INDIANAPOLIS — The basketball roster for Team Canada at the Summer Olympics could have a heavy Hoosier influence.
Purdue star Zach Edey, the two-time college player of the year, is one of 20 players who will attend training camp in Toronto later this month with an eye on a roster spot in Paris. The Toronto native is expected to be a first-round pick in the NBA draft on June 26, two days before Team Canada's camp opens in his hometown.
Edey was a member of Team Canada for its FIBA World Cup qualifiers last summer. He was the final cut on Canada's 2021 senior national team, which narrowly missed qualifying for the Olympic Games in Tokyo.
Joining Edey at training camp will be Trey Lyles, a Saskatoon, Saskatchewan native who led Arsenal Tech to Indiana's Class 4A state title in 2014. He just finished his ninth season in the NBA, averaging 7.2 points and 4.4 rebounds a game for the Sacramento Kings this year.
A pair of Indiana Pacers will also be at training camp for the Canadians.
Guard Andrew Nembhard, who also hails from Toronto, will vie for a spot on the roster and Bennedict Mathurin, a Montreal native, will attend camp, though he will not compete for a place on the team.
Canada will compete in Group A in the Paris Olympics, facing Australia, as well as the winners of the Olympic Qualifying Tournaments in Greece and Spain.
The men's Olympic basketball tournament starts July 27, with the medal round games scheduled for Aug. 10, 2024.
(Editor's Note: This story has been corrected to note that Arsenal Tech won the 2014 state championship, not 2024 as previously reported.)