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K-State Basketball Heads to Europe
Kansas State will get a jump start on its preparations for the 2016-17 men’s basketball season with a 10-day trip to Italy and Switzerland in mid-August during which it will play five games.
The Wildcats will depart on Monday, August 8 and return Friday, August 19 touring the Italian cities of Rome, Siena, Florence, Mestre, Venice, Verona and Lake Como as well as Vatican City before concluding the journey in Montreux, Lausanne and Lake Geneva, Switzerland. In addition to the cultural opportunities the tour will provide, the Wildcats will compete against various club, select and national teams, including LCC International University [August 10], BC Silute [August 11], Italian Select [August 13] the Kosovo National Team [August 16] and BBC Lausanne [August 18].
K-State Finishes European Tour with 68-47 Win over BBC Lausanne
Sophomore Dean Wade contributed a team-high 17 points and 8 rebounds in just three quarters of work, as the Kansas State men’s basketball team wrapped up its 10-day tour of Italy and Switzerland with a 68-47 win over BBC Lausanne on Thursday night at the Vallee de la Jeunesse.
The Wildcats, who finished the tour with a 3-2 record, never trailed in the game, jumping out to a 40-19 lead at halftime before pushing their advantage to as many as 34 points (60-26) late in the third quarter. The team did not play any of its main starters and reserves in the fourth quarter, as all 15 players on the trip saw time in the contest.
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— K-State Basketball (@KStateMBB) August 20, 2016
A win over BBC Lausanne (68-47) caps a great stay in and the end to our travels! #Vincere #KStateMBB pic.twitter.com/yEo942Q1Q4
— K-State Basketball (@KStateMBB) August 18, 2016
The senior class representing K-S-U Wildcats in Venice.#Vincere pic.twitter.com/SSlmiyxH4d
— Chris Lowery (@CoachLoweryKSU) August 14, 2016
| TENTATIVE ITINERARY (Subject to change) |
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| DATE | ACTIVITY |
| Aug 8 | Overnight flight to Rome, Italy |
| Aug 9 | Tour Rome – Spanish Steps, Trevi Fountain, Pantheon/Rome Temple, Piazza Navonna, Villa Borghese, Via Del Corso | PLAYER BLOG |
| Aug 10 | Tour Rome – Colosseum, Roman Forum, Campidoglio | PLAYER BLOG GAME ONE – L, 75-82 vs. LCC International University [Rome] | Highlights |
| Aug 11 | Tour Vatican City – Vatican Museum, St. Peter’s Basilica, the Sistine Chapel | PLAYER BLOG GAME TWO – W, 97-80 vs. BC Silute [Rome] | Highlights |
| Aug 12 | Travel and tour Siena/Florence, Italy | PLAYER BLOG |
| Aug 13 | Tour Florence – Accademia Gallery, Uffizi Gallery, Ponte Vecchio, Cathedral | PLAYER BLOG GAME THREE – W, 90-55 vs. Italian Select [Tuscany] | Highlights |
| Aug 14 | Travel and tour Mestre/Venice, Italy | PLAYER BLOG |
| Aug 15 | Travel and tour Verona/Lake Como, Italy | PLAYER BLOG |
| Aug 16 | Tour Lake Como | PLAYER BLOG GAME FOUR – L, 74-85 vs. Kosovo National Team [Como] | Highlights |
| Aug 17 | Travel and tour Montreux, Switzerland | PLAYER BLOG |
| Aug 18 | Tour Chateau de Chillion - Lake Geneva | PLAYER BLOG GAME FIVE – W, 68-47 vs. BBC Lausanne [Lausanne] | Highlights |
| Aug 19 | Overnight flight to U.S. via Geneva/Amsterdam/Atlanta/Kansas City | PLAYER BLOG |
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