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Pitt Basketball F John Hugley to Compete with East Coast All-Stars in Spain

John Hugley will represent the Pitt Panthers on a foreign tour in early August.
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Pitt Basketball F John Hugley to Compete with East Coast All-Stars in Spain
Pitt Basketball F John Hugley to Compete with East Coast All-Stars in Spain

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PITTSBURGH -- It was the greatest assortment of basketball talent ever squeezed onto one roster in its day. 30 years ago, the Dream Team, led by Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson and Larry Bird, took the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona by storm. As the first US Olympic team comprised entirely of active professional players, they won the gold medal handily. Now, USA East Coast Basketball is preparing to honor the accomplishments of that team with a tour through Spain and current Pitt Panther John Hugley is going to join them. 

Hugley will represent the Panthers alongside 13 other college basketball stars on a trip overseas. The team will train at Columbia University in New York City from August 1 to 2 before embarking to Barcelona for a series of commemorative games and activities. They will get to meet with some players from the 1992 team and play three games against players from Spain's Liga ACB. 

Ethan Morton (Purdue), Jaylen Blakes (Duke), Cinque Stephens (NYU), Jaden Bobbett (Middlebury), Allyn Breed (Providence), Shamir Bogues (Tarleton), KJ Simpson (Colorado), Logan Alters (California), Brandon Newman (Purdue), JR Konieczny (Notre Dame), Jarrett Hensley (Cincinnatti), Bennie Williams (Syracuse) and Raphael Castro (Providence) will join Hugley on the trip. Alex Jensen, an assistant coach with the Utah Jazz, leads the coaching staff. 

Pitt is beginning to build a strong connection to USA East Coast Basketball. Earlier this summer, Nate Santos and William Jeffress traveled with a roster of college players to Athens, Greece, where they played against Greek professionals. 

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STEPHEN THOMPSON

Stephen Thompson graduated with a bachelor's degree in communications and political science from Pitt in April 2022 after spending four years as a sports writer and editor at The Pitt News, the University of Pittsburgh's independent, student-run newspaper.  He primarily worked the Pitt men's basketball beat, and filled in on coverage of football, volleyball, softball, gymnastics and lacrosse, in addition to other sports as needed. His work at The Pitt News has won awards from the Pennsylvania News Media Association and Associated College Press.  During the spring and summer of 2021, Stephen interned for Pittsburgh Sports Now, covering baseball in western Pennsylvania. Hailing from Washington D.C., family ties have cultivated a love of Boston's professional teams and Pitt athletics, and a fascination with sports in general.  You can reach Stephen by email at stephenethompson00@gmail.com and follow him on Twitter. Read his latest work:

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