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Summary of past foreign trips
Posted on: August 8, 2016 at 11:45:01 CT
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To my knowledge, this is just the 4th time MU has embarked on something like this. If you are aware of any other instances I'd be curious what year.
1995 Australia
MU was coming off a buzzer beating loss to the eventual champion UCLA, and was 1 year removed from being a #1 seed and undefeated Big 8 champion. They started the 1995-96 season ranked 14th in the preseason but would end up in the NIT.
http://www.si.com/vault/1995/10/24/210242/20-missouri
The players journeyed more than 25,000 miles together on a summer trip to Australia.
"The idea was to bring the team a little closer together while getting the benefits of traveling overseas," says Stewart. "We did grow closer. But most of the guys really didn't play well. Some actually regressed."
Missouri racked up a dreadful 1-6 record.
http://articles.latimes.com/1995-11-26/sports/sp-7451_1_ncaa-college-basketball/2
Class act, this Missouri Coach Norm Stewart. While leading his Tigers on a "good-will" tour of exhibition games in Australia last summer, Stewart was ejected from two games.
Missouri, ousted from the NCAA tournament last spring by Tyus Edney and UCLA, finished 1-6 on the trip, and Stewart strained Aussie-US relations by walking down streets wearing a T-shirt that read, "Sex Lessons Given, First 12 Free."
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2199&dat=19950523&id=V4cyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=s-YFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6733,3255718&hl=en
MU lost that game 108-62. The prior game not only was Norm ejected from the game, but he returned to the court and was ejected from the arena entirely.
Missouri dropped three games to the Australian National Team by an average margin of 34 points. MU also lost once to the Australian junior team and was beaten by two professional teams, the Cairns Marlins and the Sydney Slammers. The Tiger's lone win came against the junior national team.... who they were not initially scheduled to play but were inserted as an opponent when MU failed to put up enough competition to satisfy the Australians that they were being adequately prepared for an upcoming tournament. Originally MU was to face the Australian National team 5 times but they were absolutely crushed in the first 3 meetings.
In his 34-year college coaching career to that point, Norm Stewart had never been ejected from a game. He was tossed twice in Australia. The Tigers would go on to finish a disappointing 18-15, fail to qualify for the NCAA tourney for the first time in 10 seasons, and finish 6th in the Big 8.
2008 Canada
3 games against Ontario All Stars, Candadian defending national champion Brock University, and Southern Ontario. Team also went to Niagara Falls on a layover in Buffalo. It was the first Tiger action for Marcus Denmon, Kim English, Keith Ramsey, Laurence Bowers, Miguel Paul, and Steve Moore.
MU jumped out to a 30-11 lead at the end of the first quarter in game 1 and cruised to a 120-80 victory over the Ontario All Stars in which MU shot 58.3% from the floor and dished out 29 assists while forcing 27 turnovers. Game two saw newcomers Marcus Denmon (23 points) and Miguel Paul (17 points) lead the way as MU again rolled to a 117-68 victory over Brock University to push the Tigers avg margin of victory to 44.5 for the tour. This time MU forced 35 turnovers. The final contest against Southern Ontario All Stars was initially more competitive and the game was tied 29-29 in the second quarter thanks to 9-14 behind the arc shooting by the Canadians until MU pulled away and built a 31 point lead in the 4th quarter and closed with a 109-92 win. Lyons led with 20, and Zaire Taylor had 15 points and 8 steals.
Said Mike Anderson in a reasonably coherent statement: "This was a beneficial trip for us. We saw our young guys get a lot of experience against some different types of teams and that team today was a good club, a team that knows how to win. I thought we did a better job defending in the second half. That's a team that looks for the three-pointer and they didn't make any in the third quarter once we talked through the adjustments with some of our younger guys."
"We put a few different line-ups out there today and we mixed in some of our newcomers with our returners and you could see it flowed a little better this morning. Again, this was the best test of the tour. That's a team that has beaten some Division I teams already and they are a little older, a little more mature, so that was a good test for us."
The Tigers would go on to set the program record with 31 wins, capture the Big 12 championship, and make the Elite Eight.
2012 Europe
Tigers took a trip across all of Europe that started in the Netherlands and had a scheduled 5 games. MU was ranked 15th in the preseason polls that season and featured a roster with only 1 player who played for them the prior year.
Utilizing a 20 rebound advantage in the opener MU power by Rotterdam 87-64, with Tony Criswell seeing his first action as a Tiger totaling 15 points on 7 of 9 shooting and adding 8 rebounds in only 22 minutes of play. In total Keion Bell, Jabari Brown, Dominique Bull, Tony Criswell, Danny Feldmann, Corey Haith, Stefan Jankovic, Alex Oriakhi and Earnest Ross all played their first game for MU.
The second game against the Netherlands National team never finished, as Haith pulled his team from the court due to safety concerns and frustration with the officiating. Haith was ejected from the game questioning a no-call on an elbow to the head of Jankovic, and ultimately pulled his team off the court midway through the 3rd quarter. The Tigers led the game by 25 at halftime. "In my mind I was just fearful for the safety of our players, but in retrospect I wish I had let our team play it out and learn from the adversity," Haith said. "I take complete responsibility. This is a learning experience for us all. I had a split second to make a decision and I chose to err on the side of caution."
Game 3 was low scoring against Bent-Schoenen Waregem that saw MU fall behind early 12-2. MU locked down defensively in the second half to pull away with a 63-47 victory, with Mike Dixon as the star with 31 points, 6 boards, and 5 assists. The next game showed what Alex Oriakhi was going to be capable of, as the Tiger big man went 7 for 9 from the floor to lead MU to a 72-56 win over the Gent Dragons. MU next overwhelmed Cergy in France 81-61 despite entering the 4th quarter with only a 1 point lead.
Not counting the game MU left the court (stats were not tabulated for that one) Mike Dixon led the Tigers in the 4 game tour with avges of 16.5 ppg and 4.8 assists. It would be the last time he would suit up for MU due to suspensions and eventual transfer. Two key Tigers would not participate on the tour, Phil Pressey and Laurence Bowers, who would both be named to the mid-season Naismith watch list for national player of the year during the season. MU would finish a disappointing 5th in the SEC and lose in the first round of the NCAA tourney for a final record of 23-11.
1995 Australia
MU was coming off a buzzer beating loss to the eventual champion UCLA, and was 1 year removed from being a #1 seed and undefeated Big 8 champion. They started the 1995-96 season ranked 14th in the preseason but would end up in the NIT.
http://www.si.com/vault/1995/10/24/210242/20-missouri
The players journeyed more than 25,000 miles together on a summer trip to Australia.
"The idea was to bring the team a little closer together while getting the benefits of traveling overseas," says Stewart. "We did grow closer. But most of the guys really didn't play well. Some actually regressed."
Missouri racked up a dreadful 1-6 record.
http://articles.latimes.com/1995-11-26/sports/sp-7451_1_ncaa-college-basketball/2
Class act, this Missouri Coach Norm Stewart. While leading his Tigers on a "good-will" tour of exhibition games in Australia last summer, Stewart was ejected from two games.
Missouri, ousted from the NCAA tournament last spring by Tyus Edney and UCLA, finished 1-6 on the trip, and Stewart strained Aussie-US relations by walking down streets wearing a T-shirt that read, "Sex Lessons Given, First 12 Free."
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2199&dat=19950523&id=V4cyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=s-YFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6733,3255718&hl=en
MU lost that game 108-62. The prior game not only was Norm ejected from the game, but he returned to the court and was ejected from the arena entirely.
Missouri dropped three games to the Australian National Team by an average margin of 34 points. MU also lost once to the Australian junior team and was beaten by two professional teams, the Cairns Marlins and the Sydney Slammers. The Tiger's lone win came against the junior national team.... who they were not initially scheduled to play but were inserted as an opponent when MU failed to put up enough competition to satisfy the Australians that they were being adequately prepared for an upcoming tournament. Originally MU was to face the Australian National team 5 times but they were absolutely crushed in the first 3 meetings.
In his 34-year college coaching career to that point, Norm Stewart had never been ejected from a game. He was tossed twice in Australia. The Tigers would go on to finish a disappointing 18-15, fail to qualify for the NCAA tourney for the first time in 10 seasons, and finish 6th in the Big 8.
2008 Canada
3 games against Ontario All Stars, Candadian defending national champion Brock University, and Southern Ontario. Team also went to Niagara Falls on a layover in Buffalo. It was the first Tiger action for Marcus Denmon, Kim English, Keith Ramsey, Laurence Bowers, Miguel Paul, and Steve Moore.
MU jumped out to a 30-11 lead at the end of the first quarter in game 1 and cruised to a 120-80 victory over the Ontario All Stars in which MU shot 58.3% from the floor and dished out 29 assists while forcing 27 turnovers. Game two saw newcomers Marcus Denmon (23 points) and Miguel Paul (17 points) lead the way as MU again rolled to a 117-68 victory over Brock University to push the Tigers avg margin of victory to 44.5 for the tour. This time MU forced 35 turnovers. The final contest against Southern Ontario All Stars was initially more competitive and the game was tied 29-29 in the second quarter thanks to 9-14 behind the arc shooting by the Canadians until MU pulled away and built a 31 point lead in the 4th quarter and closed with a 109-92 win. Lyons led with 20, and Zaire Taylor had 15 points and 8 steals.
Said Mike Anderson in a reasonably coherent statement: "This was a beneficial trip for us. We saw our young guys get a lot of experience against some different types of teams and that team today was a good club, a team that knows how to win. I thought we did a better job defending in the second half. That's a team that looks for the three-pointer and they didn't make any in the third quarter once we talked through the adjustments with some of our younger guys."
"We put a few different line-ups out there today and we mixed in some of our newcomers with our returners and you could see it flowed a little better this morning. Again, this was the best test of the tour. That's a team that has beaten some Division I teams already and they are a little older, a little more mature, so that was a good test for us."
The Tigers would go on to set the program record with 31 wins, capture the Big 12 championship, and make the Elite Eight.
2012 Europe
Tigers took a trip across all of Europe that started in the Netherlands and had a scheduled 5 games. MU was ranked 15th in the preseason polls that season and featured a roster with only 1 player who played for them the prior year.
Utilizing a 20 rebound advantage in the opener MU power by Rotterdam 87-64, with Tony Criswell seeing his first action as a Tiger totaling 15 points on 7 of 9 shooting and adding 8 rebounds in only 22 minutes of play. In total Keion Bell, Jabari Brown, Dominique Bull, Tony Criswell, Danny Feldmann, Corey Haith, Stefan Jankovic, Alex Oriakhi and Earnest Ross all played their first game for MU.
The second game against the Netherlands National team never finished, as Haith pulled his team from the court due to safety concerns and frustration with the officiating. Haith was ejected from the game questioning a no-call on an elbow to the head of Jankovic, and ultimately pulled his team off the court midway through the 3rd quarter. The Tigers led the game by 25 at halftime. "In my mind I was just fearful for the safety of our players, but in retrospect I wish I had let our team play it out and learn from the adversity," Haith said. "I take complete responsibility. This is a learning experience for us all. I had a split second to make a decision and I chose to err on the side of caution."
Game 3 was low scoring against Bent-Schoenen Waregem that saw MU fall behind early 12-2. MU locked down defensively in the second half to pull away with a 63-47 victory, with Mike Dixon as the star with 31 points, 6 boards, and 5 assists. The next game showed what Alex Oriakhi was going to be capable of, as the Tiger big man went 7 for 9 from the floor to lead MU to a 72-56 win over the Gent Dragons. MU next overwhelmed Cergy in France 81-61 despite entering the 4th quarter with only a 1 point lead.
Not counting the game MU left the court (stats were not tabulated for that one) Mike Dixon led the Tigers in the 4 game tour with avges of 16.5 ppg and 4.8 assists. It would be the last time he would suit up for MU due to suspensions and eventual transfer. Two key Tigers would not participate on the tour, Phil Pressey and Laurence Bowers, who would both be named to the mid-season Naismith watch list for national player of the year during the season. MU would finish a disappointing 5th in the SEC and lose in the first round of the NCAA tourney for a final record of 23-11.
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