Tigers Begin Preparations For Spain Trip(Aug. 12-22.)

The LSU men’s basketball team began its allowed 10 days of practice for its 2019 exhibition basketball trip to Spain, Aug. 12-22.

Coach Will Wade discussed several topics at a late-morning media session regarding the trip, which is expected to include three-or-four games during the trip.

The Tigers will travel to the cities of Madrid, Valencia and Barcelona and presently are scheduled to play All-Star teams in Madrid and Valencia with a game scheduled against the basketball grouping of FC Barcelona.

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COACH WILL WADE Opening Statement… “It has been a good summer. As far as Spain goes, we will have everybody available except for Marlon (Taylor). Marlon had surgery on his foot. He had a screw put in his foot, and it was something that he could have played through but we decided to bite the bullet now so he could be in as little pain as possible during the season

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On the competition the team will face in Spain… “Typically, we have four games scheduled and we usually play three or four as sometimes I will cancel the last game.

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