Mentioned in a previous post that the Stingers travel very well.
Pre-season trips to the U.S. have become a yearly fixture on Concordia’s schedule, with visits to Duke and Connecticut ranking among the best.
According to Coach Dore, a preliminary U.S. tour has been set for next season, with road games against Vermont, Arizona, Northern Arizona, Rhode Island, and Maryland.
Both the Arizona Wildcats and Maryland Terrapins are NCAA tournament-regulars, with the ‘Cats having won the national title in 1997, and the Terps in 2002.
Last year the Stingers played two games in thin-aired Colorado, before returning east to face Rhode Island and Vermont.
May sound expensive for a relatively small athletic department like Concordia’s to send its basketball team across America, but if anything, it’s a money-maker.
The Stingers receive appearance fees for the games, all of which take place during the NCAA’s pre-season (Division I programs cannot play other D-One teams until mid-November).
Certain games have even seen the Stingers collect payments of five-figures U.S.
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