Northwestern basketball departs for Europe today for it's 10-day, three-city preseason tour. And as we are all of course aware, it's a well known fact that teams that go on preseason trips abroad are 1,000 times more likely to make the postseason in the subsequent season than those that don't.
Clearly, Jim Phillips and Chris Collins were well aware of that fact when the trip was planned. And clearly, they chose carefully. They decided to take Northwestern basketball on a scenic trip to España, the home of basketball. Or at least the home of European basketball. Or at least a place where basketball is played professionally.