PhD Hoops USA Announces Team for 2026 Portugal Cup Tour
LOS ANGELES, CA – May 5, 2026 – PhD Hoops USA announces the U18 Boys Team who will represent the USA at the 2026 Lisbon Basketball Youth Cup. The team will be on tour from June 15-22, 2026 traveling to Portugal while competing at the LBYC, an international basketball tournament with teams from outside the United States! The group will experience both high-level basketball and cultural sightseeing.
PhD Hoops USA
(U18 Boys Team)
PLAYERS
Jayden Abplanalp (Fairland, IN)
Logan Greene (Pittsburgh, PA)
Mason Greene (Pittsburgh, PA)
Zephaniah Guerro (Magdalena, NM)
Quintin Lewis (Apple Valley, MN)
Brady Loos (Columbia, MO)
Cameron Rosas (Hugoton, KS)
Cayce Schoolcraft (Sanford, NC)
Cohen Schultz (Lutz, FL)
Coach Brad Loos, Head Coach (Columbia, MO), is a 15-year college coaching veteran, most recently at Missouri, who is coaching on his first PhD Hoops USA tour. He currently coaches on the AAU circuit. For several years, he served as both Assistant Coach/Associate Head Coach at Central Missouri, where he was an integral part of several conference championships, 7 NCAA Tournament appearances, 3 NCAA Final Fours and the 2014 NCAA Division II National Championship. Since 2015, Coach Loos has served as co-founder of the Rally For Rhyan initiative, named after his daughter, which was established to raise money and awareness for pediatric cancer research and supporting families affected by the disease. He received his Bachelor’s Degree in Health & Human Performance from Austin Peay, where he both played and coached for his father (Dave Loos) and earned his Master’s Degree from Central Missouri in Sports Administration.
TRIP LEADER - Kelsey Long (Pilot Mountain, NC)
Kelsey Long is a veteran PhD Hoops USA Trip Leader & Coach, who is excited to navigate our first-ever tour to the Lisbon Basketball Youth Cup. She currently works with women’s basketball programs of all NCAA levels while serving as the VP of Women’s Basketball at Sport Tours International. Throughout her young career, she’s had various coaching staff roles at several NAIA and NCAA (I, II, & III) college programs while being heavily involved in working camps at many prestigious basketball powerhouses and with community outreach programs such as Samaritan’s Feet and Play 4 Kay. Long was a standout player at Belmont Abbey College where she received numerous Conference Carolinas awards and honors as well as serving as the President of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC). She earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Sports Management with two Minors in Business Administration and Psychology.
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