*** Official Team USA / Caitlin thread ***

Franisdaman

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FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup 2026 Qualifying Tournament
San Juan, Puerto Rico
March 11-17

The USA team features 2024 Olympic Gold Medalists Kahleah Copper, Chelsea Gray, Kelsey Plum and Jackie Young. Additionally, Caitlin Clark, Paige Bueckers and Angel Reese are expected to make their highly anticipated senior national team competitive debuts.

The qualifying tournament broadcast schedule will be as follows:


DateTime (CT)MatchupPlatform
Wednesday, March 113:45 p.m.USA vs. SenegaltruTV, HBO Max
Thursday, March 126:45 p.m.Puerto Rico vs. USAtruTV, HBO Max
Saturday, March 143:45 p.m.USA vs. ItalytruTV, HBO Max
Sunday, March 1512:45 p.m.New Zealand vs. USAtruTV, HBO Max
Tuesday, March 173:45 p.m.Spain vs. USATNT, HBO Max

 

Gonzo_Bloor

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Highly doubt CC will start. She'll probably get a good number of minutes, it's against Senegal. She hasn't played a game for the better part of a year, expecting her to step in as the starter, star, and go off for crazy numbers doesn't make a lot of sense to me.
 

KurtWarner

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Highly doubt CC will start. She'll probably get a good number of minutes, it's against Senegal. She hasn't played a game for the better part of a year, expecting her to step in as the starter, star, and go off for crazy numbers doesn't make a lot of sense to me.
Whatttt. It's Caitlin Clark we're talking about for God's sake!!
 

theiacowtipper

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I think there are four games in this “tournament”. I’ll guarantee four different starting lineups and different players not getting minutes each game. They will be looking for lineup combinations that work
 

DukeSlater

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CC is the only women's player I'd pay money to watch. That doesn't mean there aren't other good players, but it does mean there's only one CC, and until she showed up, I didn't even know there WAS something called the WNBA. Now that I do know about the WNBA, I also know I never missed anything by not watching BCC (before Caitlin Clark).

IMHO, of course.
 

DTP2

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It is impressive that Senegal is #25 in the world before their first game ever.🥴