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Big Ten Announces 2001 Men's Basketball Foreign Tour Roster And Schedule
Park Ridge, IL - The Big Ten Men's Basketball Foreign Tour Team roster and schedule was announced today by Conference officials, as Indiana Head Coach Mike Davis put together a squad comprised of 12 student-athletes from 10 different League schools. The tour, which runs from August 8-19, will include six total games in England and Ireland. Davis' team will include a pair of his own players in Hoosier juniors Tom Coverdale and Kyle Hornsby. Coverdale was a member of the 2001 Big Ten All-Tournament Team as he guided Indiana to the finals for the first time in school history. The 6-2 guard averaged 10.7 points per game and ranked second in the Conference in assists with an average of 4.94 handouts per game. Hornsby, a 2001 Academic All-Big Ten choice, ranked fourth in the Big Ten with a .426 three-point field goal percentage while adding 6.9 points per contest. The roster also includes a pair of forwards from 2001 Final Four participant Michigan State in junior Al Anagonye and sophomore Adam Wolfe. The two players helped lead the Spartans to a fourth-straight Big Ten crown last season and a second consecutive Final Four appearance after MSU claimed the 2000 NCAA Championship. The 6-8 Anagonye started 24 of 33 games for MSU last season and led the team with a .624 field goal percentage, while averaging 4.7 points and 3.1 rebounds per game. Wolfe saw action in 23 contests and recorded 39 points. The Foreign Tour Team includes three other student-athletes who play the forward position in Iowa's Duez Henderson, Northwestern's Tavaras Hardy and Wisconsin's Charlie Wills. Henderson, a 6-7 senior, started 29 of 34 games for the Big Ten Tournament Champion Hawkeyes, leading the squad with a .514 field goal percentage while contributing 6.3 points and 3.4 rebounds per game. Hardy, a 6-8 senior, led the Wildcats in field goal percentage (.462), rebounds per game (5.7) and total blocks (30) last season while rating second on the squad with 10.7 points per contest. The 6-8 Wills, also a senior, saw action in 29 games in 2000-01, earning eight starts while averaging 4.2 points and 3.0 rebounds for the Badgers. Davis will rotate a group of guards that includes Michigan's Gavin Groninger, Minnesota's Shane Schilling, Penn State's Sharif Chambliss and Purdue's Kenneth Lowe. Groninger, a 6-5 junior, started seven of 27 games for the Wolverines last season and scored 5.6 points per contest. Schilling, a 6-6 junior who can also fill the forward spot, started all 31 games for the Gophers and ranked third on the team with 261 points (8.4 ppg) while hitting 38 treys. Chambliss, a 6-1 sophomore, played in 23 games last season and scored 30 points. Lowe, a 6-3 junior, tied for the Boilermakers lead with 361 points (11.3 ppg) and dished out 59 assists in 31 starts. Illinois is providing the lone true center on the Foreign Tour Team in redshirt freshman Nick Smith, who at 7-1 is the tallest player in Illini basketball history. The complete 2001 Big Ten Men's Basketball Foreign Tour Team roster and schedule follows. 2001 BIG TEN MEN'S BASKETBALL FOREIGN TOUR ROSTER
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