The United States defeated Brazil by a final score of 81-56 to win the U18 Americas Championship.

Julis Randle scored 18 points and 12 rebounds to lead Team USA in the championship. Randle averaged 14.2 points and 6.6 rebounds over the five games of the tournament.

Canada won the Bronze with a 68-66 win over Argentina.

Andrew Wiggins averaged 15.2 points and 7.6 rebounds for Canada in the tournament.

Jabari Parker's parents are not permitting college coaches to contact him directly.

“Everybody doing their job, but they still can’t have Jabari’s number,” Sonny said on Tuesday. “That ain’t changed.

“We want him to enjoy being who he is. If he wants to talk, we’ll ask him first. Right now, we don’t want him to be over-bombarded because coaches can sometimes be aggressive, and that can be overwhelming.”

Coaches have been reaching out to Parker’s parents in the last week. Sonny said they’ve heard from Duke, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisville, Michigan State, among others.

“I talked to (Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski) the other day,” Sonny said. “He wished me a Happy Father’s Day. My voicemail is filled. It’s been filled for a year.”

USA Basketball announced Tuesday the 12-player roster that will compete in the FIBA U17 World Championship later this month, according to a MaxPreps.com report.

The squad is highlighted by Jabari Parker, a 6-foot-8, 225-pound small forward from Simeon (Chicago). Parker is rated the top rising senior in the nation by MaxPreps and helped the USA capture gold at last summer's FIBA Americas U16 competition.

Army-Navy Academy (Carlsbad, Calif.) head coach Tom Tarantino confirmed Wednesday morning that senior center Cheikh N'Diaye has committed to Oregon State.

"He called Coach (Craig) Robinson last night," Tarantino said. "He is tremendously excited. He was looking for a family atmosphere and felt that Oregon State was a close-knit crew."

N'Diaye, listed at 7-foot-1 and 230 pounds on Army-Navy's 2011-12 roster, averaged 11.5 points, 11.2 rebounds and 5.3 blocked shots per game during an injury-marred junior campaign.

Jabari Bird is trying out for USA Basketball's 18-and-under national team.

Bird is the No. 16 ranked prospect in the class of 2013.

"UW (Washington) and Cal are at the top," Bird said. "Then Arizona, Oregon and Colorado."

He added, "I like both [Washington and Cal's] respective styles of play and I love their coaching staffs."

Cliff Alexander is coming off a promising sophomore campaign at Curie (Chicago), but he may be best known for shattering a backboard during a club circuit game in April.

The 6-foot-9, 225-pound post player has a new claim to fame after a weekend in Southern California, earning most outstanding player honors at the 10th annual Pangos All-American Camp.

"I feel pretty good," Alexander said in a booming voice befitting his plus-sized stature. "To come out here from Chicago and win MVP is a great honor."

Pam Wimberly, who coached girls basketball at Menlo-Atherton (Atherton, CA) the past 41 seasons, was informed on Thursday that she won’t be retained for the 2012-13 season. Wimberly said that she was told of the change by Principal Matthew Zito in a meeting.

“He said I didn’t communicate well enough with the players and that my practices were ineffective,” said Wimberly as to reasons given why she was not retained. “I was told I didn’t run modern plays. I disagreed with him and was unhappy. I’m trying to keep my blood pressure down.”

According to CalHighSports.com’s state record book through 2008, the most recent kept, Wimberly was the third-winningest girls basketball coach in California, achieving a 663-340 ledger.

Andrew Wiggins is the consensus top prospect of the 2014 incoming college class.

ESPN, Scout and Rivals all had Wiggins ranked first.

Wiggins, a Canadian native, will start his junior season in high school this fall.

Kansas recruit Perry Ellis has been selected the high school basketball player of the year by the National High School Coaches Association.

Ellis, a 6-foot-8 forward, led Wichita Heights to four straight class 6A titles.

Ellis averaged 25.8 points and 9.4 rebounds during his senior season.