Vancouver Trip Itinerary
DETROIT (6/20/14) - The University of Detroit Mercy men's basketball team has finalized plans for a preseason trip to Vancouver and Whistler, British Columbia, Canada. The Titans will play four games against Canadian college teams while visiting two beautiful cities. The eight-day tour runs from Aug. 13-21.
The Titans will depart from Detroit on Wednesday, Aug. 13 for Vancouver, where they will play four games in five days, before heading over to Whistler where they will spend two days sight seeing before flying back to Detroit on Thursday, Aug. 21.
"This is a great opportunity for us to bring our team together in the summer to get in 10 practices to help build our identity," said head coach
Ray McCallum. "I've been on a lot of these trips and after each one our team has really grown together and gotten better, it's a great experience."
All four games played will be against Canadian college teams. A complete schedule is listed below:
Thursday, Aug. 14Detroit vs. TBA
Friday, Aug. 15Detroit vs. University of British Columbia
Sunday, Aug. 17Detroit vs. University of Fraser Valley
Monday, Aug. 18 Detroit vs. Trinity Western
All tickets will be available at the door. For further information, please contact the host institutions:
University of British Columbia: (604) 827-4547
University of Fraser Valley: (604) 504-7441
Trinity Western: (604) 513-2001
Titan season ticket holders from last year can now go online (
click here) or call the Detroit Titans Ticket Office at (313) 993-1700 to renew their season tickets for the 2014-15 campaign. The deadline to renew is Friday, July 18.
Fans who purchased tickets last year that renew before the deadline will be entered to win a chance to deliver the game ball on Opening Night along with a picture taken with coach McCallum.
The Titans will return All-Horizon League forward and captain
Juwan Howard Jr. along with All-League Freshman guard
Jarod Williams to the court this season. Detroit will also welcome its 2014 signing class of Aaron Foster-Smith, Jaleel Hogan and Shy McClelland to Dick Vitale Court.