The national basketball team also speaks Sardinian. For the training camp that will lead the Italian basketball team to a double-header against Great Britain in the second qualifying window for the 2027 World Cup, coach Luca Banchi has included Sassari point guard Marco Spissu (playing for Zaragoza, Spain) and Dolianova forward Sasha Grant (Cremona). Banco di Sardegna big man Luca Vincini has also been called up to the 28-man long list.
Of the 28 players called up after training on February 23 and 24, only half will remain. The two matches against Great Britain are scheduled for Newcastle upon Tyne on February 27 at 8:30 pm Italian time and in Livorno on March 2 at 7:30 pm.
The players called up : Spissu, Della Valle, Mannion, Candi, Tonut, Flaccadori, Assui, Tessitori, Ricci, S. Niang, Bortolani, Ferrari, Baldasso, Suigo, Casarin, Calzavara, Totè, Diouf, Veronesi, Grant, Akele, Vincini, Petrucelli, Atamah, Marangon, C. Niang, Possamai.