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BIG 12 ALL-STARS CONCLUDE TRAINING FOR SCANDINAVIAN TOUR
August 05, 2002 | Men's Basketball
Aug. 4, 2002
Dallas, Texas - The Big 12 Men's Basketball All-Star team concluded preparation for its 2002 European tour Sunday with two practices at the American Airlines Center.
"This is a good situation from the standpoint of having 12 guys that are really starting to get together," Bliss said following the final practice. "Obviously the opposition always has the advantage because they've played together much longer than we have."
The Big 12 All-Stars, consisting of one player from each conference school and coached by Baylor's Dave Bliss, ended their final practice with a scrimmage at the Dallas Mavericks practice facility.
Texas A&M's Nick Anderson had 13 points in the 30-minute scrimmage to lead all scorers. Lawrence Roberts of Baylor tallied game highs in rebounds, eight, and assists, five. Iowa State's Jake Sullivan scored 10 points behind 2-for-4 3-point shooting and added four assists. Pervis Pasco of Kansas State added six points and seven rebounds. All 12 players scored in the scrimmage.
"We're excited about going over," Bliss said. "We first of all look forward to a real entertaining and educational trip, but we also look forward to some good competitive basketball."
The All-Stars depart Monday for an 11-day tour of Scandinavia, in which the team will play six games in Sweden, Norway and Denmark.
Team members include Nick Anderson (Texas A&M), Travon Bryant (Missouri), Will Chavis (Texas Tech), Jason Klotz (Texas), Ivan McFarlin (Oklahoma State), Jake Muhleisen (Nebraska), Bryant Nash (Kansas), Pervis Pasco (Kansas State), Lawrence Roberts (Baylor), Jake Sullivan (Iowa State), Quannas White (Oklahoma) and Blair Wilson (Colorado).
Big 12 All-Star Coach Dave Bliss said, "Will Chavis obviously knows the benefit of playing well at both ends of the floor and we've been really pleased with how well he's directed the play and his leadership skills. He's knocking down a lot of open jump shots. We're thrilled to have him."
This is the sixth annual Big 12 All-Star team, and the third men's squad. Former Texas Tech head coach James Dickey guided the first men's Big 12 All-Stars to a 4-2 record in August 1998 while touring London, Paris, Belgium, and Germany. In 2000, Colorado head coach Ricardo Patton guided the second men's all-star squad to a 5-1 record in Austria and Germany. Women's Big 12 All-Star teams toured in 1999 and 2001.
Senior Red Raider Will Chavis commented, "I think we have a good group of guys. It's an adjustment because everybody comes from different systems and different structures. I know for me at Tech we don't really run plays and here we do a lot of plays and it's an adjustment but we're looking to have fun and make the best of it.
I think we're going to do well. We're going to play as hard as we can and just try to come out with the best results possible.
Practice has been good, it's just a lot of learning, trying to get a lot of stuff in in a short amount of time. I just think we're trying to do the best job we can right now."
