globesports.com: LSU to make three-game pre-season trip to Ontario

globesports.com: LSU to make three-game pre-season trip to Ontario: "A three-game pre-season trip to southern Ontario will give Lousiana State University basketball coaches and fans an early look at a revamped roster.

The Tigers' exhibition games will be September 1 at the University of Guelph; September 2 at York University in Toronto and September 3 at the University of Toronto.

A recently instituted NCAA rule lets college teams take off-season trips outside the U.S. — and get an extra 10 days of practice for them.

Coach John Brady says that will mean ten days of work with the veterans, and some extra work as well for the new players. He says it will give the team a chance to introduce newcomers to the team's basics, but he says the biggest advantage is a chance to travel together and build team chemistry."