Team USA - 3x3 Basketball

[clemsonbeav 556]

Getting this thread started.

 

In LA28, there are 12 teams per gender (an increase from 8 from Paris 2024), and we as host get one team each (with no opportunity for more...1 team per NOC max).

 

In Paris, we won Bronze with our women, but only finishing 7th with our men (we didn't even qualify our men in Tokyo).  We'll see how it goes this time!  Hopefully home team advantage will be on our side!

 

We'll get to see our team in action starting March 13 during the Champions Cup.

Edited March 3 by clemsonbeav

[bmo 250]

Any idea where we can watch the Champions Cup? And will we send our top teams?

[clemsonbeav 556]

6 minutes ago, bmo said:

Any idea where we can watch the Champions Cup? And will we send our top teams?

Not sure about who we'll be sending. No info about the roster here yet: https://www.usab.com/news/2026/02/2026-look-ahead-3x3-national-teams

 

3x3 is typically live on YouTube.  https://www.youtube.com/@FIBA3x3/streams  Looking back, I can't tell if 2025's event was streamed live, or whether it was just uploaded later.  Regardless, pretty good access on YT.

Edited March 3 by clemsonbeav

[bmo 250]

3 hours ago, clemsonbeav said:

Not sure about who we'll be sending. No info about the roster here yet: https://www.usab.com/news/2026/02/2026-look-ahead-3x3-national-teams

 

3x3 is typically live on YouTube.  https://www.youtube.com/@FIBA3x3/streams  Looking back, I can't tell if 2025's event was streamed live, or whether it was just uploaded later.  Regardless, pretty good access on YT.

Thanks! While it’ll be fun to host the olympics, I will miss the qualifying journey in the build up to the olympics. There is nothing at stake for our 3x3 teams in terms of olympic qualifying.

[clemsonbeav 556]

8 minutes ago, bmo said:

Thanks! While it’ll be fun to host the olympics, I will miss the qualifying journey in the build up to the olympics. There is nothing at stake for our 3x3 teams in terms of olympic qualifying.

Part of this is why I started the other Qualification thread, as there are some sports where we can pick up additional quota...I'm just starting the list now, but it will grow as time goes on.   (And yes, qualifying automatically does take some of the build-up off.  But at least we don't have to worry!)

[bmo 250]

56 minutes ago, clemsonbeav said:

Part of this is why I started the other Qualification thread, as there are some sports where we can pick up additional quota...I'm just starting the list now, but it will grow as time goes on.   (And yes, qualifying automatically does take some of the build-up off.  But at least we don't have to worry!)

Yes! Thank you for the qualifying thread! That is a big help.

[clemsonbeav 556]

https://www.usab.com/news/2026/03/usa-basketball-3x3-champions-cup-teams-announced

 

The 2026 USA 3x3 Women’s Champions Cup Team comprises Shakira Austin, Veronica Burton, Allisha Gray and Naz Hillmon, who played together and won the gold medal at the 2025 FIBA 3x3 AmeriCup. 

 

The 2026 USA 3x3 Men’s Champions Cup Team includes Riley Battin, James Parrott, Caden Pierce and Justin Pierce. 

 

Edited Tuesday at 11:17 AM by clemsonbeav

[bmo 250]

First day of the FIBA 3x3 Champions Cup is tomorrow in Thailand. The Champions of each continent qualify + host nation + world cup winner + an addition team via world ranking. Pretty similar to the old FIFA Confederations Cup in soccer. This event has Olympic qualifying implications for other nations via the world ranking.

 

Games will be on FIBA 3x3 YouTube channel. It's a round-robin format. 2 pools of 4 teams each per gender.

 

Here is USA's schedule for the two days of pool play.

 

Friday:

Men vs  7:30 a.m. LINK

Men vs  9:30 a.m. LINK

Women vs  10:20 a.m. LINK

 

Saturday: 

Women vs  7:30 a.m. LINK

Women vs  9:30 a.m. LINK

Men vs  10:20 a.m. LINK

 

Semifinals and medal matches are on Sunday.

[bmo 250]

On 3/10/2026 at 5:28 AM, clemsonbeav said:

https://www.usab.com/news/2026/03/usa-basketball-3x3-champions-cup-teams-announced

 

The 2026 USA 3x3 Women’s Champions Cup Team comprises Shakira Austin, Veronica Burton, Allisha Gray and Naz Hillmon, who played together and won the gold medal at the 2025 FIBA 3x3 AmeriCup. 

 

The 2026 USA 3x3 Men’s Champions Cup Team includes Riley Battin, James Parrott, Caden Pierce and Justin Pierce. 

 

Cool story about the Pierce brothers on the men’s team: https://www.usab.com/news/2026/03/justin-and-caden-pierce-look-to-bring-brotherly-love-to-bangkok

 

They are actually the brothers of Indianapolis Colts receiver Alec Pierce.

[clemsonbeav 556]

6 hours ago, bmo said:

Cool story about the Pierce brothers on the men’s team: https://www.usab.com/news/2026/03/justin-and-caden-pierce-look-to-bring-brotherly-love-to-bangkok

 

They are actually the brothers of Indianapolis Colts receiver Alec Pierce.

Love sibling stories!