BATON ROUGE, La (FOX44) - The LSU men's basketball team will travel to Italy on Tuesday. Coach Trent Johnson and his team will take part in an 11-day exhibition tour with five games scheduled in the Rome and Varese/Milan area.

It will be the first trip abroad for the Tiger basketball team since 2000.

When thinking of Italy one may think vacation, not Coach Johnson.

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