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After a three-day training session on the campus of University of
Illinois, the team will depart on Tuesday and arrive in Barcelona,
Spain, the next afternoon. After two days of rest and sightseeing,
the squad will open competition against the Huesca Basketball Club
on Aug. 13. After a day off, the Big Ten contingent resumes
competition against the VIC Barcelona Basketball Club on Aug. 15.
The tour squad will then travel to Valencia, Spain, where they will
take on the Alcora Basketball Club on Aug. 16 and the Pamesa
Valencia Basketball Club on Aug. 17. The team wraps up the tour by
facing the C.B. Valls Basketball Club on Aug. 18 in Barcelona,
Spain. The team will return to the United States on Aug. 19. The
future of the Big Ten will be on display overseas, as seven of the
12 players have completed two or fewer seasons of college
basketball.
The group includes student-athletes from all 11 league schools:
Illinois' Calvin Brock and Brian Randle, Iowa's Mike Henderson,
Indiana's Marco Killingsworth, Michigan's Ron Coleman, Michigan
State's Goran Suton, Minnesota's Spencer Tollackson, Northwestern's
Evan Seacat, Ohio State's Matt Terwilliger, Penn State's Brandon
Hassell, Purdue's Matt Kiefer, and Wisconsin's Jason Chappell.
The league's foreign tour team in 2004 produced a record of 3-2
to boast a winning record for a third straight trip (6-0 in 2001,
4-1 in 2002) for the first time since the team's inception in 1991.
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 The Big Ten had produced back-to-back trips above .500 on two
occasions, in 1991-92 and 1995-96. The conference office has sent
teams overseas in 12 of the last 14 years, compiling an overall
record of 49-31.
The complete tour schedule and roster follows.
Schedule
- Aug. 9 -- Depart for Spain
- Aug. 10 -- No game
- Aug. 11 -- No game
- Aug. 12 -- No game
- Aug. 13 -- Huesca Basketball Club, Barcelona, Spain
- Aug. 14 -- No game
- Aug. 15 -- VIC Barcelona Basketball Club, Barcelona, Spain
- Aug. 16 -- Alcora Basketball Club, Valencia, Spain
- Aug. 17 -- Pamesa Valencia Basketball Club, Valencia, Spain
- Aug. 18 -- C.B. Valls Basketball Club, Barcelona, Spain
- Aug. 19 -- Depart for United States
The roster is on the chart below.
[Robin Jentes, Big
Ten Conference associate director of communications] |
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Tour roster
|
School |
Player |
Pos. |
Yr. |
Ht. |
Wt. |
Hometown |
High school |
|
Illinois |
Calvin Brock |
G |
Fr. |
6-4 |
185 |
Chicago |
Simeon |
|
Illinois |
Brian Randle |
G |
So. |
6-7 |
210 |
Peoria |
Notre Dame |
|
Indiana |
Marco Killingsworth |
F |
Sr. |
6-8 |
240 |
Montgomery, Ala. |
Central Park Christian |
|
Iowa |
Mike Henderson |
G |
Jr. |
6-2 |
190 |
Waterloo, Iowa |
East |
|
Michigan |
Ron Coleman |
F |
So. |
6-6 |
210 |
Romulus, Mich. |
Romulus |
|
Michigan State |
Goran Suton |
C |
Fr. |
6-10 |
250 |
Lansing, Mich. |
Everett |
|
Minnesota |
Spencer Tollackson |
C |
So. |
6-9 |
275 |
Chaska, Minn. |
Chaska |
|
Northwestern |
Evan Seacat |
G |
Sr. |
6-2 |
180 |
Paoli, Ind. |
Paoli |
|
Ohio State |
Matt Terwilliger |
F |
So. |
6-8 |
215 |
Troy, Ohio |
Troy |
|
Penn State |
Brandon Hassell |
F |
So. |
6-9 |
210 |
Farmersville, Ohio |
Valley View |
|
Purdue |
Matt Kiefer |
F |
Sr. |
6-10 |
225 |
Evansville, Ind. |
Mater Dei |
|
Wisconsin |
Jason Chappell |
F |
Jr. |
6-10 |
240 |
New Berlin, Wis. |
West |
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