NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Vanderbilt men’s basketball guard Tyler Tanner has been invited to take part in the 2025 USA Basketball men’s U19 national team training camp in June.
Tanner is one of 33 athletes expected to participate in the training camp help at the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Training camp begins June 14 with the 12-man roster set to be selected from the week-long workout.
The 2025 USA Basketball U19 national team will compete in the FIBA U19 Men’s World Cup in Lausanne, Switzerland, from June 26-July 6.
Tanner is one of just seven collegiate players headed to the camp, joining L.J. Cason, Tony Duckett, Daniel Jacobsen, Morez Johnson Jr., Royce Parham and Tyrone Riley IV. The remainder of the 33 camp invites are made up of players from the class of 2025 and 2026.
Fourteen of the players have been a member of a USA Basketball junior national team and the group has a combined 21 gold medals. Additionally, 26 have attended a USA Basketball Men’s Junior National Team minicamp.
The 2025 USA Basketball Men’s U19 National Team will be led by head coach Tommy Lloyd (University of Arizona) and assisted by Grant McCasland (Texas Tech University) and Micah Shrewsberry (University of Notre Dame). Supporting as court coaches during training camp will be Hubert Davis (University of North Carolina), Nate Oats (University of Alabama) and Mark Pope (University of Kentucky).
The Americans were drawn into Group D at the 2025 FIBA U19 Men’s World Cup and will square off against Australia, France and Cameroon. The U.S. holds a 4-2 record all-time against Australia in U19 action. The USA are winners of six straight against the French, carrying a 6-1 series advantage. The U.S. and Cameroon will face off for the first time.
The inaugural event was held in 1979 and until 2007 it was held every four years. Since 2007, the tournament is held biannually. The U.S. has won the gold medal eight times, most recently in 2021.
For more information on the 17th staging of the FIBA U19 Men’s World Cup, click here.
