From their webpage (translation link):
https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=en&prev=search&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=it&u=http://www.sambasketmassagno.com/news/901/15/Prima-Amichevole-del-19-agosto-2015.html&usg=ALkJrhjD2QoUtYJhK18Rxfq9ycGYmqx08w"Discovering Marquette University ...
The University of Marquette is among the most important in the United States and is located in Milwaukee, the state of Wisconsin. In a recent study ranking is ranked no. 75 of the most important universities in USA. The number of students is ca. 11,500.
Marquette Golden Eagles is instead the basketball team that plays in the Big East Conference and has won an NCAA title in 1977. Among the most representative players is Dwayne Wade of the Miami Heats NBA and Travis Diener finalist this year with Reggio Emilia.
Ties with Marquette University are also with the SAM Basketball because in recent years has had three players brought up in this university;
Chris Grimm, role center who spent two seasons in Massagno
Dan Fitzgerald, wing role that has had two experiences with us, the first with Chris Grimm and the second at the Cup Final Switzerland in 2013
Jake Thomas, shooting guard role that we had last year until the end of January.
The team that will be at Palamondo Wednesday, August 19, at 19.00, will be represented mostly by players "freshmen" from the High School that are being considered by the technical staff of Head Coach Steve Wojciehowski in his second year at the head of the team, Previously he was an assistant at Duke under
the "myth" Mike Krzyzewski.
To follow the team there will also be representatives of the University and family members who have followed the group during this study tour and sport in Italy and by us in Switzerland.
If there were people interested in receiving information on the possibilities of academic study at Marquette there will be an opportunity to talk directly.We look forward to the first official match of the season 2015-2016. "
Bolded things I thought interesting.
One Rice kid plays there:
http://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/Seth_Gearhart/Switzerland/SAM_Basket_Massagno/234268One Dukie plays there:
http://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/Josh_Hairston/Switzerland/SAM_Basket_Massagno/182812
