Butler's Finley Bizjack and Boden Kapke helped the USA men qualify for the 2024 FIBA 3x3 U23 World Cup, which takes place in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia from Sept. 11-15.

The Americans earned the spot in the field with their performance at the 2024 U23 Nations League Americas, which concluded Sunday, July 28 in Mexico City.  

The USA women also earned a World Cup berth.

The women remained undefeated after winning the Stop 6 title on Sunday. They finished the event 18-0 and with 600 points, earning 100 points for each title win. The men also finished atop the 2024 U23 Nations League Americas standings, finishing with 510 points. They went 2-1 on Sunday but won each of the first three stops to clinch a World Cup appearance.

Over the course of the event, the American men posted an impressive 11-3 record.

The men came close to clinching their fourth title of the event on Sunday, but fell 21-20 to Argentina in Stop 6's final game. The title game went back and forth for most of regulation, but the Americans broke away for a 20-16 lead before ultimately falling to their opponents. Kapke led the team in scoring with seven points. 

Kapke and Bizjack combined for 12 points in the men's 21-14 win over Puerto Rico during the afternoon slate of games. Kapke scored four of his six points within the first two minutes of regulation. The U.S. took an early 11-point lead and didn't look back from that point.

In their second game of the day, Bizjack scored nine of the team's points in a 19-16 win over Chile. Chile went down early but battled back to make it a one-score game before Kapke hit the game-winning free throws.

Launched in 2017, the men's and women's FIBA 3x3 Nations League features two age groups – U23 and U21 – with dozens of national federations competing. The 2024 USA U23 Nations League teams competed in the FIBA 3x3 U23 Nations League Americas Conference from July 22-28 in Mexico City. The competition featured six three-game tournaments in seven days in which the six team members could substitute as needed for each day's four-person entry. The 3x3 U23 World Cup takes place in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia from Sept. 11-15.