USABWNT: Should Caitlin Clark be on Team USA for the 2024 Olympics?

Last week, the 2024 Olympic roster for the USA Basketball Men’s National Team was announced. It’s a star-studded group, specially selected by managing director Grant Hill.

When might we learn who will be representing the USA Basketball Women’s National Team in Paris?

Concurrent with the Final Four in Cleveland in early April, USA Basketball held a training camp for the American women. The attendees were Ariel Atkins, Shakira Austin, Aliyah Boston, Chelsea Gray, Brittney Griner, Rhyne Howard, Sabrina Ionescu, Jewell Loyd, Kelsey Plum, Breanna Stewart, Diana Taurasi, A’ja Wilson and Jackie Young. Among the notable players missing from Cleveland were Napheesa Collier and Kahleah Cooper, standouts from February’s FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament squad who were preparing to compete in the EuroLeague Women Final Four. Caitlin Clark also was invited to the training camp and, had Iowa not advanced to the Final Four, would have participated. That’s 16 names; there are 12 spots on the Olympic roster to be selected by national team director Briana Weiss and a committee of six or seven.

In contrast to their male counterparts, who, despite winning gold in every Olympics since 2004, have experienced a number of close calls and fallen short in other international…