ROME, Italy - Mizzou Men's Basketball began its foreign tour to Italy with a busy day around the capital city.

The Tigers, led into the 2016-17 season by third-year head coach Kim Anderson, began the day with their 8.5-hour flight touching down at 9:11 a.m. local time (2:11 a.m. in Columbia). Mizzou toured the world famous Colosseum and surrounding area, followed by a quick authentic Italian pizza dinner. The Tigers closed the day with a warm-up and shoot-around in the Palazzetto Arena Altero Felici, the home gym of Club Stella Azzurra. 

Mizzou opens its exhibition schedule in the Palazzetto Arena on Sunday, Aug. 7, with an 11:30 a.m. tipoff. Fans can follow along online by Twitter (@MizzouHoops).

Check out the latest social media from #Mizzou:

Touched down in Rome ??

— jordan geist (@jordangeist12) August 6, 2016

Yea we here!!! pic.twitter.com/kxQKFe0qDo

— Terrence Phillips (@FloorGeneral03) August 6, 2016

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— jordan geist (@jordangeist12) August 6, 2016

Little dinner with my boy @Kj_Walton1 pic.twitter.com/tnf4833QKb

— Terrence Phillips (@FloorGeneral03) August 6, 2016

"What we do in life echoes in eternity." - Maximus Decimus Meridius. #ForzaMizzou ???????? #MIZ pic.twitter.com/672mFDxZzG

— Mizzou Basketball (@MizzouHoops) August 6, 2016

?? #ForzaMizzou Day 1 Recap ????????

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