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Coppin State junior guard Antoine Brockington has been invited to the USA Basketball Men's National Team Trials. The Trials will produce finalists for the 12-member 22-and-under World Championship and World University Games squads.
Brockington was the only player from an HBCU selected among 65 invitees to the event May 30-June 1 at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, CO. Other invitees include Michigan's Louis Bullock, UCLA's Toby Bailey, Georgia Tech's Matt Harpring, Clemson's Greg Buckner, Kansas' Raef LaFrentz and Maryland's Laron Profit.
Brockington led Coppin State in scoring with a 17.0 average. The Eagles finished 22-9 and upset sixth-ranked South Carolina in the first round of the NCAA Tournament this past season.The Philadelphia native was first-team All Mid Eastern Athletic Conference pick and was named to the MEAC All-Tournament team.
The World University Games are scheduled for August 21-31 in Trapani, Italy, while the 22-and-under World Championships will be August 1-10 in Melbourne, Australia.
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