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[AUG. 8, 2002]
PARK RIDGE — The Big Ten’s
foreign tour team in men’s basketball departs for Germany today as
head coach Bill Self of Illinois prepares to lead the squad on a
five-game trip through Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands. Self’s
team, which includes 12 players from 11 league schools, will be
abroad through Aug. 18 before returning home.
The schedule for the touring team has
been slightly changed, as the squad will now open play against the
Tus Treis-Karden Basketball Club in Treis-Karden, Germany, on
Saturday.
The second game will pit the Big Ten
team against the Telecom Basketball Club on Sunday at the
Hardtberghalle Sports Hall in Bonn, Germany.
The squad will take Monday off to
travel to Brussels, Belgium, before continuing the tour with a game
on Tuesday versus the Leige Basketball Club at the Country Hall Du
Sart Tilman.
Wednesday will offer a one-day break
for the team before they wrap up the Belgian portion of the trip on
Thursday with a contest against the Spirou Charleroi Basketball Club
at the Salle Omnisports Complexe Sportif in Charleroi, Belgium.
The conference contingent will depart
for Amsterdam, the Netherlands, on Friday for the tour finale
occurring on Saturday, when the Big Ten squad takes on the Ricoh
Astronauts Basketball Club.
The team returns to the United States
on Sunday, Aug. 18.
An updated
schedule and roster can be found at
www.bigten.org.
[News release]
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