2024 Purdue signee and incoming freshman middle Daniel Jacobsen has gotten off to a robust begin in Colorado Springs as he appears to be like to safe a spot on the USA Basketball Males’s U18 Nationwide Staff roster within the FIBA U18 Males’s AmeriCup.
On Saturday, Jacobsen was named one of many 18 finalists for the 12-man roster that’s headed for Bueno Aires and is ready to start play on June third. Accompanying the long run Boilermaker large man as fellow finalists within the submit are Malachi Moreno (uncommitted 2025), Morez Johnson Jr. (Illinois), Patrick Ngongba II (Duke), Jayden Quaintance (Arizona State), and Caleb Wilson (uncommitted 2025).
The workforce’s teaching workers of Tommy Lloyd (head coach) and assistant coaches Micah Shrewsberry and Grant McCasland at the moment are tasked with chopping the group all the way down to 12 earlier than departing for the match on Might thirty first. Purdue head coach Matt Painter is part of the group of advisors additionally in attendance. Jon Scheyer, Josh Schertz, Mark Fox, Jamie Dixon, and different collegiate head coaches are additionally partaking within the coaching camp in a training or advisory capability.