The USA Women's Basketball team captured gold, again, at the 2024 Paris Olympics, and we'll get our first look at the newest version of Team USA this week at the FIBA Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament in Puerto Rico.

The tournament, taking place from March 11-17, leads to the 2026 FIBA Women's World Cup in Berlin (Sept. 4-13), but the Americans have already qualified for that. This is a six-team round robin tournament that has the imprint of UConn Basketball all over it.

Here's what you need to know.

One of the greatest Huskies - and Olympians - of all-time, Bird put this roster together after graduating from her playing days.

Just recently inducted into the Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass., Bird won two national championships at UConn and won the National Player of the Year award in 2002. She scored more than 1,700 points and was the No. 1 pick in the 2002 WNBA Draft by the Seattle Storm. She won five Olympic gold medals and four WNBA titles.

The program retired her number 10 in a ceremony earlier this season and head coach Geno Auriemma called her the greatest point guard to ever live.

One of the best players in college basketball history, Stewart won four national titles in four seasons with the Huskies (2012-16). A three-time National Player of the Year, she was also a three-time First-Team All-American and a three-time American Athletic Conference Player of the Year. She was the Most Outstanding Player of the NCAA Tournament in all four years.

She scored 17.6 ppg for her career while scoring 2,676 points and pulling down nearly 1,200 rebounds. She shot 53 percent for her career and was the No. 1 pick of the Seattle Storm in the 2016 WNBA Draft.

In the WNBA, she is a seven-time All-Star, a two-time MVP, a three-time champion and a seven-time All-WNBA Selection. She is a two-time Finals MVP who also owns three Olympic gold medals (2016, 2020 and 2024).

One of the most decorated players in UConn history, Bueckers averaged 19.8 ppg for her career. She helped UConn win the national title for the 12th time in 2024-25 as she averaged 19.9 ppg. A three-time Big East Player of the Year, she was also a Naismith Award Winner, a Wooden Award winner, a three-time All-American and a winner of the Wade Trophy.

She was the No. 1 overall pick by the Dallas Wings in the 2025 WNBA Draft and captured the league's Rookie of the Year Award. 

Bueckers averaged 19.2 ppg with the Wings in her first season (36 games). She also averaged 5.4 assists per game. Being selected to this team puts her on track toward her first Olympics appearance. The next Olympics are on home soil (Los Angeles) in 2028.

She said she was grateful for this opportunity, calling it the "highest level of basketball." She said opportunities like this are "what you work for when you're younger."

The Huskies will take on Villanova on Monday night in the finals of the Big East Tournament. Connecticut beat Creighton on Sunday in the semifinals. 

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