USA Basketball picks roster for August World Cup qualifiers

COLORADO The roster will include SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) six players — Michael — USA Basketball has Frazier II, Langston picked its 12-man roster Galloway, David for the opening second-round Stockton, Daquan Jeffries, window of John Jenkins and World Cup qualifying, Eric Mika — who were as the Americans look with the Americans for to move closer to clinching the last qualifying window a spot in the field for in July. next year's event. The other six players

Jim Boylen will return for games on Aug. 25 in as coach, assisted Las Vegas against Uruguay again by Ty Ellis and and at Colombia Othella Harrington. on Aug. 29 are Tyler Cavanaugh,

Malik Ellison, Dewan Hernandez, Mac Mcclung, Robert Woodard II and Mckinley Wright IV.

The Americans went 5-1 in the opening round of qualifying from the FIBA Americas Region, easily becoming one of the 12 teams that moved on to the second round.

Of those 12 advancing nations, seven will make next year's World Cup, which will take place in the Philippines, Indonesia and Japan. The World Cup is the primary qualifier for the 2024 Paris Olympics.

There are three twogame windows in the second round of qualifying — for the Americas Region, they are Aug. 25 and 29, Nov. 11 and 14, and finally Feb. 23 and 26. If the U.S. tops Uruguay and Colombia, it likely could clinch a World Cup berth in the November window.

Canada (6-0) is the only team from the Americas Region that went unbeaten in the first round of qualifying. Also in Canada's group for the second round: Venezuela (5-1), Argentina (5-1), the Dominican Republic (4-2),

Panama (2-4) and the Bahamas (2-4).

The U.S. is in a second-round group with Brazil (5-1), Uruguay (4-2), Mexico (4-2), Puerto Rico (3-3) and Colombia (2-4).

The top three teams from each group will advance to the World Cup from the Americas Region, along with the best overall fourthplace team.