"Give them gold already": Hoops fans react as the 2025 USA Women’s U16 National Team gets announced ft. Tatianna Griffin, Jordyn Haywood

Top prospects such as Tatianna Griffin and Jordyn Haywood are part of the USA Women’s U16 National Team's 12-member squad for the 2025 FIBA U16 Women’s AmeriCup set for June 16-22 in Irapuato, Mexico.

The Instagram page of "USA Basketball" shared a carousel of images and videos with the selected players, coaches, and the schedule on Tuesday.

"📸 The 2025 USA Women’s U16 National Team 🤩," the post was captioned.

Hoops fans were elated to see such a strong squad for the tournament, and shared their reactions in the comments section.

Hoops fans react as the 2025 USA Women’s U16 National Team gets announced ft. Tatianna Griffin, Jordyn Haywood (Image via Instagram @usabasketball)

"Just give them gold already," a fan commented.

"What a crew," read another comment.

This fan commended Griffin, "Number 7 is Fire."

"Gold is already theirs. Let’s bring the trophy 🏆 👏," added another fan.

"Few years from (now) I can see at least 7 wnba players, would be exciting to look back and see how their development happened. Always good to win the gold for the country and aint nobody stopping them this time, I tell u that much."

More fans, including Tatianna Griffin, joined the comments section to share their reactions.

"How is anyone else supposed to compete with this lmao other countries' u19 or even u21 teams wont beat this team man... an amazing player anywhere you look in the picture and this is an extremely balanced team too.. i guess no ones beating usa again," a fan added.

A comment from Griffin's account read, "@tea__time12 were so proud you & all the ladies in this Beautiful pic!!!''

"🔥🔥🔥🔥 Congratulations!!!," another commented.

"They're ready to dominate," commented a fan.

Who will join Tatianna Griffin and Jordyn Haywood in the USA Women’s U16 National Team?

Tatianna Griffin and Jordyn Haywood will be accompanied by Jazman Bailey, Caroline Bradley, Reece Gilpatrick, Olivia Jones, Eve Long, Micah Ojo, Morghan Reckley, Arianna Robinson, Nation Williams and Ivanna Wilson Manyacka in the 2025 USA Women’s U16 National Team.

The team will be coached by Lubbock Christian University's Steve Gomez, with his assistants Britanny Johnson and Krystle Johnson. Team USA will tip off their tournament against Venezuela on Jun. 16.

They will also play against Puerto Rico and Argentina on Jun. 17 and 18, respectively.

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Pranav Khatri is a high school sports journalist at Sportskeeda with a Master's in Sports Management and five years of experience in the field working with InsideSport, EssentiallySports, TwelfthManTimes, SportSavour, GeeksforGeeks.

Pranav is a football and basketball fan, and played both in college. He got into basketball and became a Dallas Mavericks fan due to Dirk Nowitzki's loyalty. His favorite NBA moment was Dallas defeating winning the championship, and their journey to the finals through the Lakers and OKC.

When not watching or writing about sports, Pranav runs a fashion jewelry business.

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