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LyleGold
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08-23-13 05:22 PM - Post#152360
In response to Jeff2sf

Part of St. Joe's Italy trip included the Vicenza-NCAA Italy Tour along with Clemson, Rhode Island and a few women's teams including Arkansas and Stanford. They faced a couple of all-star teams composed of the best players from the Veneto region - one from Vicenza and the other from Padua. There were games in several locations in packed gyms of about 3,000 fans. I don't know if those players needed special permission from their clubs or what, but this is an annual tournament that is sponsored by digital communications company Develon and the Vicenza Bears basketball team.

http://www.comune.vicenza.it/vicenza/eventi/evento...

http://www.bearsbasket.it/index.php/home-2/item/21...

Harvard participated in it last year. They also won the Ivy League.
http://www.bearsbasket.it/index.php/home-2/item/98...

That was clearly a better basketball experience than what we got. It also required planning well in advance.

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