NCAA DIV 1 SCHOOL TO PLAY BASKETBALL IN KAMLOOPS July 28, 2010
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Greg Stewart (A. Snucins photo)
For the first time in its history, Thompson Rivers University will be hosting a NCAA Division I basketball team. The WolfPack men’s basketball team will be entertaining the University of San Diego Toreros in an exhibition game Monday August 9 th. Tip off will be 6 pm at the Tournament Capital Center.
“San Diego approached me when I was coaching at Simon (Fraser University) “ said WolfPack head coach Scott Clark. “I met San Diego assistant coach Mike Burns when he was with Central Washington. When SFU decided not to play them, I invited them here.”
Clark is having the Toreros come to the BC Interior for two reasons. “ First, I want to raise the profile of the sport of basketball. Secondly, it’ll be a good day of basketball for our guys. You can’t get better competition that what San Diego will provide.”
San Diego went 12 and 21 overall (league, tourney and playoffs) in 2009-10. Bill Grier is their head coach and enters his fourth season on the bench of the Toreros, who will also play the University of the Fraser Valley and UBC on their British Columbia excursion.
The WolfPack plan to have their returning veterans along with some of their new recruits in the line up for the exhibition encounter. “We’ll have a couple of practices before we hit the floor,” stated Clark.
Clark hopes that the visit by San Diego will be the first of many from top American and Canadian university basketball programs to the Interior. “ It would be great to make a game like this an annual affair,” he adds.
“I hope we’ll be able to get a lot of people out to enjoy the game.”
Tickets for the August 9 th exhibition game will be $5.00 across the board and available at the door.
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