The 2004 USA Basketball Women’s Senior National Team, coached by
Van Chancellor of the Houston Comets, is presently comprised of nine
core members, all stars of the WNBA. The following five core players
competed on the European Tour:
Sue Bird (Seattle Storm)
Tamika Catchings (Indiana Fever)
Shannon Johnson (San Antonio Silver Stars)
Katie Smith (Minnesota Lynx)
Tina Thompson (Houston Comets)
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Three spots are still to be determined on the 12-member National Team.
The following five WNBA hopefuls also competed on the European tour:
Swin Cash (Detroit Shock)
Deanna Nolan (Detroit Shock)
Tangela Smith (Sacramento Monarchs)
Michelle Snow (Houston Comets)
Ruth Riley (Detroit Shock)
Additional Note: Team USA will take on the Japan National Team at Toyota Center on Tuesday, April 13 at 7:30 p.m.
TV NOTES
Former Comets forward and WNBA star Rebecca Lobo, now NBA TV correspondent and
WNBA analyst, will go behind-the-scenes of the 2004 WBCA All-Star Challenge
Saturday, April 3 in a game that features top senior collegiate players in
women's basketball versus the 2004 USA Basketball Women's Senior National
Team, including pre-game and post-game interviews from Tulane University's
Fogelman Arena. The footage will air throughout the weekend on NBA TV.
Also, as part of Lobo's NBA TV "Travelogue" series, she will be
traveling throughout New Orleans with several members of the USA Basketball
Women's National Team reporting from various historic sites and popular
spots around the city for tourists, shoppers and food-aholics.
Beginning Saturday, April 3, NBA TV will televise three games featuring
the 2004 USA Basketball Senior Women's National Team from games played
against top National and Professional club teams from Poland and Hungary
during the team's March European tour. Rich Ackerman will provide play-by-play
for each game with analysis coming from rotating personalities,
including Lobo.
Following is the NBA TV scheduled airings:
Saturday, April 3, 4:30 p.m. CT -- USA vs. Polish National Team (from
Starogard Gdanski, Poland)
Friday, April 9, 4:30 p.m. CT -- USA vs. Mizo-Pecsi - 2004 Euroleague
Final Four participants (from Pecs, Hungary)
Saturday, April 10, 2 p.m. CT -- USA vs. Hungarian National Team (from
Budapest, Hungary)
