Penn State sophomore forward/center Brandon Hassell of Farmersville, Ohio, will represent Penn State on the 2005 Big Ten Men's Basketball Foreign Tour, the school announced yesterday.

The team was announced yesterday by conference officials. Illinois coach Bruce Weber, who will serve as coach for this year's tour team, put together a squad comprised of 12 student-athletes from 11 different league schools. The tour runs from Aug. 9-19 and is tentatively scheduled to include five games in Spain.

Hassell played in 20 games for the Nittany Lions (7-23) last year, averaging 1.7 points and 1.9 rebounds per game. Hassell is one of seven players on the Tour roster with two or fewer years of experience. He played earned his first career start late last season against then-No. 1 Illinois.

The 2005 Foreign Tour Team will include a pair of Weber's own players in guards Calvin Brock and Brian Randle. The Tour squad will have two other guards in Iowa's Mike Henderson and Northwestern's Evan Seacat.

The Foreign Tour Team includes six forwards: Hassell, Indiana's Marco Killingsworth, Michigan's Ron Coleman, Ohio State's Matt Terwilliger, Purdue's Matt Kiefer and Wisconsin's Jason Chappell. Weber will also have two centers to choose from in Michigan State's Goran Suton and Minnesota's Spencer Tollackson.

The schedule for the tour team will be released at a later date.