Saving the Toughest Test for Last
Having spent their day off snorkeling near the Great Barrier Reef, the Utes now will face the toughest test of their six-game exhibition tour of Australia when they take on the Brisbane Bullets on Friday.
The Bullets are the defending champions of the National Basketball League, with heralded guard Sam Mackinnon having been named the captain of the Australian national team for its upcoming three-game series against New Zealand next week that will determine whether it reaches the 2008 Beijing Games in China.
The Utes have won one of their previous three games on the tour against teams from the NBL, having split with the Perth Wildcats and lost to West Sydney. (The win came by one point, but the losses by a combined 39.) And neither of those teams figure to be as strong as the Bullets, who finished 28-5 and won their last 18 consecutive games last season.
Win the finale, and the Utes will have a joyous flight home.
The Bullets are the defending champions of the National Basketball League, with heralded guard Sam Mackinnon having been named the captain of the Australian national team for its upcoming three-game series against New Zealand next week that will determine whether it reaches the 2008 Beijing Games in China.
The Utes have won one of their previous three games on the tour against teams from the NBL, having split with the Perth Wildcats and lost to West Sydney. (The win came by one point, but the losses by a combined 39.) And neither of those teams figure to be as strong as the Bullets, who finished 28-5 and won their last 18 consecutive games last season.
Win the finale, and the Utes will have a joyous flight home.
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