{"id":6902,"date":"2011-08-12T15:12:51","date_gmt":"2011-08-12T19:12:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/?p=6902"},"modified":"2011-08-12T16:47:32","modified_gmt":"2011-08-12T20:47:32","slug":"italian-job-wright-state-b-ball-preps-for-trip-to-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2011\/08\/12\/italian-job-wright-state-b-ball-preps-for-trip-to-europe\/","title":{"rendered":"Italian job: Wright State b-ball preps for trip to Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- @font-face {   font-family: \"Times\"; }@font-face {   font-family: \"\uff2d\uff33 \u660e\u671d\"; }@font-face {   font-family: \"\uff2d\uff33 \u660e\u671d\"; }@font-face {   font-family: \"Cambria\"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria; }p { margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times; }.MsoChpDefault { font-family: Cambria; }div.WordSection1 { page: WordSection1; } -->The Raiders are gearing up for an Italian job they hope will help them during the regular season.<\/p>\n<p>The Wright State men&#8217;s basketball team will head to Italy August 20 to play four games against Italian teams before returning home August 30 from the 10-day trip.<\/p>\n<p>Head coach Billy Donlon and his team have begun an intense series of 10 rugged practices before heading to Europe.<\/p>\n<p>Because this is the first foreign trip Donlon has taken as a head coach, he doesn\u2019t want to work the Raiders too hard. Donlon does want to make sure the team is ready to take full advantage of the opportunity to play against high-level Italian professional teams.<\/p>\n<p>Donlon believes the experience will be key for his team, which is loaded with underclassman. Wright State currently has nine freshmen and sophomores on the roster and no player who has been with the program for more than one season.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-6902 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2011\/08\/12\/italian-job-wright-state-b-ball-preps-for-trip-to-europe\/wsu-italy2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"126\" height=\"90\" src=\"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/files\/2011\/08\/WSU-Italy2-140x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Photo of Wright State basketball players practicing.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-6898\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-6898'>\n\t\t\t\tThe practices have been intense as Donlon has tried to prepare his team for professional competition.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2011\/08\/12\/italian-job-wright-state-b-ball-preps-for-trip-to-europe\/wsu-italy3\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"126\" height=\"90\" src=\"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/files\/2011\/08\/WSU-Italy3-140x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Photo of head coach Billy Donlon.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-6899\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-6899'>\n\t\t\t\tThe trip to Italy will be the first international trip head coach Billy Donlon has taken his team on.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2011\/08\/12\/italian-job-wright-state-b-ball-preps-for-trip-to-europe\/wsu-italy4\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"126\" height=\"90\" src=\"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/files\/2011\/08\/WSU-Italy4-140x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Photo of Wright State basketball players practicing.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-6900\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-6900'>\n\t\t\t\tThe Raiders are in the midst of a rugged 10-practice schedule before the trip.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2011\/08\/12\/italian-job-wright-state-b-ball-preps-for-trip-to-europe\/wsu-italy5\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"126\" height=\"90\" src=\"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/files\/2011\/08\/WSU-Italy5-140x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Photo of Wright State basketball players practicing.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-6901\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-6901'>\n\t\t\t\tWright State will play four Italian professional teams on the 10-day trip.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Raiders are gearing up for an Italian job they hope will help them during the regular season. <a 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