Tag: FIBA U17 World Cup

Cameron Boozer, AJ Dybantsa lead United States to title in the FIBA U17 Basketball World Cup

The United States rolls in the FIBA U17 World Cup.

AJ Dybantsa and Cameron Boozer led the way for the United States on Sunday in the final of the FIBA U17 Basketball World Cup. The Americans cruised to a 129-88 win over Italy to win the championship.

Boozer was named the MVP of the tournament, a fitting honor following his 24 points and 13 rebound output to help the United States to the emphatic win.

Through seven games with the U17 national team at the World Cup, Boozer averaged 20.1 points and 9.9 rebounds per game.

Also named to the All-Star 5 was Dybantsa, a five-star recruit and the consensus top player in the nation.

Dybantsa averaged 14.1 points and 3.9 rebounds per game.

The United States was an absolute buzzsaw in the tournament, defeating opponents in the six games leading up to Sunday’s championship by an average of 68.2 points per game

 

Their closest game came in their opener of the World Cup, a 104-81 win over France.

Also making the All-Star 5 from Sunday’s championship game was Maikcol Perez of Italy. The other two players included in the all-tournament team were Kaan Onat (Türkiye) and Oscar Goodman (New Zealand).

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Five-star Jordan Smith Jr. offered by Rutgers basketball

Jordan Smith Jr. is offered by Rutgers men’s basketball this week.

A big-time offer went out from Rutgers basketball this week to Jordan Smith Jr.

The Rutgers basketball recruiting target is part of the United States national team that will participate in the U17 FIBA World Cup.

A five-star guard from Paul VI Catholic (Fairfax, Virginia), Smith is the No. 8 player in the 247Sports Composite. He is the second-best shooting guard in the class of 2026 in the 247 rankings.

He is a class of 2026 recruit.

On3 ranks him as the top player in Virginia in their Industry Rankings and the seventh-best overall recruit nationally. He has a strong and well-rounded skill set, with the ability to put the ball on the floor and a very fluid shooting machine. He is silky smooth in transition.

Defensively, he works hard on and off the ball.

Not surprisingly, he has a strong offer list that includes Georgetown, Houston, Kansas, Kansas State, Louisville, Ohio State, Tennessee, Villanova and Virginia Tech among others.

Smith posted about the offer from Rutgers via his social media on Wednesday afternoon.

 

Rutgers had an impressive class of 2024 that featured two recruits ranked as five-star prospects in forward Ace Bailey and guard [autotag]Dylan Harper[/autotag].

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The class was ranked top-10 nationally.