Buongiorno from Italia! After somewhere between 20-30 hours of travel, depending on how you do time zone math, the Mississippi State basketball team arrived in Rome on Wednesday morning for a two-week, four-game exhibition trip in Europe. Days one and two were mostly devoted to sightseeing and acclimation to the area and new time zone, including visits to the Trevi Fountain and The Vatican in Rome, as well enough local food to feed most families for a month.
The trip to Italy and Switzerland will include nearly a dozen cities, and is important to second-year head coach Ben Howland for nearly as many reasons.