First Cuts For GB U20s Announced
Ryan Richards is expected to lead the team in the European Youth Championships this summer
The Great Britain Under-20 Men’s roster is now down to 16 players after the first cuts were announced today.
Four players, point guards Josh Johnson and John Bunyan, shooting guard Josh Houghton and big man Keegan Dunlop were all released, leaving 16 players in the squad for the next two warm-ups against Holland this Friday and Saturday in Bristol.
The updated roster is as follows:
GB U20s 16 Man Squad
Shore Adenekan
John Bantock
Jeff Dirkin
Alasdair Fraser
Harrison Gamble
Lee Goldsbrough
Will Hall
Alex Marcotullio
Ali Mackay
Levi Noel
Lee Reilly
Ryan Richards
Will Saunders
Jack Thompson
Adam Thoseby
Devon Van Oostrum
Head of Performance for British Basketball, Warwick Cann commented on the decision to cut players and looking to the future:
“This year there were 20 players who are very talented and who are committed to playing for GB. As a consequence, it was a tough decision to make the first cut. Ultimately physical fitness and the ability to be in first-class physical shape was a key criteria for this stage.
“We are now not only preparing for each season but with an eye on the following year by selecting bottom age players. For some of our players who have missed out will hopefully be seen again if they continue to develop their skills and fitness”
The GB under-20 men are in Division B for the European Youth Championships and are drawn in Group C which will see them face Portugal (14 July), Finland ( 15 July), Luxemburg (16 July), Norway (17 July), and Czech Republic (18 July) when they take to the court in Sarajevo, Bosnia.
Any surprises in the cuts? Will you be attending the games in Bristol at the end of this week?
Do you like our work?
We have a tiny favour to ask. In 2018 we set out to make Hoopsfix sustainable by building our relationship directly with our readers. Up until now, Hoopsfix has been creating editorials, videos and podcasts to provide sorely missing coverage of the British game and its distinct culture and community.
We have funded Hoopsfix with our freelance work creating basketball media, but sadly that means not only does it fall behind our client’s priorities, but some of those clients are the same organisations we need to report objectively on putting us in a conflicted position.
We want to devote more time to our mission of helping British basketball reach its potential, and produce even more content for the basketball community by making Hoopsfix a sustainable 100% independent business funded directly by our readers through Patreon.
If everyone who enjoys our content chose to support us, our future would be much more secure. For as little as $3 per month, you can support Hoopsfix – and it only takes a minute.
We are tremendously honoured and humbled to have a community of people who value what we do, and we look forward to being at the forefront of the British game as it continues to evolve.
-
-
UK fans benefit in NBA rights deal as Sky Sports & Prime Video secure games
-
Cheshire Phoenix sell controlling interest to US investment firm SDSsports
-
USA get past Germany as LeBron plays closer
-
GB Senior Women’s clash with Germany abandoned due to medical incident
-
LeBron, USA escape South Sudan in London
-
16 Comments