The defending champion UConn Huskies’ air journey has been considerably restricted in the course of the NCAA Tournament.
The proximity of nearly all of the workforce’s video games seemingly had it touring by bus as a substitute of by air. But this 12 months’s Final Four is being held at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona.
And UConn bumped into some turbulence Wednesday even earlier than the workforce boarded a airplane.
UConn coach Dan Hurley informed CBS Sports mechanical points with an plane have been no less than partly accountable for a delayed flight. As of Wednesday night, the opposite three groups within the Final Four had arrived in Arizona.
Workers set up logos on the outside of State Farm Stadium in preparation for the Final Four April 6-8, 2024 in Glendale, Ariz. (Michael Chow-Arizona Republic)
The NCAA coordinates journey logistics for groups taking part in in each the boys’s and girls’s tournaments. An incoming flight from Kansas City, Missouri, scheduled to hold the Huskies to Arizona skilled a number of points upon its arrival, which prevented an on-time departure.
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CBS Sports additionally reported that logistical points, together with considerations whether or not the flight crew would surpass its FAA hours restrict, contributed to the delay.
UConn head coach Dan Hurley yells calls in the course of the second half of a sport in opposition to Providence March 9, 2024, in Providence, R.I. (AP Photo/Mark Stockwell)
As of seven:30 p.m. ET Wednesday, the airline was unable to assign an alternate flight crew for UConn’s flight to Arizona.
The Huskies might find yourself taking a smaller jet, however a airplane positioned in Cinncinati wouldn’t be scheduled to depart till 12:45 a.m. ET Thursday. The late departure and smaller airplane measurement would end in a 5 a.m. arrival, which might be 2 a.m. native time, in line with UConn officers.
Donovan Clingan of the Connecticut Huskies celebrates along with his teammates after defeating the Illinois Fighting Illini within the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament at TD Garden March 30, 2024, in Boston. (Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)
UConn gamers are scheduled to deal with the media Thursday afternoon.
N.C. State is scheduled to play Purdue within the first sport of the boys’s Final Four April 6. UConn and Alabama play the second sport of the night at 8:49 p.m. ET.
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