Under Armour Elite 24 2016: Date, TV Schedule, Rosters and Preview

For the 11th year, Under Armour will host its annual Elite 24 game, with this year's showcase taking place outdoors at the Brooklyn Bridge Park Pier 2, with the skyline of Manhattan in the background.

Below, we'll break down the rosters, schedule and preview the event.

Schedule

Date	Time (ET)	Event	Watch
Saturday, Aug. 20	7:30 p.m.	Elite 24 Game	ESPNU

Rosters

Team Clutch
Team Clutch
Player	Year
Austin Wiley	2017
Billy Preston	2017
Bol Bol	2018
Devon Dotson	2018
Gerald Liddell	2018
Jahvon Quinerly	2018
Jalek Fulton	2017
Josh Anderson	2017
Kevin Knox	2017
MJ Walker	2017
Nick Richards	2017
Sid Wilson	2018
Player	Year
Brandon McCoy	2017
Hamidou Diallo	2017
Javonte Smart	2018
Jaylen Hoard	2018
Khavon Moore	2018
Louis King	2018
Moses Brown	2018
Nazreon Reid	2018
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	2017
Silvio De Sousa	2018
Trevon Duval	2017
Zion Williamson	2018

Note: Adam Zagoria of SNY reported that Brandon McCoy and Billy Preston will be on the 12-man roster for the Nike team traveling to the White House and the Bahamas over the weekend to play against the Bahamian National Team on Saturday.

So it appears that McCoy and Preston won't be participating in the Under Armour event despite initially being named to the roster.

Preview

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The annual showcase will include a wide swath of 5-star recruits from the Class of 2017 and 2018, according to 247Sports' rankings, including three of the site's top-10 players from the class of 2017 (Trevon Duval, Kevin Knox and Hamidou Diallo).

Meanwhile, five top-10 recruits from the Class of 2018 (Silvio De Sousa, Zion Williamson, Gerald Liddell, Nazreon Reid and Khavon Moore) will also take place in the festivities.

But Duval should be the game's main attraction. He's arguably the best point guard prospect in the nation, and reaching this stage has always been his motivation, as he told Jason Jordan of USA Today:

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I wasn’t the kid that watched a lot of NBA basketball and dreamed of being like those guys. I liked Kobe, but that was about it. I watched guys like Brandon Jennings, O.J. Mayo, Tyreke Evans and guys like that when they played in high school. I wanted to be like them, getting in the magazines and getting a lot of attention and being the best player on the court. When you’re younger, playing high school ball seems like the big thing. So growing up I always had that as a motivation. I wanted to be the guy that people looked up to. It has kept me hungry, even today.

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The game is precisely about giving young kids athletes to look up to, while providing high school athletes an opportunity to showcase their abilities. Kris Stone, Under Armour's senior director of global sports marketing for basketball, spoke about the game in a statement, per USA Today:

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We are excited to once again bring together the nation’s 24 best high basketball players, while also introducing future talent of the game through our partnership with the Jr. NBA. The Elite 24 platform has always represented what’s next: the next generation gatekeepers of the game, showcasing their skills and love for competition at the highest level, against the best of the best.

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Of course, aligning the Under Armour brand with these young athletes—especially as the Shoe Wars rage on, as evidenced by Nike's poaching of McCoy and Preston—is pretty high on the agenda for the company, too.

The young guns won't be the only recognizable faces at the tournament, however. Former Kentucky superstars Jamal Mashburn and Tony Delk will be serving as coaches, as well Denver Nuggets stars Emmanuel Mudiay and Will Barton.

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