITT!!!

You people are never happy!
TruthBKnown Left The Building
June 11, 2012 8:18 p.m.
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Once again the anti-Carolina bias shows! Nate Britt a future Heel also made the team!
larrys080
June 11, 2012 4:31 p.m.
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Thats great! Congratulations. Also congrats to future TAR HEEL and ACC player Nate Britt. Not sure why he's not mentioned in the article.
wizakid
June 11, 2012 1:27 p.m.
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