AUSTIN, Texas — The University of Texas Men's Basketball team will participate in a 12-day, four-game tour of Australia from August 12-23, the school announced Wednesday. The trip, which includes stays in Melbourne, Cairns and Sydney, will mark just the second overseas summer tour by a UT men's basketball team and first since the program visited Australia in the summer prior to the 1996-97 season.
During the four-game exhibition schedule, the Longhorns will play three professional teams that compete in Australia's National Basketball League (NBL): Melbourne United, Cairns Taipans and Wollongong Hawks. UT will open its exhibition schedule against the Dandedong Rangers, a professional team that competes in the Australia State League (one level below the NBL).