US women’s basketball team to face Caitlin Clark, WNBA All-Stars for Olympics

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Fans will get their first look at North Philly’s Kahleah Copper, Alyssa Thomas and the U.S. women’s national basketball team on Saturday as they begin their pre-tournament Olympic trials. The team features many of the WNBA’s biggest stars, including A’ja Wilson and Sabrina Ionescu — with a few notable exceptions.

The Olympic team, led by former La Salle star Cheryl Reeve, won’t include Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese. They, along with the rest of this year’s WNBA All-Star team, will take on Team USA during the league’s All-Star weekend.

Team USA has not lost a game at the Olympics since 1992 and is seeking its eighth consecutive Olympic gold medal. With the WNBA ratings and attendance on the rise, the crowd for Team USA will almost certainly be high at this Olympics.

” READ MORE: Mike Sielski: Without Caitlin Clark, Cheryl Reeve is in a no-win situation at the Olympics. She bears some of the blame.

In addition to Saturday’s game against the WNBA All-Stars in Phoenix (8:30 p.m., 6ABC), Team USA plays Germany in London (3 p.m., FS1).

US Women’s Basketball Tournament Schedule

During the Olympic Games, the American team will play against Japan, Belgium and Germany in the group stage. The group stage will take place in Lille, France.

  1. Monday, July 29: vs. Japan, 3:00 p.m. (US)

  2. Thursday, August 1: vs. Belgium, 3:00 p.m. (US)

  3. Sunday, August 4: vs. Germany, 11:15 am (US)

Cheryl Reeve (second from right) speaks with her players after practice during the U.S. national team training camp on February 4.
Cheryl Reeve (second from right) speaks with her players after practice during the U.S. national team training camp on Feb. 4.Read moreMary Altaffer / AP

The knockout rounds will take place at the Bercy Arena in Paris.

  1. Wednesday, August 7: Quarterfinals. (USA)

  2. Friday, August 9: Semifinals, 11:30 p.m. (NBC10)

  3. Sunday, August 11: Gold Medal Game, 9:30 p.m. (NBC10) and Bronze Medal Game, 5:30 p.m. (USA)

” READ MORE: After 8 years of hard work in the WNBA, North Philly’s Kahleah Copper is officially an Olympian and a true star

In addition to being broadcast on ABC, the All-Star matchup will be streamed on ESPN+ and is free on the ESPN app for those with a TV provider login. The pre-tournament game in London will be broadcast on FS1 and streamed on the Fox Sports app.

All Olympic matches will be broadcast free with authentication from pay-TV providers on NBCOlympics.com, or via Peacock with a subscription. The gold medal match and semifinals will be broadcast on NBC, with other matches broadcast on USA Network.

North Philadelphia native and Phoenix Mercury star Copper and head coach Reeve, a Sewell, N.J., native and La Salle alum, are the top Philly connections on this year’s list. Connecticut Sun star Thomas hails from Camp Hill, Pa., just outside Harrisburg.

This is the complete group representing the colors red, white and blue:

  1. Napheesa Collier, Minnesota Lynx

  2. Kahleah Copper, Phoenix Mercury

  3. Chelsea Gray, Las Vegas Aces

  4. Brittney Griner, Phoenix Mercury

  5. Sabrina Ionescu, Freedom in New York

  6. Jewell Loyd, Seattle Storm

  7. Kelsey Plum, Las Vegas Aces

  8. Breanna Stewart, New York Freedom

  9. Diana Taurasi, Phoenix Mercury

  10. Alyssa Thomas, Connecticut Sun

  11. A’ja Wilson, Las Vegas Aces

  12. Jackie Young, Las Vegas Aces

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