33 players have been invited to Colorado Springs, and 12 of them will head to Switzerland for the FIBA U19 World Cup
USA Basketball announced the 33 man roster for the FIBA U19 World Cup training camp on Tuesday, and YEP, forward Royce Parham from YOUR Marquette Golden Eagles is on the list.
Parham is one of seven players with collegiate experience heading to Colorado Springs, Colorado, starting on June 14th for training camp. The other guys are Michigan forward LJ Cason, San Diego forward Tony Duckett, Purdue center Daniel Jacobsen, Illinois center Morez Johnson, Jr., San Francisco forward Tyrone Riley, and Vanderbilt guard Tyler Tanner. Johnson (7.0 points, 6.7 rebounds, 1.1 blocks) and Riley (9.6 points, 6.0 rebounds) are probably the two most productive players from the college ranks, although Duckett (10.4 points) was the leading scorer out of the group.
13 of the attendees are Class of 2025 prospects, led by 247 Sports’ Composite #1 AJ Dybantsa along with Chris Cenac, Mikel Brown, and Koa Peat, all of whom are in the 247 Composite top 10. The last 13 names all come from the 2026 recruiting class. 247’s #1 prospect there is Tyran Stokes, and yep, he’s heading to the camp. In fact, every one of 247’s top seven prospects for 2026 are invited.
With 11 of the invitees as top 10 prospects in the next two recruiting classes, it would seem to stand to reason that Parham was invited because he fits something that the selection committee feels that they wouldn’t get from the tippy top prospects from the next two recruiting classes. That doesn’t mean that he’s automatically passed on to the 12 man roster that will go to Switzerland for the U19 World Cup starting at the end of June, but you’d have to figure that he’s got some kind of an edge, right?
Parham played in all 34 games as a freshman for Marquette in 2024-25. The 6’8”, 230 pound forward averaged 5.1 points and 2.2 rebounds in 14.8 minutes per night.
The 2025 U19 World Cup team will be coached by Arizona head coach Tommy Lloyd, with Texas Tech’s Grant McCasland and Notre Dame’s Micah Shrewsberry serving as Lloyd’s assistants. Parham will also get training camp instruction from North Carolina’s Hubert Davis, Alabama’s Nate Oats, and Kentucky’s Mark Pope, as those three head coaches will be the court coaches for the training camp.
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