Congrats to those who made it. Good luck & make us proud.

Should have had another top age big man. Too many big guys are bottom age. One extra year at this age for a big makes a significant difference in strength.
Even so - still a good team and hope they have a very successful world champ tournament.

Be nice to have Thon Maker or Deng Adel in there..

I don't know much about these guys admittedly but agree if he was available Thon Maker would have been great in this team. Deng Adel born 1996 is too old for this team but would be a good fit for 2015 under 19s.

They should of included Bul Kuol in the team

A very talented and well balanced team IMO.

Good luck to the team!

Thon Marker is sudanese, not australian and by the time he finishes his high school and college he will have spent more time in USA than in Australia, his brother also, so stands to reason he has no want to meet any obligations here, and not having a poke at the kid just being realistic, he would be better off applying for USA citizenship.

083 Thon Maker would have been lost to Basketball if he did not come to Australia - where do you think he learnt to play the game? Not in Sudan.

hes still learning to play his development is going to be done in USA not in australia, why do you think hes there, you cant put a tag on a kid who only done the basics and say we taught him everything

To 099 above - did you actually see Thon play when he was in Australia? Thon learnt way more than the "Basics" as you put it in Australia. The kid was a serious player when he left for the US. I suppose you think kids like Humphries have got to the "Basic" level here in Australia as well!

I think 093 and 099 could be a touch racist. Correct me if I am wrong.

By the time Thon left for america he was already a touted prospect that colleges were talking about. Regardless, he has expressed his interest in playing for aus. Is he too old for this team by birthdate or something? Is he a shot for the U/19 worlds. I would def get him in ASAP.

The pleasing thing about Thon Maker from an Aussie perspective is that he has indicated his preference to play for Australia on the world stage within the past couple of months after a visit from Lemanis.

Now we just need to get him suited up in an Aussie uniform at a FIBA sanctioned event. One feels that the 2015 U19 World Championships in Greece will be the opportune time for him to shine at the World stage for the Emu's.

Apparently so, via FIBA's Livebasketball.TV

so un19 worlds are definately in greece not south africa?

Yep, definitely Greece.

Me are in Greece, women are in Russia for U19 WC's in 2015.

Women's U17 WC kicks off tonight.

is this confirmed re un19s as I was told Greece for girls or south africa no mention of russia

Hey guys, can anyone tell me what happened to Jock Perry and the reason he wasn't selected?

Jock has had a surgery and is out for another 3-4 months thus was unavailable for selection.

We have some great insights into some of the Aussie U17 men ahead of the 2014 World Champs...

Isaac Humphries targeted by Kansas and more

GCU, Nicholls St among those interested in Matt Owies

Lehigh, Albany emerge as suitors for Dejan Vasiljevic

Deng Gak being pursued by Creighton, USC

Jayden Hodgson receiving interest from Kansas St, Harvard, among others

And we now have an update on Kouat Noi as well up on PnR:

Kouat Noi beginning to receive NCAA interest, will explore prep school route

Kouat Noi is one of the most dynamic prospects in the country and is receiving interest from a number of impressive division 1 college programs. Cal State Long Beach, Nicholls State and Boise State have all expressed interest in the 6'7 forward out of Newcastle, NSW.

When do the U/17s mens WC start?

On the 8th of August... the games will be streamed live

http://www.fiba.com/world/u17/2014

So, the team is off to Europe before they drop into Dubai for the worlds. Just for interest how do we compare with the 2014 USA Men's U17 World Championship Team?

Tyus Battle
Pos G
HGT 6-5
WGT 170
DOB 09/23/1997

Thomas Bryant
Pos F
HGT 6-9
WGT 210
DOB 07/31/1997

Henry Ellenson
Pos F/C
HGT 6-9
WGT 250
DOB 01/13/1997

Terrance Ferguson
Pos G
HGT 6-6
WGT 170
DOB 05/17/1997

De'Aaron Fox
Pos G
HGT 6-2
WGT 175
DOB 12/20/1997

Harry Giles
Pos F
HGT 6-9
WGT 210
DOB 04/22/1998

Mustapha Heron
Pos G
HGT 6-4
WGT 190
DOB 12/12/1997

Josh Jackson
Pos G/F
HGT 6-6
WGT 175
DOB 02/10/1997

V.J. King
Pos G/F
HGT 6-6
WGT 175
DOB 01/22/1997

T.J. Leaf
Pos F
HGT 6-8
WGT 200
DOB 04/30/1997

Malik Newman
Pos G
HGT 6-4
WGT 185
DOB 02/21/1997

Ivan Rabb
Pos F
HGT 6-10
WGT 210
DOB 02/04/1997

Devearl Ramsey
Pos F
HGT 5-10
WGT 170
DOB 05/17/1997

Diamond Stone
Pos F/C
HGT 6-10
WGT 254
DOB 02/10/1997

Caleb Swanigan
Pos F
HGT 6-8
WGT 280
DOB 04/18/1997

Jayson Tatum
Pos G
HGT 6-7
WGT 195
DOB 03/03/1998

Derryck Thornton
Pos G
HGT 6-2
WGT 160
DOB 05/30/1997

Sorry, I think that is their squad, if anyone has the actual team feel free to amend the post...

Thanks Anon, I noticed Canada is in our group, surely teams will be posted soon? This will be a nice warm up to Spain a couple of weeks later, Go Assies...

Results for the first practice Game in France

AUST 66 vs PUERTO RICO 69.
Scores at each qtr:
1. AUST 22 v Puerto Rico 16
2. AUST 30 v Puerto Rico 36
3. AUST 48 v Puerto Rico 43
4. AUST 66 v Puerto Rico 69
Game stats:
Wilson 14 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists
Vasiljevic 12 points
Noi 12 points
Humphries 11 points

Second game in France:

Aust vs France

Q1 13-23
Q2 27-31
Q3 50-56
Q4 67-88

Stats:

Jack White 15 points (shooting 75% from the field)
Tom Wilson 14 points
Isaac Humphries 8 points
Abi Akintola 7 points

Cool down everyone, its only a practice tournament.

Reserve your comments & judgements until after the the World's. Comments like these are not helpful to anyone, players or coaches.

Tall poppy syndrome rules again.

Also, you're not at the game so you don't know what ahappend or how it played out. For example, maybe he only played 8 minutes out of 40?

How would any of you feel if the comments were written about you at 16 years of age?

Hi I watched the u/17 men over 3 games against New Zealand earlier in their preparation. I thought Humphries played better than Perry but I don't know if Perry was carrying an injury back then? I do not think this squad is as strong as previous ones. However I wish them well and hope I am wrong.

Game 3 in France:

Aust v Argentina

Q1 22 v 17
Q2 34 v 27
Q3 52 v 46
Q4 75 v 71

Stats:

Dejan Vasiljevic 26 points, 7 rebounds
Tom Wilson 17 points
Isaac Humphries 12 points, 7 rebounds
Kouat Noi 7 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists

It's called parents privilege.

Game 4 in France.

Scores:

Q1 AUS 24 v CAN 20
Q2 AUS 41 v CAN 42
Q3 AUS 56 v CAN 69
Q4 AUS 85 v CAN 88

Stats:

Dejan Vasijevic 24 points
Kouat Noi 12 points and 8 rebounds
Kyle Clark 12 points
Tom Wilson 11 points
Isaac Humphries 11 points

Lost it in the 3rd but good effort hopefully they will be better at worlds next week

You cannot determine how good or bad a player played purely from the score they had, others could be getting the rebounds assists, steal or playing great d to allow those to score.

Their gave been different scorers in different games so again you can just say only a few are doing their job and it looks to me they are spreading the load which is good

You Tube ===> FIBA TV

Thats where the u17 girls games were so I would expect the same for the boys, excellent HD coverage for all the games.

No commentary even better.

Spot on - FIBA's TouTube channel is likely to show at least some of the games, but livebasketball.tv is another option - for US$1.

yes the youtube livecast was excellent for the girls , the only talking was the court announcer

Is that $1.00 per month for a subscription LC? Sounds cheap...