PITT’S ASHTON GIBBS, DANTE TAYLOR NAMED TO USA BASKETBALL UNDER-19 NATIONAL TEAM TRIALS ROSTER
Pitt sophomore Ashton Gibbs and incoming freshman Dante Taylor have been named to the USA Basketball Men’s Under-19 National Team Trials. Gibbs and Taylor will audition for the squad which is coached by Pitt basketball coach Jamie Dixon. Trials to select the 2009 USA Men’s Under-19 National Team will be held June 16-18 at the United States Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo. Gibbs and Taylor are among 17 athletes, born on or after January 1, 1990, who will participate in the trials. Training camp for selected finalists will begin June 19, with the 12-member USA roster being announced prior to the team’s departure for New Zealand on June 25. The USA National Team will compete in the FIBA