Preseason summer exhibition games

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Hoosiers hold on 95-85

St. Francis University humbled by Evreaux in France loses the first game of their tour 94-47

Georgia State finishes their Costa Rica tour with an 83-67 win over San Ramon

Morehead State 112 - Pyramid Foods 55 in Bahamas

Ottawa beats Vermont 73-66 in Canada

Notre Dame 127 - Opitergium 67 in Italy

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Premium article on Indiana Rivals site....
says that Nick Zeisloft is Indiana Hoosiers' MVP so far...
he was 4-5 form 3-pt range yesterday (scored 13 pts) and now 8-13 from the arc in 3 games....
he is what they most lacked last year ...an outside shooter..
Odd how valuable they see him and are happy to have him for two more years - while ISU was so anxious to run him off....
ISU was DEAD LAST in MVC in both FG shooting percentage and 3-pt shooting percentage last year - and they run off their best 3-pt shooter?

https://indiana.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1669020

[Nacho]

ISU was not anxious to run him off... on the contrary actually, as the staff tried to convince him to stay when he told them he was looking to transfer to get his masters degree...

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some thought they were - did you not see your own fans posting about using his scholarship for an upgrade or chasing down his bricks....

and we know Lofton was not welcomed back so seeing Zeisloft (who was well known to say he was happy to be playing for ISU and who had NOT graduated yet) escorted out the door when he had NO idea and no plans where he was going to be the next year to finish his degree) simultaneously after he redshirted there and still had 2 years left sure seems like maybe he felt he was not wanted...

[Nacho]

some thought they were - did you not see your own fans posting about using his scholarship for an upgrade or chasing down his bricks....

If you find one poster who said ANYTHING about "using his scholarship for an upgrade" before it was announced or rumored he was leaving, please share it. Once someone is announced to leave, wouldn't the natural thing to do be to try to bring in a player that was an upgrade? Would you be happy to get a player not as good as the one leaving??? Think about it...

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I find that an interesting take...as I recall the tone of a few comments clearly indicating an upgrade from Zeisloft was needed.. .. and you know as well as I do that the pickings are pretty slim to find any such upgrade when you begin shopping in the late spring.

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Kentucky knocks off those same Puerto Rican reserves - 93-57
Indiana 109 - Quebec 77 with Nick Zeisloft having an off game, just 1-6, 3 pts

a group of Pac-12 All Stars is on a tour in China..
Pac-12 All Stars 73 - Chinese Univ. 47

[Nacho]

I find that an interesting take...as I recall the tone of a few comments clearly indicating an upgrade from Zeisloft was needed..

I think most ISU fans were exciting to see what NZ would be able to do while
not having to defend the 4 position and worry about rebounding, and could
play his natural SG position for an entire year... The additions of Hawkins,
McIntosh, Ransom, and a healthy Jones would have allowed that. We likely
wouldn't have offered McCloud if NZ didn't leave. I hope NZ and McCloud
both have breakout seasons and multiple years of success at IU and ISU!

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UIC loses to Ottawa 79-76...transfer Jay Parker has 10 asst, junior Gabe Snider had 28 pts.
UIC's starting lineup were 5-8, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4, and 6-6 - they simply don't have much else and used starters 30-35 min.
Former JL recruit Lance Whittaker had 3 pts, 2 asst in his debut

IPFW loses to Windsor, Canada 89-74

Ohio 80 - Queen's University (Canada) 75
(Queen's has a 6-5 guard Greg Faulkner who hit from all over and was quite impressive - scoring 28 )

Notre Dame 95 - Vicenza 57

Vermont 70 - Quebec 57 - Vermont finishes their tour 3-2

St. Francis Univ. came from 25 points behind to beat Limoges 87-80. They are 1-1 in France and now go to Spain for 2 more games.

Northern Arizona 58 - Commonwealth Giants 47 in Bahamas

Kennesaw State beats Viva Belgrade in Italy to finish 3-1

Tennessee Tech 81 - Puerto Plata 62 (Dominican Republic)
Tennessee Tech 97 - Metros de Santiago 78 " (they play two more games today & 6 total)

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Michigan is just leaving for Italy...but it has already been announced that Max Bielfeldt will not be playing as he recovers from surgery.

http://www.mlive.com/wolverines/index.ssf/2014/08/caris_levert_to_return_to_floo.html

http://www.mlive.com/wolverines/index.ssf/2014/05/off-season_overview_after_2_ye.html

Also on Max Bielfeldt:
"Bielfeldt was reclassified to a senior from a redshirt junior, meaning this is his final season at U-M despite redshirting as a freshman.
“That’s my prerogative when someone goes into their fifth year,” Beilein said. “We thought it was best right now that he complete
his degree and graduate in four years, and that gives him an option to do something like Blake McLimans did that fifth year,
so it’s one that the head coach can exercise and we thought it was a good thing and he understands it.”

http://www.usatoday.com/story/Sports%20[SPORTS]/Michigan%20Wolverines%20[SPORTS06]/2014/08/13/recovering-wolverines-will-be-shorthanded-in-italy/13995385/

...so Max will be available to transfer as a GRAD STUDENT next spring (2015) and be able to play elsewhere.


Also - since we just heard about one of Bradley's players having a stress fracture in the foot - note that the link also talks about ex-BU recruit Caris Levert, who had surgery for a stress fracture in his foot back in early May, and is just now cleared to play - but as noted by Coach Beilein, is way behind on conditioning and endurance and will need a lot more time.

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Cairns Taipans (Australia) just beat Eastern Kentucky 77-75...
..UT-Chattanooga won all 3 of their games in the Bahamas - none of the US teams there have lost yet.

Pac-12 All Stars beat Jiangsu Dragons 85-63

UIC loses again in Canada to go 0-2, losing 64-49 to Carleton - ex-JL recruit Lance Whittaker goes 3-4, 8 pts

Ohio beats Laval (Canada) 78-72, ex- Saluki Treg Setty with 11 pts, 8 rebs for Ohio

Loyola Marymount wins 90-85 in OT against a Spanish pro team

Detroit 119 - Quest 74

Howard 82 - George Brown 36

George Mason 85 - Basquet Gandia (Spain) 61

Providence 131 - Nelson (Italy) 50

Northern Arizona 58 - Commonwealth Giants (Bahamas) 49

Tenn Tech goes to 3-0 in Dominican Republic beating a U18 team (high school age) 78-65

Of the 40 or so US D-I teams playing foreign exhibitions thus far (50 or so more games left to play), the overall record is 71-12 and nobody has lost in the Bahamas where the largest number of teams have gone.

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Miami 78 - Eurocolegio Casvi 68 - good test - close, within 4-8 pretty much the whole way

Kentucky 83 - Dominican Republic team 71 - UK had double digit lead the whole 2nd half but it was a lot closer than many thought - Kentucky was even outrebounded.
The best player on the Dominican team, Eloy Vargas, went to Kentucky but he was was never a starter

edit....
North Carolina just lost in the Bahamas to the Providence Storm, 84-83!
This is the first loss by any team in the Bahamas this year, and this is the same opponent that Kentucky beat 115-63

other scores
Cincy 94 - PJ Stingers 64 (Bahamas)
Ohio 78 - Laval 72
Detroit 86 - Univ. of BC 78
Howard 74 - Univ. Toronto 62

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More -
Pac-12 All Stars 71 - Shanghai Sharks 68 ( Yao Ming is owner & President of the Shanghai Sharks)

Kentuckly trailed French team Chalon at half in the Bahamas - but comes back to edge them 77-74

UIC beats Toronto MADE (amateur team) 87-50 - high scoring transfer Jay Parker held scoreless

Cincy played an intrasquad scrimmage in the Bahamas as there was no opponent team avail.

St. Francis 75 - Catalan 59

Tennessee Tech with 69-67 loss to a Dominican All Star team - they are now 3-1 with one more left

The USA National U17 team won the World Title over Australia 99-92.
Isaac Humphries, a big man from Australia who will be at La Lumiere this fall was hampered by fouls and had just 8 pts/6 reb
Here's a roster of the USA U17 Team - LINK - no Illinois players on the team despite the talent level in Illinois' Class of 2015 (Jalen Brunson, Charles Matthews, etc..)

Michigan starts their tour in Italy with Max Bielfeldt sidelined..

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wow - here's a score that blows me away...
In Canada...
Carleton 55 - Memphis 29!!!

a 26 pt lead after the first two quarters!


edit....
Carleton holds on to beat Memphis 86-76 - Memphis gave up too many good looks form the arc

North Carolina bounces back and picks up a win in Bahamas - UNC 109 - Bahamas All Stars 52

[Da Coach]

Carleton beats Memphis 86-76

http://www.ottawasun.com/2014/08/16/carleton-ravens-down-u-of-memphis-tigers-86-76

Carleton University is the best program in Canada. They have won 10 of the last 12 CIS Championships (the Canadian version of the NCAA).