UCONN Doesn’t Have a Plane to Get to Phoenix (Merged Thread)

[JMick]

Lol at thinking they’re sleeping till noon in Phoenix. Yes I’m sure last night sucked I’m sure they got broken up sleep at the airport on the plane and at the hotel. You just catch up on getting extra sleep tonight.

Ever wake up to sunset in a warm climate and feel it’s noon but it’s actually 9, It doesn’t matter what time you went to sleep your not waking up at noon.

Catching up on sleep isn't really a thing. Especially with any sort of time change.

It probably won't be an issue but it's not really that simple.

 

[NJHusky]

I don't know why some of you are blaming this on UConn. This is a chartered airplane. It does not fly commercial routes. The NCAA should have had the airplane flown in a day ahead of schedule and paid for it to sit there to ensure the plane would, ya know, ACTUALLY BE AT THE AIRPORT. This is a billion dollar organization with a trip to the freaking Final Four on the line.

Exactly. Or at a minimum arriving the morning of. Not an hour before departure

 

[UConnTrumbull]

If any of you want to get even angrier - check out the tweets showing UConn players with a twin sized bed and roommates while NC state guys have king sized beds and their own rooms. Tell me this isn’t by design?

 

[CTBballfan243]

If any of you want to get even angrier - check out the tweets showing UConn players with a twin sized bed and roommates while NC state guys have king sized beds and their own rooms. Tell me this isn’t by design?

It is by design, UConn isn't a power conference team. The Power Conferences get the $$$ and make the rules. Everyone else are just 2nd class citizens. We're lucky they even let UConn play in the same tournament with the power conferences. In a few years that will not be the case.

 

[superjohn]

If any of you want to get even angrier - check out the tweets showing UConn players with a twin sized bed and roommates while NC state guys have king sized beds and their own rooms. Tell me this isn’t by design?

Get ^^^ out of here. Can you post the pictures or direct me to them?

 

[Griffman]

My daughter played D1 sball for a mid-major and lost to Alabama in the NCAA tournament. They played at Alabama and were eliminated mid-day and were flown home on a private charted jet in the early evening.

Not a direct correlation but if the NCAA can have a private jet waiting for a small d1 school in a non-revenue women’s sport, they better make sure a plane is waiting in Hartford for the reigning national champs and # 1 basketball team in America. Don’t blame the weather. This is entirely on the NCAA for not planning ahead. They are out to get us!!!

 

[Henry]

If true, that would be the 2nd yr in a row that our hotel is inadequate.

 

[UConnTrumbull]

Get ^^^ out of here. Can you post the pictures or direct me to them?

Sorry it’s just a link but here you go!

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[Jay-Bone]

Sorry it’s just a link but here you go!

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What's going to hold up Clingan's legs??

 

[Mike Honcho]

 

[Henry]

That's not a twin bed, it's a double. But if other teams have more comfortable accommodations, that's a problem

 

[NJHusky]

4:30 local time is really 7:30…so the body is waking up

 

[superjohn]

Sorry it’s just a link but here you go!

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Unreal

 

[NJHusky]

Whoever manages this for UConn needs to be reassigned. Sorry but when u get the initial travel info from ncaa u say not acceptable to not have plane arriving late afternoon. Needs to be here early with a fresh flight crew.

With all the press Hurley has done he could have gotten anything he needed by just putting it out there

 

[UConnTrumbull]

Unreal

I hope DH goes absolutely mad in his press conference

 

[NJHusky]

good thing is next year we will know better! And plan accordingly

Doomed

 

[mussels]

They couldn’t fly, but we still have Bai. We’ll be fine.

 

[How Sway?!]

Whoever manages this for UConn needs to be reassigned. Sorry but when u get the initial travel info from ncaa u say not acceptable to not have plane arriving late afternoon. Needs to be here early with a fresh flight crew.

With all the press Hurley has done he could have gotten anything he needed by just putting it out there

Hurley is the one that wanted to leave at that time.

 

[superjohn]

I hope DH goes absolutely mad in his press conference

I'm surprised they didn't put us in a hostel or a homeless shelter.

What's for breakfast? You get a piece of white bread and a cup of water.

 

[JMick]

Sorry it’s just a link but here you go!

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I'm not sure exactly how "intentional" any of this is, but the NCAA certainly doesn't care at all that we have proper travel and accomodations.

 

[superjohn]

back in the day I knew some guys who pulled multiple all-nighters during exams and had enough to get to Ted's afterward. It wasn't uncommon. They'll be fine.

They weren't bball players playing in the final 4.

 

[NJHusky]

Hurley is the one that wanted to leave at that time.

That’s not the point or the cause The issue is there was no plane. U don’t rely on a plane arriving from 4 hours away 30 min before takeoff. It stupid. Anyone who flies commercially knows the best flight is one where the plane arrives night before. So if they r 5 hours late who cares… and u get a fresh flight crew so no time out issues

Uconn should have required the plane to be there the night before. Or first thing in the am at worst. It was terribly managed BY UCONN!

 

[JMick]

That’s not the point or the cause The issue is there was no plane. U don’t rely on a plane arriving from 4 hours away 30 min before takeoff. It stupid. Anyone who flies commercially knows the best flight is one where the plane arrives night before. So if they r 5 hours late who cares… and u get a fresh flight crew so no time out issues

Uconn should have required the plane to be there the night before. Or first thing in the am at worst. It was terribly managed BY UCONN!

For the millionth time, UConn has nothing to do with it

 

[Rocktheworld]

And if there is a delay u arrange for a flight crew to get to Ct so no time out issues

thats obviously not how it works.

I’m glad for you that you have never dealt with flying issues lol this exact situation happens all the time. If you want to whine that the NCAA doesn’t buy teams backup private planes, that’s one thing. But you can’t (quickly) just summon another flight crew in the situation they were in.

 

[Jay-Bone]

For the millionth time, UConn has nothing to do with it

And therein lies the problem.....

Next year when they schedule the final four accommodations, I bet we have something to do with it.