USA Basketball Men’s roster named for Nike Hoops Summit to be played April 9 in Portland (OR); World Select Team will be released at later date

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – The Nike Hoop Summit is back after a two-year absence and returning to the Pacific Northwest.

The high school boys’ senior all-star game with Americans taking on 19-and-under international players is slated for the Moda Center in Portland, Oregon, at 10 p.m. EDT on April 8. Tipoff is scheduled for 10 p.m. EDT.

Selected by the USA Basketball Men’s Developmental National Team Committee, the 2022 USA Nike Hoop Summit Team features 12 top-recruited athletes from across the country. The U.S. will be led by head coach Joe Mantegna of Blair Academy (N.J.), and assistant coaches Scott Fitch of Fairport (N.Y.) and Chet Mason of Brush (Ohio).

Nine of the top 10 prospects headline the USA’s roster, including No. 1 recruit Dereck Lively , a 7-foot center from Westtown School (Pa.). Lively, who has committed to Duke, will play alongside fellow future Blue Devil Dariq Whitehead of Montverde (Va.) Academy and Kyle Filipowski of Wilbraham & Monson (Mass.).

Teammates at North Little Rock High School (Ark.), Nick Smith Jr. and Kel’el Ware the seventh set of high school teammates to make a USA Nike Hoop Summit Team. Amari Bailey of Sierra Canyon School (Chatsworth, Calif.) was a member of the U.S. team that went 6-0 en route to the 2019 FIBA Americas U16 title.

Along with Filipowski, Gradey Dick of Sunrise Christian Academy (Bel Aire, Kan.) and Keyonte George of IMG Academy (Bradenton, Fla.) won gold at the 2021 FIBA 3×3 U18 World Cup last summer.

The U.S. roster also includes Dillon Mitchell of Montverde Academy, Jarace Walker of IMG Academy, Cason Wallace of Richardson (Texas) and Cam Whitmore of Archbishop Spalding (Severn, Md.). The full USA roster is here.

“USA Basketball is excited to continue the Nike Hoop Summit tradition in its longtime home of Portland,” USA Basketball CEO Jim Tooley said. “The game offers fans and scouts the opportunity to see future stars of the game in a competitive and entertaining environment as we welcome some of the best athletes from across the country and around the world.”
The 2022 World Select Team is expected to be announced at a later date and will draw players from FIBA Africa, FIBA Americas, FIBA Asia, FIBA Europe and FIBA Oceania, with approved sanction of FIBA, the governing body of international basketball.