Tickets for both the Standard Life GB men's and women's games against their respective USA counterparts will be available starting March 6. To purchase tickets from this date please call +44 (0)844 847 8000 or visit www.ticketmaster.co.uk
Standard Life GB player, Drew Sullivan commented on the prospect of playing the USA this summer: "As a team, we are always looking to play the best teams in the world so to be up against the number one side is very exciting. It will be a huge task with the strong roster they announced earlier this year but for us to be competing at this level will only help us in the long run.
"With the games being in Manchester hopefully we can take something from having a home crowd behind us. As long as we can keep it competitive and make it a game not just an exhibition then I think we can inspire the crowd to really get behind us."
Jerry Colangelo, USA Basketball chairman and national team managing director commented on the schedule and playing GB this summer: "We have again scheduled an extremely challenging lineup of exhibition opponents for our USA Men's National Team. In addition to playing world powers Spain and Argentina, the team will also face FIBA Americas powers Brazil and the Dominican Republic. Add in what I'm sure will be a very competitive game in Manchester versus Great Britain, and we have an exciting tour schedule we believe will help get our team as best prepared as possible for the summer."
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For the USA's full National Team schedule for 2012 visit http://www.usabasketball.com
