Virgin Islands men's national basketball team

Virgin Islands

FIBA ranking	57 3 (1 March 2022)[1]
Joined FIBA	1964
FIBA zone	FIBA Americas
National federation	Virgin Islands Basketball Federation
Coach	William Colón
FIBA AmeriCup
Appearances	5
Medals	None
Home Away

The Virgin Islands national basketball team are the basketball side that represent the U.S. Virgin Islands in international competitions.

Tournament record[]

Pan American Games[]

• 1971: 11th place
• 1975: 10th place
• 1979: 10th place
• 1987: 10th place
• 2007: 8th place

FIBA AmeriCup[]

• 2001: 7th place
• 2003: 10th place
• 2007: 10th place
• 2009: 10th place
• 2017: 4th place
• 2022: Qualified

Central American Championship[]

• 1997: 5th place
• 1999: 6th place
• 2001: 4th place
• 2003: 4th place
• 2006: 2nd place
• 2008: 2nd place
• 2010: 9th place
• 2012: 7th place
• 2014: 6th place

FIBA CBC Championship[]

• 1981-1998: participation unknown
• 2000: 2nd place
• 2002: 1st place
• 2004: 6th place
• 2006: 2nd place
• 2007: did not participate
• 2009: participation unknown
• 2011: 1st place
• 2014: 3rd place
• 2015: 1st place

Players[]

Current roster[]

U.S. Virgin Islands roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. PF 0 27 – (1993-02-18)February 18, 1993 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) PG 4 29 – (1990-07-26)July 26, 1990 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) PF 5 26 – (1993-12-20)December 20, 1993 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) BC Luleå PG G Walter Hodge 33 – (1986-09-21)September 21, 1986 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Capitanes de Arecibo G 7 23 – (1996-11-20)November 20, 1996 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles 8 23 – (1996-06-25)June 25, 1996 SG 9 27 – (1992-10-27)October 27, 1992 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 10 24 – (1995-04-07)April 7, 1995 SG 11 28 – (1991-05-17)May 17, 1991 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Coker College SF 12 25 – (1994-09-13)September 13, 1994 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Étoile Charleville-Mézières 13 26 – (1993-05-16)May 16, 1993 14 31 – (1988-12-07)December 7, 1988	Head coach Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain (NP) Naturalized player Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on February 20, 2020

Past roster[]

The roster for the 2017 FIBA AmeriCup.^[2]

U.S. Virgin Islands – 2017 AmeriCup roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. PG 4 22 – (1995-03-17)17 March 1995 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Stetson Hatters SG 5 20 – (1996-11-20)20 November 1996 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles PG 6 Walter Hodge 30 – (1986-09-21)21 September 1986 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Homenetmen Beirut BC SF 7 Cuthbert Victor 34 – (1983-01-30)30 January 1983 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) ET Land PF 8 21 – (1995-12-15)15 December 1995 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Texas Tech Red Raiders SG 9 26 – (1991-05-04)4 May 1991 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) SG 10 19 – (1998-06-17)17 June 1998 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) North Texas Mean Green SG 11 Deon Edwin 25 – (1992-08-09)9 August 1992 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Kyiv-Basket SF 12 22 – (1994-09-13)13 September 1994 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Marist Red Foxes SF 13 20 – (1996-11-12)12 November 1996 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Motlow State Bucks C 14 31 – (1985-09-02)2 September 1985 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Atléticos de San Germán PF 15 24 – (1993-07-16)16 July 1993 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Tennessee-Martin Skyhawks	Head coach Sam Mitchell Assistant coach(es) Michael Evans Legend (C) Team captain Club – describes current club Age – describes age on August 25, 2017

Other players[]

U.S. Virgin Islands roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. PG Kemba Walker 28 – (1990-05-08)May 8, 1990 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Charlotte Hornets SG Marcus Georges-Hunt 24 – (1994-03-28)March 28, 1994 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Maine Red Claws SF Royce O'Neale 25 – (1993-06-05)June 5, 1993 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Utah Jazz PF John Collins 21 – (1997-09-23)September 23, 1997 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) Atlanta Hawks F/C Ivan Aska 28 – (1990-06-26)June 26, 1990 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) Kolossos Rodou SF 22 – (1995-12-15)December 15, 1995 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Bristol Flyers F/C Nicolas Claxton 19 – (1999-04-17)April 17, 1999 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) Georgia Bulldogs C Ahsan Asadullah 20 – (1998-06-05)June 5, 1998 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) Lipscomb Bisons

• (196–G/F–81)
• Frank Elegar (206–C–86)
• (198–F–83)
• (190–G/F–86)
• (198–F–77)
• (180–G–80)
• Carl Krauser (188–G–81)
• (203–F/C–83)
• Kitwana Rhymer (208–C–78)
• (207–C–75)
• Kevin Sheppard (182–G–79)

Head coach position[]

• Milton Barnes (2010–2014)
• Sam Mitchell (2015–2018)
• William Colón (2018–present)

References[]

External links[]

• U.S. Virgin Islands FIBA Profile
• Latinbasket.com - U.S. Virgin Islands Men National Team

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