USA Basketball announced former Indiana men’s basketball forward Miller Kopp as a member of the February 2025 Men’s FIBA AmeriCup Qualifying team Monday.
Kopp is slated to make his USA Basketball debut as a member of the qualifying team against Puerto Rico Basketball at 8:10 p.m. Feb. 20 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The team will then take on Bahamas Basketball at 7:10 p.m. Feb. 23 in Nassau, Bahamas.
Kopp is currently a member of the NBA G-League’s Oklahoma City Blue. The Houston native has averaged 11.5 points per game for the Blue through 18 games this season.
Before transferring to Indiana, Kopp played at Northwestern for three seasons from 2018-21. He averaged 9.2 points and 2.9 rebounds per game for the Wildcats.
In his two seasons with Indiana, Kopp averaged 6.3 points per game. The Hoosiers made back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances as Kopp started all 70 games during his career in Bloomington.
Kopp and the rest of the USA Basketball roster will attend a training camp Feb. 14-18 in Miami before their competitions Feb. 20 and 23.
Former NBA head coach Stephen Silas will lead Team USA as its head coach alongside assistant coaches Patrick Ewing, who was enshrined into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2008, and USA Basketball veteran coach Ty Ellis.
The USA currently leads its group with a 3-1 record. With a win over Puerto Rico or Bahamas, it could win its group and qualify for the FIBA Men’s AmeriCup Aug. 23-31 in Managua, Nicaragua.
USA Basketball has claimed the FIBA Men’s AmeriCup seven times since the competition began in 1980, most recently in 2017.
FIBA AmeriCup Qualifying games can be steamed on Courtside 1891.
Savannah Slone covers Indiana women’s basketball for the Indiana Daily Student. You can follow her at @srslone06 on X and contact her via email at srslone@iu.edu.
