Lakers forward Lamar Odom hopes to play for Team USA at the 2012 Olympics in London.

Odom won a gold medal with Team USA at the World Championships in Turkey this summer.

"Hopefully, I'll get invited," Odom said. "I love playing for Coach K. I have a lot of respect for [Jerry] Colangelo and the whole coaching staff and everyone with USA Basketball. I love all of those people."

Odom won bronze in the 2004 Athens Games, but he was not part of the Redeem Team that won gold in Beijing in 2008.

For the 10-11 NCAA Division I season, there will be a new record of 40 Canadian players.

Cory Joseph and Tristan Thompson are amongst the most prominent Canadians and will attend Texas together.