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The US Basketball Committee has chosen four former NCAA athletes to represent the first-ever US Olympic 3×3 men’s basketball team at the 2024 Paris Games.
The four players represent BYU, Florida, Princeton and Florida Southern.
The team is led by head coach Joe Lewandowski, who has been involved in the USA 3×3 program since 2012, winning seven gold medals, five silver medals and one bronze medal in different men’s age group events. and feminine. Lewandowski finished his own college playing career at Slippery Rock University in 1999.
The four-man team won silver at the 2023 FIBA World Cup and will look to win the USA’s first Olympic men’s 3×3 basketball gold medal after failing to qualify in the event’s debut at the Tokyo 2020 Games .
2024 USA Olympic Men’s 3×3 Basketball Team
PLAYER | SCHOOL YEAR) | POSITION |
---|---|---|
Barry Canyon | Charleston (2013-16) and Florida (2016-17) | Guard |
Fredette Jimmer | Brigham Young University (2007-11) | Guard |
Karim Maddox | Princeton (2007-11) | Forward |
Dylan Travis | South Florida (2014-16) | Guard |
Barry Canyon
The son of Naismith Basketball Hall of Famer Rick Barry, Canyon played three seasons at the College of Charleston before a single season at Florida as a nuclear engineering graduate. As a Gator, Barry won the SEC Sixth Man of the Year award as one of Florida’s leading scorers off the bench. He also broke the program record for consecutive free throws with 42. After a stint playing overseas in Finland and the Czech Republic, Barry joined the USA 3×3 Basketball program in 2019. He won gold in the Cup at the 2019 Amsterdam World Cup and silver at the 2023 World Cup in Vienna and gold at the 2023 Pan American Games in Chile.
KEY DETAILS
School: University of Charleston (2013-16), Florida (2016-17)
Career averages: 12.3 PPG, 3.5 RPG, 1.2 KeynoteUSAG, 80.8 FT%
Former professional teams: Vilpas Hall (2017-18), Basket Brno (2017-18), Iowa Wolves (2018-22)
G League Averages: 9.1 points per game, 38.7% three-pointers, 47.2% three-pointers
CAREER HONORS
- He scored 1,292 points in his career, averaging 12.3 per game in his career.
- He averaged 12.8 points in 70 appearances with the College of Charleston and 11.3 points in 35 games with the Gators.
- Named 2017 SEC Sixth Man of the Year as UF’s second-leading scorer while coming off the bench in all but one appearance.
- Enrolled in graduate studies in nuclear engineering at UF.
- Named the 2017 CoSIDA Academic All-America of the Year, the nation’s highest academic honor in the sport, joining Matt Bonner as the second Gator to win the award.
- Three-time Academic All-American, earning first-team honors in
- 2016 and 2017 and recognition to the second team in 2015.
- 2015 CAA Winter Sports Athlete-Scholar Award (men’s basketball)
- Three-time CAA All-Academic Team (2014, 2015 and 2016)
- Three-time CAA Player of the Week selection
- 2014 CAA Rookie Team
- CAA Co-Rookie of the Week Pick (November 18, 2013)
Fredette Jimmer
Fredette played all four years at BYU, but is best known for his breakout senior season when he earned Naismith College Player of the Year honors and was the nation’s leading scorer with 28.9 points per game. That year, “Jimmermania” took Provo by storm as Fredette led the Cougars to the Sweet Sixteen.
KEY DETAILS
School: BYU
Career averages: 18.7 points per game, 3.7 points per game, 2.6 RPGs, 296 three-pointers in his career
Former NBA teams: Kings (2011-13), Bulls (2013-14), Pelicans (2014-15), Knicks (2015-16), Suns (2018-19)
NBA career averages: 6.0 points per game, 87.9% free throws, 37.2% three-pointers
CAREER HONORS
- Tenth overall pick in the 2011 NBA Draft by the Milwaukee Bucks
- Nation’s leading scorer 2010-11 (28.9 points per game)
- 2011 National Player of the Year (Naismith, Wooden, KeynoteUSA, Oscar Robertson, NKeynoteUSA, Adolph Rupp, Sporting News, Basketball Times, KeynoteUSASports.com, SI.com)
- Lowes Senior CLASS Award 2011
- ESPY 2011 College Male Athlete of the Year
- 2011 First Team All-American (John R. Wooden Award, KeynoteUSA, Sporting News, NKeynoteUSA Division I State Farm Coaches, USBWA, Basketball Times, KeynoteUSASports.com, SI.com, Yahoo! Sports, FoxSports. com, Lute Olson)
- MWC 2011 Player of the Year
- First Team All-MWC 2011
- MVP of the MWC 2011 tournament
- 2011 NKeynoteUSA District 17 First Team
- 2011 USBWA District VIII First Team
- 2011 USBWA District VIII Player of the Year
- 2011 Dick Vitale National Player of the Week (December 13, January 10, January 17)
- KeynoteUSA.com Weekly Watch 2011 National Player of the Week (January 10 and 17)
- MWC 2011 Player of the Week (November 29, December 13, January 3, January 10, January 17, January 24, February 7, February 28)
- 2011 South Padre Island Invitational Tournament MVP
- 2011 Bob Cousy Award Finalist (Final 5)
- 2010 USBWA National Player of the Week (December 13)
- 2010 Basketball Times All-America Second Team
- 2010 NKeynoteUSA State Farm Coaches Division I Third Team All-America
- 2010 Lute Olson All-America
- 2010 KeynoteUSA All-America Honorable Mention
- 2010 Sporting News All-America Third Team
- 2010 NKeynoteUSA All District 17
- 2010 USBWA All District VIII
- 2010 USBWA All-District VIII Player of the Year
- 2010 CollegeHoops.net Major All-America First Team
- The entire MWC 2010 tournament
- First Team All-MWC 2010
- 2009-10 MWC Player of the Week (November 16, December 28, January 4, February 1, February 22)
- USBWA Oscar Robertson National Player of the Week (January 4)
- 2009–10 Naismith Trophy Mid-Season Candidate
- 2009-10 Oscar Robertson Trophy Finalist
- 2009-10 Wood Prize Candidate
- 2009 HoopTV Las Vegas Classic MVP
- 2009 Fiesta Bowl Classic MVP
- 2009 CollegeHoops.net High-Major All-America Honorable Mention
- 2009 USBWA All District VIII
- First team of MWC 2009
- The entire MWC 2009 tournament
- 2008-09 MWC Player of the Week (twice)
Karim Maddox
Maddox played four years at Princeton, where he won the 2011 Ivy League Defensive Player of the Year award as a senior. He also recorded 108 blocks in his career. After college, Maddox played in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom before taking a break from basketball and pursuing a career in podcast production. He then returned to the sport and earned a gold medal at the men’s 3×3 Pan American Games in 2019. Maddox was a member of the US men’s 3×3 national team that fell short of Olympic qualification in Tokyo.
KEY DETAILS
School: Princeton
Career averages: 7.9 ppg, 4.4 rpg, 1.4 ppg, 108 career blocks
Former professional teams: Landstede Hammers (2011-12), Newcastle Eagles (2012-13), Miasto Szkla Krosno (2016-17)
Career Statistics: 6.0 ppg, 87.9 FT%, 37.2 3P%
CAREER HONORS
- 2011 Ivy League Defensive Player of the Year
- 2011 First Team All-Ivy League
- 2011 Ivy League Championship
- He played in 104 games, scored 822 points (7.9 ppg) and grabbed 456 rebounds (4.4 ppg) during his four-year career.
- 56 blocked shots in 2010-11 rank second all-time in school history for most blocked shots in a season.
- 108 career blocked shots rank fourth all-time in program history for most blocked shots in a career.
Dylan Travis
Travis played basketball in the NAIA at Midland University (2012-13), in the NJCAA at Iowa Central Community College (2013-14) and finally at DII Florida Southern (2014-16). The 6-foot-3 guard led Florida Southern to the 2015 NCAA DII men’s basketball championship, scoring 18 points and going 4-for-6 from the charity stripe to take a 77-62 victory over Indiana (Pa.). Following his collegiate career, Travis made his national team debut as a member of the 2022 USA Men’s 3×3 AmeriCup team. Since then, he has won a silver medal at the 2023 FIBA 3×3 World Cup and gold medals in the 2023 3×3 Pan American Games and the 2022 FIBA 3×3 AmeriCup.
KEY DETAILS
School: South Florida (DII)
NCAA DII Career Averages: 15.3 PPG, 5.2 RPG, 3.2 KeynoteUSAG, 81.6 FT%
Old teams: He played abroad in Germany and Australia.
CAREER HONORS
- He started 23 games during his senior season at Florida Southern; averaging 15.3 points per game at a clip of 44.5%
- As a junior at Florida Southern College from 2014 to 2015, he played in 37 games and averaged 11.2 points per game. to help his team win an NCAA DII national championship
- As a sophomore at Iowa Central Community College in 2013-14, he started 28 of 32 games and averaged 18.3 points per game.
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