"Second, thanks to the coaching staff and USA Basketball committee for selecting me and giving me an opportunity to represent the country in a positive way. I am going to work my hardest and take full advantage of the opportunity ahead and try to win a gold medal for our country." 

Gonzaga's Mark Few  will serve as head coach of the team while Colorado's Tad Boyle  and former NBA coach Mike Brown will assist Few. 

The team will represent the United States at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada, on July 21-25. Tryouts opened July 7 with 21 hopefuls. The first cuts were made July 9, and the roster was trimmed to 16 finalists. 

“I don’t think I’ve ever in my whole life been put in a situation where you’re choosing between 16 great guys," Few said in a press release announcing the final roster. "You could have made a call for any one of the guys on the list and it would have made perfect sense. We labored and labored and labored over it for what we think we might need. That’s how we got down to these 12." 

The final cuts were made July 12, and now that the roster is finalized, the team will train July 13-16at the Chicago Bulls practice facility. 

“It’s a group of hard-working guys who have done a great job in camp of really playing together and being unselfish,” Few said. “They came into camp with a great attitude and mindset to really work, and now we’ve got to start formulating and playing to our strengths. This is a group that’s got some versatility, and I think we should be able to play a couple different ways." 

The U.S. men have been placed into Group A and will play all three of its preliminary round games at 9 p.m. EDT, including Venezuela on July 21, Puerto Rico on July 22 and Brazil on July 23. Competing in Group B will be Argentina, Canada, Dominican Republic and Mexico.