MUNCIE, Ind. -- You might call Tahjai Teague fortunate. After all, he will take his second foreign trip with the Ball State men's basketball team this summer. That's a chance most players don't get, considering the trips are allowed by the NCAA just once every four years.
Teague didn't feel quite so fortunate the first time around when a broken foot reduced him to spectator status in the Bahamas back in 2015. The injury led him to redshirt that season as a true freshman, the extra year ultimately helping with his development.
Now a fifth-year senior and the Cardinals' elder statesman, Teague is hoping this summer's trip to Costa Rica will provide a springboard similar to the one four years ago when BSU went on to its first 20-win season in more than a dozen years.