(from UWBadgers.com)
Men's Basketball to Tour Italy in August
MADISON, Wis. - The Wisconsin men’s basketball team will travel to Italy and play five games against Italian professional teams from August 17-27. The trip, run through Sports Travel International/Globetrotter Travel, has the Badgers spending three nights each in Rome, Florence and Lake Como.
Fans are invited to join the Badgers on their excursion. The trip will begin on Aug. 17 as the team leaves Chicago’s O’Hare Airport on an overnight flight to Rome. UW will spend the nights of Aug. 18-20 at the Regina Baglioni Hotel-Via Veneto and will play two games in Rome (between sightseeing at the Vatican Museum and the Roman Forum).
The three nights in Florence will be spent at the Villa Medici Hotel and the sights include Michelangelo’s “David” and the Leaning Tower of Pisa. Florence will also include two games.
The final leg of the trip will be spent at the Regina Olga in Cernobbio, on the shores of beautiful Lake Como. Included among the tours will be a visit to Lugano, Switzerland and a boat ride to Bellagio. The Badgers will also play the final game of their trip during this time. On Aug. 27, the Badgers will depart Malpensa Airport for the flight back to Chicago.
For more information on how to purchase a spot on this magnificent trip, either click the link below or look for the “Badgers in Italy” link in the right-hand column of the men’s basketball page. Fans can find prices and contact information as well as a tentative itinerary for the trip.
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4 comments:
That's pretty awesome. Alabama should hook something like that up.
I'd rather go to another country though...maybe Serbia or something since they're one of Europe's basketball hotbeds.
I agree to an extent, however it is still just a bunch of 20 year olds playing against pros. And Italy is no slouch. You want the guys to have some good competition, you don't want them to get railed on.
I wasn't slagging on the choice of Italy as opponents at all. It probably is better to play them than Serbian teams.
I was just saying that I personally would rather visit Serbia than Italy (I know that makes me weird) and just mentioned them since it would be a place that would find good competition...though I doubt it would be arranged seeing as our country seems to like to bomb them on occasion.
Yeah, that might be a problem in the whole international relations bit...
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