Bradley- summer foreign tour to London & Amsterdam

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Bucknell faces off against Apollo Amsterdam Select in half an hour

....Amsterdam Select ...play Bucknell Saturday
.. They have won FOUR STRAIGHT titles in the Patriot League.
It will be interesting to see how they play against the same team Bradley faces....

Bucknell ended up beating Amsterdam 94-58 but they started off slow...
Bucknell trailed after 1 quarter 20-14, then they rallied a bit and led at half 37-31.
They likely benefited from Select having to play Bradley last night, as the Amsterdam squad, who only dressed 8 players, looks like they ran out of gas...
Select got outscored 57-27 in the 2nd half...
Bucknell went to the FT line a ridiculous 43 times (they were 26-43, 60.4%)
Select hit only 28.8% & 27 turnovers...

Ohio State just beat the Madrid Generals 93-61 with Kaleb Wesson scoring 20 pts

other teams taking trips

George Mason- currently - 3 games in Spain
Ohio State- currently - 3 games in Spain
Cincinnati - 3 games in Canada, Aug. 4-8
Ole Miss- August 4-9, 4 games in Canada
SIU- currently - 3 games in Cuba
Oklahoma State - 3 games in Italy & Greece, Aug. 4-14
Alabama State - 3 games in Bahamas, Aug. 7-11
Notre Dame - 3 games in Bahamas, Aug. 8-11
Kentucky- 4 games in Bahamas, Aug. 8-12
Vermont- games in Canada Aug. 10-
South Dakota State- 3 games in Canada, Aug. 8-13
Marshall- 3 games in Bahamas Aug. 10-17
UTSA- 3 games in Costa Rica Aug. 12-18
North Texas- 3 games in Italy, Aug. 12-20
Duke - 3 games in Canada Aug. 15-19
UNC- 2 games in Bahamas Aug. 17-18
Michigan- Aug. 17-26, three games in Spain
Maryland - to Italy in August

scoreboard for Notre Dame, Alabama State, Kentucky, Marshall, UNC, Presbyterian, Northern Arizona, & Truman State in the Bahamas - LINK

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Cincinnati beats Ottawa University in Canada 85-57

Ole Miss currently leads McGill University in Canada 60-39 in the 3rd qtr- you can watch in you want- https://portal.stretchinternet.com/m...reamType=video


edit- final score from Canada
Ole Miss 102 - McGill 61

[Chico]

Per SIU
"Due to extremely limited internet availability, coverage of SIU's trip will not be available until the team returns to the United States. ....during the week of August 12-19."

we have friends who just returned from Cuba and said it is not hard at all to get internet access in Cuba, but there are very few FREE wi-fi spots -
- it is not terribly expensive...kind of like what you do on a cruise ship - you just pay by a prepaid card. (cost is about $1.50 per hour).


UTRGV going to Costa Rica - they have two MVC transfers on their roster..- https://goutrgv.com/news/2018/8/3/me...osta-rica.aspx

Does UTRGV have a name?

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confusing, I know, since they change names every now & then..

UTRGV is University of Texas-Rio Grande Valley
which used to be Texas-Brownsville and University of Texas-Pan American - they merged in December 2012 and thus Texas-Pan American, which was a DI school, became UTRGV
located just outside of Brownsville TX

... & Truman State in the Bahamas - ..

Truman State has already played and won their 3 games in the Bahamas
102-76 over Starsports, 90-43 over IBA Elite and 98-83 over NPBA All Stars



Kentucky should clobber their opponents - but remember what happened last time?
They went to the Bahamas in 2014, spent almost $800,000 on the trip, stayed in luxury hotels, and even put up Calipari in a $1,500 a night suite.
They also had one dinner they paid $29,000 for with an open bar - where, of course, the LEGAL DRINKING AGE IS 18, so of course all the players could legally guzzle!!
Interestingly, Kentucky - with 6 future NBA'ers plus 3 more G-Leaguers, ended up losing their final exhibition game on that trip!

All four of their games this year will be televised on their SEC Television Network.
PLUS, Kentucky will pay the referees’ traveling and lodging expenses, plus meals on the trip. Plus, UK paid the three-man crew a per-game fee, just like they did the last time.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2015/01/15/kentucky-basketball-paid-way-more-for-its-bahamas-vacation-than-you-did/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.625d1e8410ba

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SIU has reportedly completed their first game in Cuba..
despite the internet blackout - there is a report that SIU won 79-78

(..may need to be logged in to Facebook to view)
Cuban Players: #0 Javier Justiz, #2 Yoanki Mensia, #12 Yuniskey Molina, #19 Mario Troyano, #36 Yoel Cubillas
For SIU: #33 Kavion Pippen, #3 Marcus Bartley, #4 Eric McGill #22 Armon Fletcher, #13 Sean Lloyd

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Carleton leads Cincinnati 41-29 at half!!
Power went out and Ole Miss/Concordia game is under delay...Ole Miss trailing 39-27!

[Da Coach]

Carleton leads Cincinnati 41-29 at half!!
Power went out and Ole Miss/Concordia game is under delay...Ole Miss trailing 39-27!

Carleton University is the preeminent Canadian basketball powerhouse. They have won the last 7 Canadian championships in a row, and 13 of the last 15!

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Carleton dominates Cincy 86-67

Ole Miss finally takes a 1 pt lead on Concordia late in 3rd quarter 55-54

..update - Ole Miss goes to 2-0 in Canada with an 84-77 win over Concordia

Maryland won their first game 89 - 53 vs. Rome All-Stars


Here's a summary of the teams that have already played Summer exhibitions...there are a lot more to come the next couple weeks

Penn 2-1 in Italy
Navy 1-1 (in Canada)
Lafayette 3-0 in Germany
Bradley 2-0 in Europe
Truman State 3-0 in Bahamas
George Mason 2-1
Bucknell 2-0 in Amsterdam (2 more games)
Ohio State 2-0 (1 more games)
Ole Miss 2-0 in Canada (2 games left)
Cincy 1-1 in Canada (1 game left)
Maryland 1-0 in Italy (2 games left)
SIU 1-1 in Cuba (1 games left)
Oklahoma State 0-1 (2 games left)
St. Mary's 2-0 in Australia (5 games left)
(updated as of 7pm Tuesday)

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Barry Hinson and guard Marcus Bartley discuss SIU's win over the Cuban National team-

https://twitter.com/SIU_Basketball/status/1026652799017406468

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St. Mary's is currently in Australia & New Zealand for a 12-day tour and they will play SEVEN games!
Their first game was Monday, and St. Mary's beat the Mainland Eagles 95-66.
They just finished game-2 and St. Mary's beat the Mainland Eagles again 88-61.
(The Mainland Eagles are players from a prep academy in New Zealand)
They have five games, including one against Callum Barker's old team, the Hobart Chargers.

https://smcgaels.com/news/2018/8/6/mens-basketball-mbk-day-2-game-day-in-christchurch.aspx

Other teams touring Australia:
Hawaii goes for four games August 11-18
Loyola Marymount - four games August 12-18
Drexel - 4 games August 20-26

https://www.foxsports.com.au/basketball/ultimate-guide-to-the-college-basketball-teams-touring-australia-in-2018/news-story/f30a0062fae02d1fa3a6cc6e29a15df8

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Bucknell holds on to win a wild game in Belgium..

Final score 107- 90 - but Bucknell raced out to a huge 1st half lead 63-44 but the team from Ghent made it close...

Ohio State win 95-63 in Valencia, Spain

Oklahoma State loses 99-72 in Italy to an Italian National B-Team

George Mason end up beating BCN All Stars 95-91

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Salukis lose to the Cubans 80-69

South Carolina State doing poorly on their Canadian tour...
they are playing only softies and getting beat...

Queens College 93 - SC State 88
then just now
Laval Univ. up 9 in 4th qtr over SC State tonight

EKU is in Costa Rica for games on the 8th, 9th & 10th

In St. Mary's 88-61 win in New Zealand, former Bradley recruit Malik Fitts had 22 pts and 16 rebounds


Summary of teams so far
Teams that are done:
Penn 2-1 in Italy
Navy 1-1 (in Canada)
Lafayette 3-0 in Germany
Bradley 2-0 in Europe
Truman State 3-0 in Bahamas
George Mason 2-1
SIU 1-2 in Cuba
Cincy 2-1 in Canada

Teams that are playing now:
Bucknell 2-0 in Amsterdam (2 more games)
Ohio State 2-0 (1 more games)
Ole Miss 2-0 in Canada (2 games left- they play Carleton Wed.)
Maryland 2-0 in Italy (1 games left)
Oklahoma State 0-1 (2 games left)
South Carolina State 0-2 (1 game remaining on Wednesday)
St. Mary's 2-0 in Australia (5 games left)
Radford is 2-0 in Belgium (1 game left)
Alabama State - 3 games in Bahamas, Aug. 7-11
Notre Dame - 1-0 (2 games remain)
Kentucky- 4 games in Bahamas, Aug. 8-12
Marshall- 3 games in Bahamas Aug. 10-17
UNC - 3 games in Bahamas
Northern Arizona - 3 games in Bahamas
Presbyterian - 3 games in Bahamas
Scoreboard for Notre Dame, Alabama State, Kentucky, Marshall, UNC, Presbyterian, Northern Arizona in the Bahamas - LINK

Teams yet to start playing:
Eastern Kentucky 3 games in Costa Rica

Vermont- games in Canada Aug. 10-
South Dakota State- 3 games in Canada, Aug. 8-13
UTSA- 3 games in Costa Rica Aug. 12-18
North Texas- 3 games in Italy, Aug. 12-20
Providence ??“ Italy (August 14-24)
Duke - 3 games in Canada Aug. 15-19
Michigan- Aug. 17-26, three games in Spain
Hawaii goes to Australia for four games August 11-18
Loyola Marymount - four games in Australia August 12-18
Drexel - 4 games in Australia August 20-26
(updated as of 7pm Wednesday)

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SIU drops to 1-2 in Cuba as they lose game 3 79-78
Fletcher (16 pts) and Pippen (11 pts) led SIU
..the Cubans shot just 3-20 from the arc but outrebounded SIU 40-24 on the way to putting up a 52 point 2nd half.
The stories all make a big deal out of the fact that a couple of the Cuban players have played professionally.
Oh- really? Almost every single player on the opponents we faced in Europe not only HAVE played professionally but still are at the top levels of pro play over there.
Same with all the opponents other teams are facing in Australia, Europe, Central America & elsewhere. That is NOT a very valid excuse, especially when the guy they are touting as a Cuban Pro player is playing with an obscure team in Cuba against unknown competition.

Radford won their first two games -
Radford 68, Royals IV 46
Radford 81, Croonen Lommel 68

Cincy 79 - McGill 53 (in Canada) - Cincinnati finishes 2-1

Maryland beats Pisa 88-64 to go 2-0 in Italy

In Bahamas:
Notre Dame 119 - IBA Elite 61

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Carleton is annihilating Ole Miss
45-23 at half

another halftime score
Kentucky 42 - Bahamas National Team 35 (they have nobody over 6-6)
Kentucky has asked for a rule change to two halves instead of the typical international rule of 4 quarters
..the Bahamas team has two of their top players out...

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update - Carleton beats Ole Miss 81-63
Former Bradley recruit Munis Tutu for Carleton had 20 pts/8 reb/7 asst
The MVC should invite Carleton to join the Valley before someone else gets them!

Also from Canada:
Concordia 80 - South Carolina State 72 (SC State goes 0-3 in Canada)
From Costa Rica - Eastern Kentucky 93 - Laurentian (Canada) 83

from Bahamas:
Alabama State 106 - Atlantis All Stars 81
Kentucky 85 - Bahamas National Team 61



updated list of foreign tours

Teams that are done:
Penn 2-1 in Italy
Navy 1-1 (in Canada)
Lafayette 3-0 in Germany
Bradley 2-0 in Europe
Truman State 3-0 in Bahamas
George Mason 2-1
SIU 1-2 in Cuba
Cincy 2-1 in Canada
South Carolina State 0-3 in Canada
Ohio State 3-0 in Spain
Radford 3-0 in Belgium

Teams that are playing now:
Bucknell 2-0 in Amsterdam (2 more games Aug. 10, 11)
Ole Miss 2-1 in Canada (1 game left vs Ottawa Thursday- streamed)
Maryland 2-0 in Italy (1 games left Aug. 11)
Oklahoma State 1-1 (1 game left Aug. 11 vs. Greek All Stars)
St. Mary's 2-1 in Australia (4 games left, Aug. 10, 12, 14, 15)
Eastern Kentucky 1-0 in Costa Rica (2 more games Aug. 9 & 10)
South Dakota State- 3 games in Canada Aug. 9, 10, 11
Vermont- 3 games in Canada Aug. 10, 11, 12
Notre Dame - 2-0 (1 game remain)
Alabama State 2-0 in Bahamas (1 more game)
Kentucky- 2-0 in Bahamas (2 games remain)
Marshall- 3 games in Bahamas Aug. 10-17
UNC - 3 games in Bahamas
Northern Arizona - 3 games in Bahamas
Presbyterian - 3 games in Bahamas
Grand Canyon University - 3 games in Bahamas Aug. 19-22
Scoreboard for Notre Dame, Alabama State, Kentucky, Marshall, UNC, Presbyterian, Northern Arizona, Grand Canyon in the Bahamas - LINK
Overall record for US teams- 38-12

Teams yet to start playing:
UTSA- 3 games in Costa Rica Aug. 13, 14, 15
North Texas- 3 games in Italy, Aug. 12-20
Providence – Italy (August 14-24)
Duke - 3 games in Canada Aug. 15-19, they chose to avoid Carleton!
Michigan- Aug. 17-26, three games in Spain
Hawaii goes to Australia for four games August 11-18
Loyola Marymount - four games in Australia August 12-18
Providence - 3 games in Italy August 14-22
Drexel - 4 games in Australia August 20-26
(updated as of 7pm Thursday)

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score from Australia
Melbourne United 81 - St. Mary's 80 in front of a huge crowd
A loss like this is probably far more valuable than a blowout win against a hapless opponent
Melbourne United are the reigning NBL Champions (NBL is the top pro league in Australia with players like Andrew Bogut, Andrew Ogilvy & Jerome Randle)

St. Mary's recruits this area a ton - they currently have SEVEN players who come from Australia or New Zealand
Many of these St. Mary's players' lifelong dream is to play professionally in Australia and now they get to play against pros in Australia

https://smcgaels.com/roster.aspx?path=mbball

SIU also got to play three very competitive games that went right down to the wire....
The final score or the W-or-L don't matter as much as the chance to actually play a real tough, tight game against guys who want to beat you...

One of your games was this way, too, while the other one in Amsterdam was a bit more of a mismatch but still afforded time for everyone to play.


Three games this afternoon
Final- Radford 93 - Limburg 71 - this is their final game in Belgium
Final- Ohio State 68 - Catalan All-Stars 66 in their final game in Spain
Final- Oklahoma State 61 - Netherlands B Team 49 - low scoring considering the 24 sec shot clock & faster play, lots of missed shots

and a few more tonight in Canada, Bahamas, Costa Rica-
Ole Miss vs. Ottawa Streamed **Ole Miss wins 85-74!
EKU vs. San Ramon at 8:30pm in Costa Rica
South Dakota State 76- McGill 69 in Canada
Alabama State beat Starsports in Bahamas 97-88
Notre Dame 111 - NPBA All Stars 34
Kentucky 91 - SAN LORENZO DE ALMAGROSAN 68