Each year Eurobasket.com and WCL Sports Management takes a team of Americans overseas to compete against Professional teams in their pursuit of a contract. In 2016, the ESL Select Team coached by Allen Mkrtychyan of Russia went 9-1 through a rigorous 10 games in 10 day schedule across Germany. Their lone loss coming at the hands of Bernau in the last game of the trip. Players from that team went on to play in several countries including Germany, Spain, Italy, Australia, and Brazil. This year a new group of 14 players will make the trip to Germany to compete against professional level teams.
Schedule:
Aug 26: Salzkotten
Aug 27: Bochum
Aug 29: Vechta
Aug 30: Artland Dragons and Dusseldorf
Aug 31: Dusseldorf
Sept 2: Cuxhaven and Stade
Sept 3: Groningen
Let’s meet the team.
| # | Player | Height | Position | Last Team |
| 1 | Grant Prusator | 6’0 | G | Arkansas Tech |
| 7 | Kenny Bellinger | 6’1 | G | Maccabi Haifa/Israel |
| 3 | Killven Samuel | 6’2 | G | Northeastern State |
| 12 | Isaiah Butler | 6’2 | G | Mississippi State |
| 9 | Quaderrick Shaw | 6’4 | G | Florida State |
| 23 | Marquis Marshall | 6’5 | G/F | Alvernia |
| 30 | Ryan Burnett | 6’5 | G/F | Columbus State |
| 15 | Arvel Atwater | 6’5 | G/F | Allen |
| 33 | Nick Trisko | 6’8 | F | Spalding |
| 35 | Jordan Stotts | 6’8 | F | Moncton/Canada |
| 31 | Zach Gordon | 6’8 | F | Cal Poly |
| 50 | Kris Bell | 6’10 | F/C | Fort Valley State |
| 55 | Drew Sears | 6’10 | F/C | Whitworth |
| 25 | Luke Cochran | 6’10 | F/C | Sonoma State |