UT to play basketball game in China in 2015
KANSAS CITY, Mo. —
Athletic director Steve Patterson’s dream of turning the Texas Longhorns into a global brand is now just 7,465 miles away.
The Pac-12 Conference announced Saturday that it has formalized plans to stage a nonconference men’s basketball game in China on Nov. 14, 2015. The league claims it’s the first time any U.S.-based sports league, collegiate or professional, has staged a regular-season game in that country.
Washington will play Texas in the 2015-16 season opener in Shanghai, and the specific site will be announced later.
The game will be televised by ESPN. Tipoff is scheduled for 11 a.m. local time in Shanghai, which is a 17-hour flight from Austin. Back home, that’s 9 p.m. Central on Nov. 13, this side of the international date line.
More at http://www.statesman.com/news/sports/college-basketball/ut-to-play-basketball-game-in-china-in-2015/nfDg9/ .
[font color=green]They could really save some money if they followed the example on South Park when the kids were kicking butt in dodge ball and took the bus to China. I hear that key chain jingling and jangling.[/font]
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I wonder if he is planning on moving to China.
