Record during trip?

[NUThump]

NU will be playing professional teams during the trip. Does anyone know, in general, how good these teams are? If 0-5 is a reasonable expectation I would like to know before it happens so I don't get disappointed.

 

[haywood jahblowme]

i think the caliber of play is high in europe, and i don't think it is uncommon for college teams to lose big on these kind of foreign tours

 

[backdoorpass]

i think the caliber of play is high in europe, and i don't think it is uncommon for college teams to lose big on these kind of foreign tours

There is a wide range of "professional" basketball in Europe. Further, it's the off-season and the team on the floor isn't necessarily the real pro team that they will have when the season comes.

College teams tend to win most their games on these tours. The 'Cats went undefeated (4-0) on their Italian tour in 2010. Illinois just finished their European tour 3-1. Drake just finished their European tour 2-1. (MSU just left for their tour. I don't know what other teams are going out this summer, but you can google and see that teams generally win their games on these tours.)

Without knowing any specifics about the teams they'll face, I expect that 'Cats to win most of the games.

 

[clarificationcat]

NU will be playing professional teams during the trip. Does anyone know, in general, how good these teams are? If 0-5 is a reasonable expectation I would like to know before it happens so I don't get disappointed.

Nebraska just beat one of the teams we will play. Their top recruit from Chicago, Ed Morrow, led them in scoring.

 

[Turk]

The Cats will be playing different teams. But the Spain league is the best in Europe. I know the cats will be playing their best team, so don't expect victories. We aren't in Italy and they aren't scheduling the lower end of the European professional teams. We will get an ass kicking but one helluva education. I'll try to find out the exact names of the teams.

Go Cats!

 

[thewildcat2011]

Monday, August 24
Tour of Madrid
Game #1 vs. Estudiantes, 1 p.m. CT
(Pabellon Fernando Martin)

Tuesday, August 25
Tour of Real Madrid Bernabeu Stadium
Game #2 vs. Eurocolegio Casvi, 1 p.m. CT
(Real Canoe)

Thursday, August 27
Game #3 vs. UCAM Murcia II, 1 p.m. CT
(Pabellon Principe de Asturias; Murcia)

Saturday, August 29
Tour of Barcelona
Northwestern University alumni event
Game #4 vs. Andorra, 1 p.m. CT
(Pavello Esportiu Municipal)

Sunday, August 30
Tour of La Sagrada Familia
Game #5 vs. US Toulouges, 1 p.m. CT
(Pavello Esportiu Municipal)

 

[NJCat83588]

The Cats will be playing different teams.

Go Cats!

Uh, not exactly......NE just beat Eurocolego Casvi, the team the Cats play second, 79-64. When did you become such an expert on European pro basketball anyway??

 

[Turk]

Uh, not exactly......NE just beat Eurocolego Casvi, the team the Cats play second, 79-64. When did you become such an expert on European pro basketball anyway??

Lol. I'm not. I talked to some people within the BB program. Guess they were just pumping things up.

 

[backdoorpass]

The Cats will be playing different teams. But the Spain league is the best in Europe. I know the cats will be playing their best team, so don't expect victories. We aren't in Italy and they aren't scheduling the lower end of the European professional teams. We will get an ass kicking but one helluva education. I'll try to find out the exact names of the teams.

Go Cats!

I just took a look at all of the rosters of the teams we're playing on eurobasket.com. Almost all teams are filled with 90% local Spanish players with a couple American players here and there. To put things in perspective, the American players come from Stonehill (Div II), Cumberland College, Middle Tennessee State, Rice, etc. These local Spanish pro league teams are certainly not elite European professional teams. Expect victories.