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TV Alert: USA Basketball Men's and Women's National Team on ESPN networks

posted by Jayda Evans: Womens Hoops Blog
Monday, July 16, 2012 at 7:58pm EDT

Jayda Evans covers college and pro women's basketball. While its her first year on the Washington beat, she has covered the Storm since its inception. She'll offer observations, critiques, occasional off-beat tales and answers to select e-mail inquires. Evans also has written a book on the Storm and women's hoops, called "Game On!"

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Static.jpgIn case you didn't see the news when released Wednesday, the ESPN networks are going to be sure the USA Basketball women's exhibition games are aired on television. Lack of national coverage irked plenty when the team played an exhibition against China on May 12 at KeyArena.

The Americans, including Storm All-Star Sue Bird, travel to Washington, D.C. for an exhibition against Brazil before heading to Europe. ESPN2 will carry the July 16 matchup which airs at UPDATE: 2:30 pm locally. The women will be on television again, from Manchester England on July 18.

Unlike other countries, the quick friendlies and approximate two-week training prior to the London Olympics is all the women's USA basketball team will have before competing for an unprecedented fifth consecutive gold medal. Even the men are together and training now.

Bird is trying not to be concerned with gelling with her Olympic team, however. Her Storm (8-10) has one game on the road against Phoenix (4-14) prior to switching hats to focus on USA basketball. This is her third Olympic Games, first as the full-on leader of the team.

"I'm very excited," said Bird, who packed to be gone for a month, traveling through three countries. "We have a really good group, very talented...We had fun in Czech Republic for the World Championships a couple of years ago and when we were here (Seattle) in May, we had a great time. I know it's going to be the same when we get to London, so I'm excited."

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