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Syracuse's Jerami Grant is one of 16 finalists for the USA Under-19 national team.

(Dennis Nett | dnett@syracuse.com)

Syracuse -- Syracuse University forward Jerami Grant is among 16 finalists for the USA Basketball Under-19 National team.

Following four training sessions involving 26 of America's top 19-and-under players, USA Basketball announced the 16 finalists on Sunday. The roster will be pared down to 12 before the squad departs on Wednesday, June 19 for three days of training at the Washington Wizards practice facility in Washington, D.C.

The USA Under-19 team will compete in the FIBA U19 World Championship, which will be held June 24-July 6 in Prague, Czech Republic.

Along with Grant, the 16 finalists for the USA team are:

Ryan Arcidiacono (Villanova University)

Damyean Dotson (University of Oregon)

Michael Frazier (University of Florida)

Marcus Georges-Hunt (Georgia Tech)

Aaron Gordon (Archbishop Mitty H.S./San Jose, Calif.)

Jerami Grant (Syracuse University)

Montrezl Harrell (University of Louisville)

Jahlil Okafor (Whitney Young H.S./Chicago, Ill.)

Elfrid Payton (University of Louisiana at Lafayette)

James Robinson (University of Pittsburgh)

Marcus Smart (Oklahoma State University)

Jarnell Stokes (University of Tennessee)

Rasheed Sulaimon (Duke University)

Mike Tobey (University of Virginia)

Nigel Williams-Goss (Findlay Prep/Happy Valley, Ore.)

Justise Winslow (St. Johns H.S./Houston, Texas)

Among the 10 players cut from the training camp roster were Robert Carter (Georgia Tech), Kris Dunn (Providence College), Javan Felix (University of Texas), Rodney Purvis (University of Connecticut) and Devin Thomas (Wake Forest University/Harrisburg, Pa.).

Florida's Billy Donovan is the head coach of the 2013 USA U19 World Championship. Virginia's Tony Bennett and VCU's Shaka Smart are serving as assistant coaches.

Grant averaged 3.9 points and 3.0 rebounds per game as a freshman at Syracuse last season.

The USA's first game at the FIBA U19 World Championship is against Ivory Coast on June 27 in Prague.