Ryan Autullo ‏@AutulloBlade
UT men's basketball team will tour Greece from Aug. 5-16. Will play 3-4 games.

This will be perfect timing - next year could be THE year for the men's team, with Pearson, Smith, Holliday, and Wonnell being seniors. It will get them a few extra practices and games before the season starts.

Greece in August!!! Hydrate up!

News keeps getting better for MBB.

Great job by athletic department making up for team's lack of post-season tourney play.

Should be a great experience for our athletes.

When was the last time our men went on an international trip? They get one every 4 (or is it 5?) years. I thought they were plannign on going to Canada, but something came up and they didn't???

With 7 new players on the team next season (3 Freshmen, 1 Redshirt Freshman, and 3 Transfers), this will be a perfect opportunity for them to bond. Also having those extra practices and exhibition games during the summer should also further their development both individually and as a team.

Great job by Coach K and your athletic dept. to schedule this trip. WMU went to Europe last summer. It allowed them to get extra practice time (10?) during the summer. I really believe it has paid dividends this year for us.

No doubt Toledo will benefit big time.

Most importantly a great experience for the kids

Greece is the word...

Seems like the men went to Canada a few years ago

(02-26-2013 04:25 PM)T4C8 Wrote:  Seems like the men went to Canada a few years ago

For some reason, I thought it was cancelled right before they went???

(02-26-2013 01:52 PM)Basketball Jones Wrote:  With 7 new players on the team next season (3 Freshmen, 1 Redshirt Freshman, and 3 Transfers), this will be a perfect opportunity for them to bond. Also having those extra practices and exhibition games during the summer should also further their development both individually and as a team.

Every four years. As stated, since rules were changed allowing incoming freshmen to go on the trips, it's a great way to get in extra practices (10). Considering the limited practices the team had this year, and all the new players, it will be a great way to begin the season.

I just wonder what misdeed a certain Miami fan will accuse us of now. Maybe the coaches will think of daring to do the unthinkable and allow their wives to accompany them. Or if not, the coach's clearly left them at home to sexually harass the flight attendants. Or maybe we're flying to Greece to meet Jimmy the Greek so we can shave some
points. Time will tell.

(02-26-2013 07:27 PM)Aries_Rocket Wrote:  I just wonder what misdeed a certain Miami fan will accuse us of now. Maybe the coaches will think of daring to do the unthinkable and allow their wives to accompany them. Or if not, the coach's clearly left them at home to sexually harass the flight attendants. Or maybe we're flying to Greece to meet Jimmy the Greek so we can shave some
points. Time will tell.

Don't give them ammo they're not imaginative enough to come up with themselves, lol.

I did the "Athens" thing well, because I was in the area and figured had to do the touristy thing. It was pre-Olympics so the place needed a good scrubbing but walking into the Panathenaic Stadium!!! I mean, the Parthenon was okay but the stadium! The view from up there and the feeling of competition that flooded me. I took more from there than any other part of Athens.

And aren't the Greeks crazy for b-ball? It should be a great experience.

Somehow though, I've got a video playing in my head of Americans getting into a brew-ha-ha at a b-ball game not so long ago in Greece. Anybody else? Hmm, maybe that was China. So many places. So many fights.

From UTRockets.com: Rocket Men’s Basketball Program to Visit Historic Greece in August

August 5-16, and they will play 4 games. They will get 10 practices.