USA Basketball invited 29 college, CBA, and Americans playing in European leagues to compete for the 12 roster spots on the 1998 USA team. The tryout camp takes place July 8-14. The roster was reduced to 16 players on July 11. The 12 man roster was selected July 24. Mateen Cleaves sprained his left ankle July 26 and Trajan Langdon was named to replace Cleaves. The World Championship tournament starts July 29 in Greece. 1998 USA Basketball Men's World Championship Team Player Pos Ht Wt B-day College Wendell Alexis ........ F 6-9 220 7/31/64 Syracuse'86 Ashraf Amaya .......... F-C 6-8 250 11/23/71 Southern Illinois'93 *Mateen Cleaves ........ G 6-2 195 9/7/77 Michigan State'00 Bill Edwards .......... F 6-8 220 8/22/71 Wright State'93 Kiwane Garris ......... G 6-2 183 9/24/74 Illinois'97 Michael Hawkins ....... G 6-0 178 10/28/72 Xavier'95 Gerard King ........... F 6-9 230 11/25/72 Nichols State'96 Jimmy King ............ G 6-5 210 8/9/73 Michigan'95 *Trajan Langdon ........ G 6-3 195 5/13/76 Duke'99 Brad Miller ........... C 6-11 240 4/12/76 Purdue'98 Jimmy Oliver .......... G 6-6 208 7/12/69 Purdue'91 Jason Sasser .......... F 6-7 210 1/13/74 Texas Tech'96 David Wood ............ F 6-9 230 11/30/64 Nevada-Reno'87 Head Coach: Rudy Tomjanovich (Hou) (Michigan'70) Assistants: Del Harris (LAL) (Milligan College'59) Mike Jarvis (St. John's) Lon Keuger (University of Illinois) *Cleaves sprained his left ankle July 26 and Langdon was named as his replacement invitees who did not make the final roster: Chucky Atkins ......... G 5-11 160 8/14/74 South Florida'97 David Booth ........... G 6-6 210 5/28/70 DePaul'94 Earl Boykins .......... G 5-5 135 6/2/76 Eastern Michigan'98 Tim Breaux ............ F 6-7 215 9/19/70 Wyoming'92 Acie Earl ............. F-C 6-11 265 6/23/70 Iowa'93 Richard Hamilton ...... G 6-6 195 2/14/98 Connecticut'00 Bernard Hopkins ....... F 6-7 235 1/13/73 VCU'96 Troy Hudson ........... G 6-0 170 3/12/76 Southern Illinois'97 Nate Huffman .......... C 7-1 245 4/2/75 Central Michigan'97 Tim Kempton ........... C 6-10 260 1/25/64 Notre Dame'86 Warren Kidd ........... F-C 6-10 220 9/9/70 Middle Tennessee State'93 Randy Livingston ...... G 6-4 200 4/2/75 LSU'96 Gerald Madkins ........ G 6-4 210 4/18/69 UCLA'92 Richard Manning ....... C 6-11 251 6/23/70 Washington'93 Mike McDonald ......... C 6-10 235 2/13/69 New Orleans'95 Larry Stewart ......... F 6-8 230 9/21/68 Coppin State'91 [Note: USA Basketball dropped all of the NBA players from the roster June 16 as the players refused to confirm that they would play for the team even if the NBA imposed a lockout. I've listed the NBA players who were originally on Team USA 98 below just for anyone's interest as to who they were.] 1998 USA Basketball team Player (team) Pos Ht Wt B-day College Exp Vin Baker (Sea) ........ F 6-11 250 11/23/71 Hartford'93 5 Terrell Brandon (Mil) .. G 5-11 173 5/20/70 Oregon'92 7 Tim Duncan (SA) ........ F-C 7-0 248 4/25/76 Wake Forest'97 1 Kevin Garnett (Min) .... F 6-11 220 5/19/76 - Chicago Farragut HS 3 Tom Gugliotta (Min) .... F 6-10 240 12/19/69 N.C. State'92 6 Tim Hardaway (Mia) ..... G 6-0 195 9/1/66 UTEP'89 9 Grant Hill (Det) ....... F 6-8 225 10/5/72 Duke'94 4 Allan Houston (NY) ..... G 6-6 200 4/4/71 Tennessee'93 5 Christian Laettner (Atl) F-C 6-11 245 8/17/69 Duke'92 6 Gary Payton (Sea) ...... G 6-4 180 7/23/68 Oregon State'90 8 Glen Rice (Cha) ........ F-G 6-8 220 5/28/67 Michigan'89 9 Chris Webber (Sac) ..... F 6-10 245 3/1/73 Michigan'95 5