NCAA rules permit basketball programs to travel abroad every four years to play international games. The Miami Hurricanes Women’s Basketball program had last been oversees in 2014, when they experienced France, Belgium and the Netherlands. This made them well due for another excursion in this past summer, which they took in August to Italy, following a similar itinerary to that of the Men’s team.
The preparation began in June, when the incoming freshmen arrived in Coral Gables to report to school. 10 practices soon followed to prepare for the competition overseas. But before the team knew, they would find themselves in Europe, where the Roman sunshine would greet the players after the long, jet lag inducing transatlantic flight.