Butler University NCAA News

Kansas sophomore Tyshawn Taylor scored 13 points and made some critical defensive stops to lead the USA Men's U19 Team to a 76-69 win against Lithuania in the FIBA U19 World Championship play here Wednesday.

Second round play continues Tuesday with the USA squaring off against Puerto Rico in a 7:30 p.m. game.

Butler's Gordon Hayward and Shelvin Mack scored nine and eight points, respectively, to help the United States defeat Greece 85-69 today in the under-19 World Basketball Championship in Auckland, New Zealand.

Shelvin Mack scored 14 points and Darius Miller just missed a double-double in the United States' 112-55 rout of Egypt in the final game of pool play Saturday in the FIBA under-19 world basketball championships.

NORTH SHORE, New Zealand Kansas sophomore guard Tyshawn Taylor scored seven points as the USA Men's U19 World Championship Team defeated France 71-55 in the second round of the FIBA U19 World Championship here Friday morning.

Kentuckians Darius Miller and Shelvin Mack struggled in the second game of pool play at the FIBA U19 World Championship on Friday, but the United States did enough to defeat France.

CAPTAIN'S CALL: National captain's for the U19 Basketball World Championship. It ain't easy being American on the world basketball stage.

This blog has been on a prolonged break, but it appears that will not be the case for the rest of the summer.

Villanova point guard Corey Fisher might find himself in an unfamiliar position when USA Basketball opens the World University Games next month in Serbia.

Where will you find America's best young basketball players? The answer might surprise you: Butler and Washington State.

Spending three days watching two-a-days in Colorado Springs gave us a great deal of insight into a large number of prospects we'll be focusing in on for next year's draft.

Butler's basketball program achieved a milestone Thursday. For the first time in 46 years, the Bulldogs had a player selected to a U.S. national team -- two, in fact.

Butler's Gordon Hayward , who was selected for USA Basketball's 19-and-under national team Thursday, was first featured in the sporting press four years ago.

Good friends and basketball buddies Darius Miller and Shelvin Mack spent last winter text-messaging and calling each other several times a week as they adjusted to life as college freshmen.

Butler's Shelvin Mack was added to the list of players invited by USA Basketball to the under-19 national team trials.

Butler guard Shelvin Mack has been added to the list of players invited by USA Basketball to the under-19 national team trials.

How many players can say they had a hand in a state championship as a freshman? Torrey Nibbs is one of the few.

It is another Butler breakthrough for Gordon Hayward to be invited to USA Basketball's trials for the under-19 World Championship.

Gordon Hayward, a 6-8 Butler forward from Brownsburg, is one of 17 players invited by USA Basketball to trials selecting a national team for the under-19 World Championship.

Erik Fromm has picked up an eighth scholarship offer, but the latest may be the biggest school yet in terms of national prestige.