Isaiah Maurice got a taste of international basketball last summer when Kansas State made an exhibition tour of Italy and Switzerland, and now the Wildcat forward is ready for another tour.
Maurice leaves Tuesday with an Athletes in Action all-star team that will play exhibition games in the Czech Republic and Poland on a trip through June 5.
“This trip I’ll be more ready than the Italy trip because I know what to look forward to,” Maurice, a 6-foot-10 sophomore-to-be, said Monday. “I played the college game for a year and I know the pace.
“Coach (Bruce) Weber asked me about it and I talked to my dad and we all agreed it would be good for me.