Johnson Selected to Play for One World Select in Greece – Ohio State Buckeyes
6/2/1999 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
June 2, 1999
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio State junior center Ken Johnson (6-11, Detroit/Henry Ford) will play for One World Select, a team of 10-collegians touring Greece for 10 days, June 11-21.
The team will be coached by Rob Lanier, an assistant at Texas.
The team will leave June 11 and practice June 12-13 before a pair of practice games June 14 against a Greek professional squad and June 16 against the Under-20 team from Israel. A four-day tournament against Under-20 national teams from Croatia, Greece, Israel, Turkey and Yugoslavia runs June 17-20.
One World Select opens with Israel June 17 followed by Yugoslavia June 18 and Croatia June 19. The fifth-place, third-place and championship games will be held June 20.
The tour is sponsored by Pittsburgh-based The Hoop Group.
1999 One World Select Team Roster
Name Pos. Ht. College Brian Allenspach C 6-11 Western Kentucky C.J. Black F/C 6-8 Tennessee Maurice Evans G/F 6-5 Texas Doug Gottlieb G 6-1 Oklahoma State Ken Johnson C 6-11 Ohio State Gabe Muoneke F 6-7 Texas Albert Mouring G 6-2 Connecticut J.R. Raymond G 6-1 Oklahoma Brook Sales F 6-9 Villanova Edmund Saunders F 6-8 Connecticut
Head coach: Rob Lanier, Texas Assistant coach: Dave Leitao (Connecticut)
