College BB Teams Earn Frequent Flyer Miles this Summer

Forget the Maui Classic, forget the Great Alaska Shootout, and pay no attention to the Paradise Jam in the Virgin Islands. 

The travel season has begun early for dozens of college hoops teams who are allowed to take a trip abroad every few years as kind of a preseason for the upcoming college basketball season.

Coaches can use this time to give their young teams some valuable experience or use as a recruiting tool to show potential recruits that they take a cool trip every few years.

Here is the list of who's going where:

LSU Italy May 17-27

Mississippi State Amsterdam, Brussels, Paris Aug. 5-15

Villanova France, Netherlands Aug. 7-16

West Virginia Italy Aug. 8-21

Texas A&M Switzerland, France Aug. 8-17

Iowa State Italy Aug. 9-19

Illinois Italy Aug. 10-20

Louisville Bahamas Aug. 10-14

Baylor Toronto Aug. 11-16

DePaul France Aug. 11-21

California Sweden, Norway, Denmark Aug. 12-22

USC Brazil Aug. 12-21

Georgetown China Aug. 13-24

Duke China, Dubai Aug. 14-26

Virginia Tech Canada Aug. 16-18

Oregon Italy Aug. 22-Sept. 2

Stanford Spain Sept. 3-14

Northern Iowa Brazil Aug. 1-9

Murray State Canada Aug. 4-9

North Florida Canada Aug. 4-10

La Salle Canada Aug. 6-9

Hawaii China, Japan Aug. 6-21

Wichita State Brazil Aug. 7-18

Ball State Canada Aug. 8-16

Dayton Amsterdam, Paris Aug. 8-18

Illinois State Canada Aug. 8-13

UTSA Australia Aug. 9-19

Drake Australia, New Zealand Aug. 10-20

Wright State Italy Aug. 10-20

Central Florida Canada Aug. 10-15

Creighton Bahamas Aug. 11-17

Stony Brook Ireland, England, France Aug. 11-22

UMKC Italy Aug. 11-20

Duquesne Canada Aug. 12-15

Elon Germany, Italy Aug. 12-22

Oakland Canada Aug. 13-15

Fairfield Italy Aug. 15-25

BYU Greece Aug. 15-27

UT-Arlington Vancouver Aug. 16-23

Albany Canada Aug. 19-25

Saint Louis Canada Aug. 19-29

Santa Clara Vancouver Sept. 5-10

I believe three of the Duke games in China are going to be televised on ESPN (imagine that) and how about Cal's trip to Scandinavia, Stanford to Spain, and Drake to Australia and New Zealand.  Great spots.  And how about Duke's side trip to Dubai.  You can do that when you are Duke.

ESPN Dishes out 24-hours of College Basketball...Again

ESPN is giving college basketball fans all over the country an early Thanksgiving present, and it isn't even Feast Week yet.

24 continuous hours of college hoops on the Worldwide Leader. 

Beginning tonight at midnight with Miami at Memphis and ending with South Carolina vs. Michigan State and SDSU at Gonzaga early Wednesday morning we'll have out fill of dunks and treys over the next 24 hours.

Last year i struggled to stay up and watch the marathon, but Im going to take this year off.

Eamonn Brennan will be live blogging all the action here:http://espn.go.com/blog/collegebasketballnation/post/_/id/18004/tip-off-marathon-live

Looks like some good games for the Tip-Off Marathon this year.  Heres the complete schedule.  No napping.

Midnight Miami at Memphis ESPN/ESPN3.com

2 a.m. St. John's at St. Mary's

4 a.m. Central Michigan at Hawaii ESPN/ESPN3.com

6 a.m. Stony Brook at Monmouth ESPN/ESPN3.com

8 a.m. Robert Morris at Kent State ESPN/ESPN3.com

10 a.m. Northeastern at So. Illinois ESPN/ESPN3.com

Noon Oral Roberts at Tulsa ESPN/ESPN3.com

2 p.m. La Salle at Baylor ESPN/ESPN3.com

4 p.m. Virginia Tech at Kansas State ESPN/ESPN3.com

5:30 p.m. Marist at Villanova ESPNU

6 p.m. Ohio State at Florida ESPN/ESPN3.com

7 p.m. Legends Classic: Detroit at Syracuse ESPN3.com

7:30 p.m. Miami (Ohio) at Duke ESPNU

7:30 p.m. St. Joseph's at Penn St. ESPN3.com

8 p.m. Butler at Louisville ESPN/ESPN3.com

8 p.m. North Dakota at Wisconsin ESPN3.com

9:30 p.m. Belmont at Tennessee ESPNU

10 p.m. South Carolina at Michigan St. ESPN/ESPN3.com

11 p.m. San Diego State at Gonzaga ESPN2/ESPN3.com

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Midnight Miami at Memphis ESPN/ESPN3.com

2 a.m. St. John's at St. Mary's

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4 a.m. Central Michigan at Hawaii ESPN/ESPN3.com

6 a.m. Stony Brook at Monmouth ESPN/ESPN3.com

8 a.m. Robert Morris at Kent State ESPN/ESPN3.com

10 a.m. Northeastern at So. Illinois ESPN/ESPN3.com

Noon Oral Roberts at Tulsa ESPN/ESPN3.com

2 p.m. La Salle at Baylor ESPN/ESPN3.com

4 p.m. Virginia Tech at Kansas State ESPN/ESPN3.com

5:30 p.m. Marist at Villanova ESPNU

6 p.m. Ohio State at Florida ESPN/ESPN3.com

7 p.m. Legends Classic: Detroit at Syracuse ESPN3.com

7:30 p.m. Miami (Ohio) at Duke ESPNU

7:30 p.m. St. Joseph's at Penn St. ESPN3.com

8 p.m. Butler at Louisville ESPN/ESPN3.com

8 p.m. North Dakota at Wisconsin ESPN3.com

9:30 p.m. Belmont at Tennessee ESPNU

10 p.m. South Carolina at Michigan St. ESPN/ESPN3.com

11 p.m. San Diego State at Gonzaga ESPN2/ESPN3.com

Update on Monday, November 15, 2010 at 10:05PM by Rick C.Limpert

Georgia Tech vs. Kennesaw St. is not part of the Tip-Off Marathon, but it deserves special mention that KSU beat GA Tech tonight 80-63.  Paul Hewitt on his way out of GA Tech.