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The 2005 Nike Hoop Summit, the country's premiere annual basketball game featuring America's top senior boy high school players taking on a World Select Team comprised of the world's top players 19-years-old or younger, will be played Saturday, April 9 at the FedExForum in Memphis. For the first time, the 2005 Hoop Summit will be preceded by the Memphis All-Star Classic. USA Basketball announced that The 10-member 2005 USA Team features prep standouts: Jon Brockman (Snohomish/ Snohomish, Wash.); Monta Ellis (Lanier/Jackson, Miss.); Gerald Green (Gulf Shores Academy/Houston, Texas); Tyler Hansbrough (Popular Bluff/Popular Bluff, Mo.); Richard Hendrix (Athens/Athens, Ala.); Greg Paulus (Christian Brother's Academy/Manlius, N.Y.); J.P. Prince (White Station/ Memphis, Tenn.); Martell Webster (Seattle Prep/Seattle, Wash.); Louis Williams (South Gwinnett/Snellville, Ga.), and Julian Wright (Homewood- Flossmoor/Chicago Heights, Ill.). Serving as head coach of USA Basketball's Junior National Select Team is Tom Diener (Harold S. Vincent High School, Milwaukee, Wis.), and assisting Diener is Herman Harried (Lake Clifton High School, Baltimore, Md.). Tickets are on sale now, with reserved lower bowl seats priced at $20 and $10. Seats in the second row at courtside are $40, with front row courtside seats $75. Tickets can be purchased at the FedExForum box office, all Ticketmaster locations, online at www.ticketmaster.com, or by calling Ticketmaster at 901-525-1515.

Don't miss your chance to check out some world class basketball competition at the 2005 Nike Hoop Summit in Memphis. This is your chance to see 10 of the nation's top high school senior basketball stars take on 10 of the world's best. U.S. high school sensations Monta Ellis, Louis Williams, Richard Hendrix, Memphis White Station's own J.P. Prince, and others will light up the court against a talent packed World Select Team. It all happens Saturday, April 9, at 6:30 p.m. in Memphis at the FedExForum. The Hoop Summit will be preceded by the 2005 Memphis All-Star Classic featuring 20 of the top senior players from Memphis. Don't miss the 8th Nike Hoop Summit, the premiere showcase of the worlds' best young hoop talent. Tickets for the Hoop Summit are just $10 and $20 for reserved lower bowl seats and are still available at the FedExForum box office, all Ticketmaster locations or log on to ticketmaster.com. For more information on the event go to: http://www.usabasketball.com/men/2005/05_m...fact-sheet.html