She will be joined in the frontcourt by two players who were expected to be on the team from the get-go: Kelsey Bone (Class of 2009 – Stafford, Texas/Dulles HS) and Alyssia Brewer (Tulsa, Okla./Sapulpa HS/Texas). The 6-4 Bone is the prototypical power post, and she showed her inside skills in every session. Brewer, at 6-3, is longer, more athletic and more comfortable handling the ball than Bone, and could play the four, or conceivably even the three.

The selection committee – Carla McGhee (athlete representative), Beth Cunningham (athlete representative), Sherri Coale (NCAA), Jim Foster (NCAA), Trina Patterson (NCAA), Tara VanDerveer (NCAA), Mary Roonie Scovel (NJCAA) and Wendy Larry (WBCA) – loaded up on size, as two more tall girls are also on the team. Six-three Lynetta Kizer (Woodbridge, Va./Potomac HS/Maryland), who had trouble scoring inside during the scrimmages but showed a nice mid-range touch, and 6-5 Sarah Boothe (Gurnee, Ill./Warren Township HS/Stanford), who is strong and can finish with either hand, give the U.S. an imposing presence in the paint.

And don't forget Nneka Ogwumike (Cypress, Texas/Cy-Fair HS/Stanford), a 6-2 power forward who is at her best inside. Ogwumike's length and athleticism, plus her fearless play, add even more power to the American post game.

Kelly Faris (Class of 2009 – Plainfield, Ind./Heritage Christian HS) and SheKinna Stricklen (Morrilton, Ark./Morrilton HS/Tennessee) do have size, but both struggled to make shots in Colorado Springs, Faris, at 5-9, is a superb athlete who is more of a mid-range shooter, but the 5-10 Stricklen has a reputation as a scorer, even if she didn't show it at the tryouts.

Left off the team were highly regarded players such as Tierra Ruffin-Pratt (Class of 2009 – Alexandria, Va./T.C. Williams HS), Alicia Manning (Woodstock, Ga./Etowah HS/Tennessee) and April Sykes (Crawford, Miss./East Oktihebba HS/Rutgers), though Ruffin-Pratt hurt the same shoulder she dislocated late in the high school season, and didn’t play on Wednesday.

But given the format, and the realities of international basketball, almost any 12 from this group would have done well enough in Buenos Aires to qualify for the U19 World Championships in Bangkok next summer, as the Americans need only a top-four finish in Argentina to move on. And it's important to note that there will be another set of tryouts for that U19 team, which means a player such as 6-8 Brittney Griner will have an opportunity to make the roster for the trip to Thailand, and those who didn’t make the team this time around may well get another shot at wearing a USA Basketball jersey.

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