Italy schedule

[Nukem2]

MU has now posted the Italy games on the schedule at gomarquette.com. Team plays 8/12, 8/15, 8/16 and 8/19 with the last game actually across the border in Lugano, Switzerland. With 3 days between the last 2 games, the team can lounge around Lake Lugano for a bit...;)

[MUwarrior1090]

I volunteer to fly to Italy and provide detailed reports of each game, all expenses paid for by BrewCityBall.com of course.

[TheSultan]

Lugano Switzerland is where Jake Thomas played last year.

EDIT: In fact the team they are playing is the one Jake played for.

[IWB]

Fitz played for them a few years back too, as well as another MU player if I remember correctly. Just really really surprised that they are not playing in Sassari.

[Nukem2]

Fitz played for them a few years back too, as well as another MU player if I remember correctly. Just really really surprised that they are not playing in Sassari.The team is traveling a northerly route from Rome. Sassari is in Sardinia and not on the route.

[TheSultan]

Furthermore, did Marquette put this schedule together? My guess is they used a third party of some type.

[IWB]

Nuke - I know, but Travis is not only a legend in Sassari, but also a citizen. Thought that would have some influence on the trip.

[MKE_GoldenEagleFan]

Nuke - I know, but Travis is not only a legend in Sassari, but also a citizen. Thought that would have some influence on the trip.

I am a bit surprised too, you would think Travis could have set them up... Now there could be all sorts of reasons why, but still slightly surprising.

[Goose85]

Nuke - I know, but Travis is not only a legend in Sassari, but also a citizen. Thought that would have some influence on the trip.

When I first saw the Italy trip I just assumed Travis would have helped coordinate.

[TheSultan]

I just did some research on this. They used a tour company called "Basketball Travelers" to coordinate this trip.

http://www.basketballtravelers.com/fans/

My guess is that they line up multiple sites and coordinate games between their schools European teams, as well as work in some side trips for educational purposes. Given this, I think it's difficult to request a game in Sassari without additional costs and coordination.

[Nukem2]

Nuke - I know, but Travis is not only a legend in Sassari, but also a citizen. Thought that would have some influence on the trip.Yep, I understand that. But, as others pointed out, the schedule/itinerary is probably set by others. In this case a northerly itinerary.

[Markedman]

Not schedule related but I'll put it here.....
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#Marquette big man Luke Fischer is cleared after offseason shoulder surgery, will be full contact before team's Italy trip in August. #mubb

[Djgoldnboy]

I see theey have Gametracker for the games on GoMarquette.com, but any chance there will be a stream of the games somewhere? Doesn't even have to be English, I'm not picky.


And kudos to Luke, I had shoulder surgery last summer and finally felt "normal" only about a month ago...

[Alan Bykowski, "brewcity77"]

I see theey have Gametracker for the games on GoMarquette.com, but any chance there will be a stream of the games somewhere? Doesn't even have to be English, I'm not picky.


And kudos to Luke, I had shoulder surgery last summer and finally felt "normal" only about a month ago...

Heard yesterday all the games will be streamed on YouTube and available to watch after the fact. Broeker will be doing commentary for American fans.