Summer Plans Already Taking Shape for Utes
Coach Jim Boylen has insisted that unlike last year, his players will be required to stay in town for workouts during most of their upcoming summer break -- with two exceptions.
Forward Kim Tillie and guard Luka Drca will play internationally during the summer, though neither will play in the 2008 Beijing Games in China.
Tillie will play with France's Under-20 national team as it prepares for the U-20 European Championship in Latvia at the start of August. Drca, meanwhile, will represent his native Serbia on a team of collegians that will play at the third annual Friendship Games that begin May 30 in Israel -- a tournament conceived by Atlanta Hawks co-owner Ed Peskowitz with the hope of uniting players from around the world. In addition to basketball, players from nearly two dozen nations tour historic sites around Tel Aviv, including Jerusalem, Nazareth, The Dead Sea and the Sea of Galilee.
Meanwhile, the remaining Utes will stay in Salt Lake City for strength and conditioning workouts. They will be joined by all five incoming freshmen, Boylen said, who will arrive on campus by June 19 in order to take classes during the second session of summer school.
Players will finally be allowed a break after August 1, and most are expected to go home for a few weeks before the fall semester begins.
Forward Kim Tillie and guard Luka Drca will play internationally during the summer, though neither will play in the 2008 Beijing Games in China.
Tillie will play with France's Under-20 national team as it prepares for the U-20 European Championship in Latvia at the start of August. Drca, meanwhile, will represent his native Serbia on a team of collegians that will play at the third annual Friendship Games that begin May 30 in Israel -- a tournament conceived by Atlanta Hawks co-owner Ed Peskowitz with the hope of uniting players from around the world. In addition to basketball, players from nearly two dozen nations tour historic sites around Tel Aviv, including Jerusalem, Nazareth, The Dead Sea and the Sea of Galilee.
Meanwhile, the remaining Utes will stay in Salt Lake City for strength and conditioning workouts. They will be joined by all five incoming freshmen, Boylen said, who will arrive on campus by June 19 in order to take classes during the second session of summer school.
Players will finally be allowed a break after August 1, and most are expected to go home for a few weeks before the fall semester begins.
posted by www.sltrib.com @ 11:46 AM |
6 Comments:
I'm excited for another big man to push Luke, unless he pulls a Plaistead and turns pro. What a joke.
I like our international guys. It's good to see them getting more playing experience during the off season. The rest of you: get in the weight room and kick some ass next year!
These workouts likely violate NCAA rules governing the off-season and should be self-reported to appropriate authorities. Would one of you Utes please take care of that? Thank you.
NCAA bylaws allow 2 hours per week of off-season workouts. That was part of the reason he was glad to have post-season play, so he could workout the team more than the off-season rules allow. I'd bet Boylen is well aware of the NCAA rules.
I hope Boylen is aware. Majerus was not as you may recall.
Boylen talked about the restriction in a press conference about the CBI tournament. He knows.
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