Baye Moussa Keita, Brandon Triche Officially Own Estonia

by Sean Keeley on Aug 4, 2011 1:09 PM EDT

They say the sun never sets on the Otto-man Empire. Now they'll have to learn how to say that in Estonian.

Scoop Jardine is now off to China where he plans to annex the nation and pick up some really great smarthpones on the cheap (Ooh Yea That's Cheap Labor!"). Meanwhile, Baye Moussa Keita and Brandon Triche are in Estonia playing for the East Coast All-Stars in a barnstorming tour of the country.

The roster includes Triche, Keita, Purdue's Anthony Johnson, Iowa's Matt Gatens and many other notable players.

Things kicked off for the squad Wednesday evening with a 104-61 exhibition win over something called Viimsi Spordikeskuss. Syracuse's stars were key in the victory. Keita had 11 points,17 rebounds and four blocked shots, and Triche contributed 13 points and seven assists.

East Coast now has a practice day in Tallinn's Saku Arena Thursday and then they'll get down to busines on Friday with a showdown against the Sweden National Team. From there, they'll play two more games in consecutive days against Georgia and Estonia and then return home to a hero's welcome.

And by hero's welcome I mean they'll return to their dorms to play Call of Duty and pass out after eating some wings from Acropolis.

One note...SU Athletics refereed to Keita as "Baye Keita," leaving out the Moussa. I will not follow suit. Nor should you.

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Triche was in Ogdensburg NY prior to leaving for Spain

Brandon took his talents to Ogdensburg, NY in July to participate in the “No Nonsense” basketball camp for kids in grades 5-12. My daughter was there and had this photo taken with him:

'91 SU alum

by AlbanyHDTV on Aug 4, 2011 1:25 PM EDT reply actions 3 recs

Short sleeves?

Isn’t almost time for snow in Og/Massena?

The 'Cuse is in tha house, oh my God oh my God.

by StrawHatGuy on Aug 4, 2011 1:47 PM EDT up reply actions

seriously tho, awesome pic.

Love Triche showing the Upstate love.

The 'Cuse is in tha house, oh my God oh my God.

by StrawHatGuy on Aug 4, 2011 1:53 PM EDT up reply actions

Nice!

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by Sean Keeley on Aug 4, 2011 2:03 PM EDT up reply actions

OFA?

May Doug Marrone bless you and keep you.

by ryanwk628 on Aug 4, 2011 2:47 PM EDT up reply actions

"I will not follow suite."

So many ways I want to go with this, except none of them make sense.

The 'Cuse is in tha house, oh my God oh my God.

by StrawHatGuy on Aug 4, 2011 1:45 PM EDT reply actions

Expanding the empire

to Estonia. Take that Former Soviet Bloc member.

Without Gerry McNamara we wouldn't have won 10 f-- games, not 10

by PoetryInMoten on Aug 4, 2011 2:26 PM EDT reply actions

So you’re telling me the fact that I was in Estonia just three weeks ago didn’t do the job? Lame,

'Cuse 2010, Michigan 2012

by Orange22 on Aug 4, 2011 2:52 PM EDT reply actions

Did you plant a Cuse flag at the nation's highest point?

If not, then no.

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by Sean Keeley on Aug 4, 2011 7:36 PM EDT up reply actions

I see no evidence of flag planting in any of our other acquisitions! If I’d known there needed to be flag planting… Well, I still wouldn’t have done it because there’s no way the highest point is in Old Town Tallinn.

'Cuse 2010, Michigan 2012

by Orange22 on Aug 5, 2011 1:09 AM EDT up reply actions