Over the weekend, the US Women’s National Basketball Team held a three-day, 18-player training camp at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY. Now, 12 of those players will represent the United States at the 2024 FIBA Women’s Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Antwerp, Belgium, which begins Feb. 8 and continues through Feb. 11.
The members of the 2024 USA Olympic Qualifying Tournament Team are: Ariel Atkins, Aliyah Boston, Napheesa Collier, Kahleah Copper, Rhyne Howard, Sabrina Ionescu, Jewell Loyd, Kelsey Plum, Breanna Stewart, Diana Taurasi, Alyssa Thomas and Jackie Young.
Taurasi, Atkins, Collier, Loyd and Stewart have represented Team USA at the Olympic Games, with all five winning gold in 2020. Stewart and Taurasi also took home gold in 2016, while Taurasi collected three more golds in 2012, 2008 and 2004. Like Atkins, Loyd and Stewart, Copper, Ionescu, Plum and Thomas were members of the victorious 2022 USA Women’s World Cup Team. Young, along with Plum, won 3×3 gold for the USA at the 2020 Olympics, but this will be her 5×5 senior national team debut. It is the first senior national team event for Boston and Howard.
Those snubbed are Allisha Gray, Betnijah Laney and Arike Ogunbowale. Gray was a 3×3 gold medalist alongside Plum and Young in 2020, while Laney was on…
