USA Basketball

USA Basketball

Formation	1974; 50 years ago (1974)
Type	National Governing Body (NGB)
Location	Colorado Springs, Colorado
Region served	United States
Official language	English, Spanish
Chairman	Martin Dempsey
Key people	> Chauncey Billups (Athlete representative) Kim Bohuny (NBA representative)
Affiliations	FIBA FIBA Americas
Website	www.usab.com

USA Basketball (USAB) is a non-profit organization and the governing body for basketball in the United States. The organization represents the United States in FIBA and the men's and women's national basketball teams in the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee. Its chairman of the board is retired General Martin Dempsey

The organization was founded in 1974 as the Amateur Basketball Association of the United States of America (ABAUSA). It was then renamed USA Basketball on October 12, 1989, after FIBA modified its rules to allow NBA basketball players to compete in international competitions (professionals from Europe and South America were always allowed to compete).^[1] USA Basketball is responsible for the selection and training of the men's and women's national teams that represent the United States in international tournaments, including the FIBA Basketball World Cup for men, the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup, Games of the Olympiad and the men's and women's qualifiers thereof, as well as for the promotion of the sport amongst prospective players, spectators, and fans.

⁽¹⁾ In 2007, the U.S. was represented by the University of Northern Iowa.
⁽²⁾ The U.S. was represented at the 2015 World University Games by the University of Kansas.
⁽³⁾ The U.S. was represented at the 2017 World University Games by Purdue University.
⁽⁴⁾ The 2020 U17 World Championship was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
⁽⁵⁾ The 2020 U18 Americas Championship was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
⁽⁶⁾ The 2018 FIBA Basketball World Cup was rescheduled to 2019.
⁽⁷⁾ The 2020 Olympics was postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
⁽⁸⁾ The 2021 Summer World University Games was postponed to 2023 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
⁽⁹⁾ Qualified but decided not to participate in the 2023 Pan American Games.
⁽¹⁰⁾ The 2020 Olympics was postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

⁽¹⁾ In 2003, the U.S. was represented by a Big 12 All Star team.
⁽²⁾ In 2007, the U.S. was represented by the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
⁽³⁾ In 2017, the U.S. was represented by the University of Maryland.^[2]
(4) In 2019, the U.S. was represented by Mississippi State University.
⁽⁵⁾The 2020 U17 World Championship was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
⁽⁶⁾The 2020 U18U Women's AmeriCup World Championship was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
⁽⁷⁾The 2020 Olympics was postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
⁽⁸⁾In 2018, the U.S. was represented by the University of Louisville.^[3]
(9)The 2022 Youth Olympics was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Sources ^[4][5][6][7]

• United States men's national basketball team
• United States men's national under-19 basketball team
• United States men's national under-17 basketball team
• United States men's national 3x3 team

• United States women's national basketball team
• United States women's national under-19 basketball team
• United States women's national under-17 basketball team
• USA Women's World University Games Team
• USA Women's R. William Jones Cup Team
• USA Women's Pan American Team
• United States women's national 3x3 team

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  2012–present

• Official website
• USA Basketball reports from Insidehoops.com