Post by pnthr97 on Jun 1, 2009 13:01:02 GMT -6
UWM's Jeter named assistant coach for World University Games
By CHARLES GARDNER
Posted: Jun. 1, 2009 1:43 p.m.
UW-Milwaukee men's basketball coach Rob Jeter has been selected to assist Wisconsin coach Bo Ryan with the USA Under-23 team in the World University Games this summer in Belgrade, Serbia.
Jeter and University of Miami coach Frank Haith will assist Ryan in the tournament, to be held July 2-12.
It will be a familiar role for Jeter, who served four years as an assistant under Ryan at Wisconsin, in addition to two years at UWM and four years at UW-Platteville.
Jeter also played for Ryan at Platteville and was captain of the Pioneers team that won the 1991 NCAA Division III title.
"Having coach Jeter will help me because he knows me probably better than anyone," Ryan said. "He's coached some really good players at UWM and some really good non-scholarship players at Platteville, who could have played at the Division I level."
A training camp will be held June 16-25 at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo., to select the U.S. roster for the World University Games. Among the players competing for a spot will be Marquette forward Lazar Hayward and Purdue forward Robbie Hummel.
Others in the camp include Evan Turner of Ohio State; Talor Battle of Penn State; James Anderson of Oklahoma State; Craig Brackins of Iowa State; Trevor Booker of Clemson; Da'Sean Butler of West Virginia; Sherron Collins of Kansas; Mike Davis of Illinois; Corey Fisher of Villanova; JaJuan Johnson of Purdue; Dominique Jones of South Florida; Quincy Pondexter of Washington; Deon Thompson of North Carolina and Jarvis Varnado of Mississippi State.
Following the selection of the final roster, the team will continue to train in Colorado Springs before departing for Serbia.
The U.S. has earned 13 gold medals in 18 World University Games appearances. The Americans did not play in the tournament two years ago but the 2005 squad won gold and compiled an 8-0 record in Turkey.
By CHARLES GARDNER
Posted: Jun. 1, 2009 1:43 p.m.
UW-Milwaukee men's basketball coach Rob Jeter has been selected to assist Wisconsin coach Bo Ryan with the USA Under-23 team in the World University Games this summer in Belgrade, Serbia.
Jeter and University of Miami coach Frank Haith will assist Ryan in the tournament, to be held July 2-12.
It will be a familiar role for Jeter, who served four years as an assistant under Ryan at Wisconsin, in addition to two years at UWM and four years at UW-Platteville.
Jeter also played for Ryan at Platteville and was captain of the Pioneers team that won the 1991 NCAA Division III title.
"Having coach Jeter will help me because he knows me probably better than anyone," Ryan said. "He's coached some really good players at UWM and some really good non-scholarship players at Platteville, who could have played at the Division I level."
A training camp will be held June 16-25 at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo., to select the U.S. roster for the World University Games. Among the players competing for a spot will be Marquette forward Lazar Hayward and Purdue forward Robbie Hummel.
Others in the camp include Evan Turner of Ohio State; Talor Battle of Penn State; James Anderson of Oklahoma State; Craig Brackins of Iowa State; Trevor Booker of Clemson; Da'Sean Butler of West Virginia; Sherron Collins of Kansas; Mike Davis of Illinois; Corey Fisher of Villanova; JaJuan Johnson of Purdue; Dominique Jones of South Florida; Quincy Pondexter of Washington; Deon Thompson of North Carolina and Jarvis Varnado of Mississippi State.
Following the selection of the final roster, the team will continue to train in Colorado Springs before departing for Serbia.
The U.S. has earned 13 gold medals in 18 World University Games appearances. The Americans did not play in the tournament two years ago but the 2005 squad won gold and compiled an 8-0 record in Turkey.
