McNamara To Participate In USA Basketball Men's National Team Trials
5/15/2003 3:01:58 PM | Men's Basketball
McNamara helped lead the Orangemen to their first national title this season, averaging a team-third 13.3 points per game and leading SU with 4.4 assists per outing. He was named to the All-Final Four Team after connecting on six three-point attempts in the championship game, tying the SU NCAA Tournament record. McNamara also set school tournament records for three-point baskets (18), three-point shots attempted (44) and steals (15). Additionally, McNamara captured the BIG EAST Conference free-throw percentage title (for league games only), and set a season standard in the process, making 53-of-55 free throws for a .964 percentage.
McNamara is one of 46 college players and one of 26 freshmen who will participate. The Trials will be held May 30-June 1 at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo. Because he is over the 19-years age limit, McNamara is only eligible for consideration for the USA Pan American Games Team, not the Junior World Championship Team.
If he is selected, McNamara will compete for the US at the Pan Am Games, held Aug. 1-17, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The men's basketball competition is scheduled for Aug. 2-6. The USA team will be coached by Michigan State mentor Tom Izzo.
2003 USA Basketball Men's National Team Trials Participants
Mohamed Abukar (Rancho Bernardo HS)
Maurice Ager (Michigan State)
DeAngelo Alexander (Oklahoma)
James Augustine (Illinois)
Kevin Bookout (Oklahoma)
Timmy Bowers (Mississippi State)
Brandon Bowman (Georgetown)
Daniel Brown (Illinois)
Graham Brown (Michigan)
Derrick Byars (Virginia)
Josh Childress (Stanford)
Keydren Clark (St. Peter's)
Paul Davis (Michigan State)
Ike Diogu (Arizona State)
Chris Duhon (Duke)
Daniel Ewing (Duke)
Desmond Farmer (USC)
Gerald Fitch (Kentucky)
Torin Francis (Notre Dame)
Tim Frost (Utah)
Channing Frye (Arizona)
Daniel Gibson (Jesse H. Jones HS)
Ben Gordon (Connecticut)
Ivan Harris (Oak Hill Academy, Va.)
David Harrison (Colorado)
Chris Hill (Michigan State)
Julius Hodge (North Carolina State)
Ryan Hollins (UCLA)
Daniel Horton (Michigan)
Luke Jackson (Oregon)
Al Jefferson (Prentiss HS)
Arthur Johnson (Missouri)
Brian Johnson (Bishop O'Connell HS)
Gerry McNamara (Syracuse)
Jonathan Modica (Arkansas)
Brandon Mouton (Texas)
Matt Nelson (Colorado State)
Steve Novak (Marquette)
Emeka Okafor (Connecticut)
Ricky Paulding (Missouri)
Kevin Pittsnogle (West Virginia)
J.J. Reddick (Duke)
Darius Rice (Miami)
Craig Smith (Boston College)
Marcellus Sommerville (Southwestern Illinois College)
Blake Stepp (Gonzaga)
Alando Tucker (Wisconsin)
C.J. Watson (Tennessee)
Deron Williams (Illinois)
Shelden Williams (Duke)
Kennedy Winston (Alabama)
