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Villanova Basketball in action today as Team USA takes on the Virgin Islands

Happy Wednesday Nova Nation! Team USA is up early this morning as they prepare for their first game of the 2019 Pan Am Games. Check out our How To Watch piece for full details on how you can see Collin Gillespie and Jermaine Samuels in their Team USA debut.

It’s been a while since the United States won gold at the Pan Am games, 36 years to be exact. In fact, the last team to win it had Michael Jordan as its star player. That would be rising junior at UNC Jordan.

Since then Team USA has been different combinations of college players, G-Leaguers, other levels of pro-prospects.