The Virgin Islands men's national basketball team is the basketball team which represents the United States Virgin Islands in men's international basketball competitions. The team assembles intermittently, to qualify for and compete in competitions such as the FIBA AmeriCup, the Central American and Caribbean Games, and the Pan American Games.
On 15 August 2022, the VI basketball federation appointed former NBA assistant coach Edniesha Curry as the team's head coach. She has led the team in its most recent major international competitions, the 2022 FIBA AmeriCup (and qualifiers for the 2025 edition), the 2024 Pre-Olympic Qualifiers, and the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games.
Tournament record Pan American Games 1971 – 11th place 1975 – 10th place 1979 – 10th place 1987 – 10th place 2007 – 8th place
FIBA AmeriCup 2001 – 7th place 2003 – 10th place 2007 – 10th place 2009 – 10th place 2017 – 4th place 2022 – 12th place
Central American Championship 1997 – 5th place 1999 – 6th place 2001 – 4th place 2003 – 4th place 2006 – 2nd place 2008 – 2nd place 2010 – 9th place 2012 – 7th place 2014 – 6th place
FIBA CBC Championship 2000 – 2nd place 2002 – 1st place 2004 – 6th place 2006 – 2nd place 2011 – 1st place 2014 – 3rd place 2015 – 1st place
Players Current roster Roster for the 2022 FIBA AmeriCup.
Past roster The roster for the 2017 FIBA AmeriCup.2017 FIBA AmeriCup roster
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Other players
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Jason Edwin (196–G/F–81) Frank Elegar (206–C–86) Akeem Francis (198–F–83) Kaylen Gregory (190–G/F–86) Jameel Heywood (198–F–77) Steven Hodge (180–G–80) Carl Krauser (188–G–81) Omari Peterkin (203–F/C–83) Kitwana Rhymer (208–C–78) Ja Ja Richards (207–C–75) Kevin Sheppard (182–G–79)
Head coach position Milton Barnes (2010–2014) Sam Mitchell (2015–2018) William Colón (2018–present)
References
External links FIBA Profile Latinbasket.com - U.S. Virgin Islands Men National Team