Building men's college basketball's version of USA vs. the World - ESPN

On Feb. 15, the NBA will debut a new All-Star Game format that features three teams in a mini «USA vs. the World» tournament. The rosters are stacked with stars: The USA teams include future Hall of Famers, and the world squad has some of the top international talents in the NBA.

Based on that All-Star tweak, we've decided to put together our own «USA vs. the World» teams in college basketball.

The NBA's international team features players from around the world — and Karl-Anthony Towns, who was born in New Jersey but whose late mother was from the Dominican Republic. He has stated his desire to one day honor her by playing for the Dominican national team in the Olympics.

We've used similar criteria to add players to our world team. They either were born in another country, have played for another country's national team, or have a parent from another country and could qualify to represent that nation one day, even if they're U.S.-born.

Each team has five starters, eight reserves and two alternates.

Who are you picking in this matchup? Team USA or Team World?

G Christian Anderson, Texas Tech (Germany)

The Texas Tech star (19.6 PPG, 7.5 APG, 44% from beyond the arc) is the son of a German father and recently played for Germany's 2025 FIBA U19 World Cup team. In that event, he averaged 17.3 PPG, leading the nation to a silver medal. He could be an All-American this season and represent Germany once again in the 2028 Olympic Summer Games.

G/F AJ Dybantsa, BYU (Jamaica)

The potential No. 1 pick in the upcoming NBA draft was born and raised in Boston, and he has won three gold medals with Team USA in FIBA competition. He also has a connection to Jamaica, where his mother was born. Dybantsa recently launched a relief effort