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Why is UConn traveling from New Orleans to Storrs to Forth Worth in a two day stretch? This team has compiled more traveling miles than anyone else in the conference and now make this dumb decision.

New Orleans to Forth Worth = 540 Miles

New Orleans to Storrs (1,442 miles) and Storrs to Fort Worth (1,725 miles) = 3,167 miles

This is insanity

Edit: May be three or four days instead of two but still
 
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It is insanity and a big reason why we are leaving the conference. I used to have class with the players. Sometimes they don’t land in CT until 1 or 2am, get to campus around 3am then have class at 8am. It’s crazy what these kids go through.
 
I think there is an NCAA rule where if there is class being held the next day, the team must go home for class.
 
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when are they flying to forth worth, Wednesday?

agreed it's ridiculous but sunday to weds is a 4 day stretch
 
is it a given that there would be some place to practice if they didn't come home ?
 
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JimHurley said:
It is insanity and a big reason why we are leaving the conference. I used to have class with the players. Sometimes they don’t land in CT until 1 or 2am, get to campus around 3am then have class at 8am. It’s crazy what these kids go through.
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This is the unseen commitment. Being a high level D1 athlete and a college student is a lot harder than many think. The NCAA is run by self serving money grubbing scumbags who don't get this. It's not 1950 anymore.
 
Does sitting on an airplane really affect an 18 year old kid that much? Hey will never notice the extra hour. I think the travel thing is overstated.
 
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YearoftheHusky said:
Does sitting on an airplane really affect an 18 year old kid that much? Hey will never notice the extra hour. I think the travel thing is overstated.
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I think its more that this is a high level of competition, even if it makes them only 3% worse, that 3% could be the difference.
 
pj said:
I travel regularly. If I had a business meeting in New Orleans on Sunday and a meeting in Fort Worth on Thursday, no way I'm staying in hotels in Texas Sunday-Wednesday rather than my own bed.
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Yeah, people are acting like the games are Tuesday.
 
HuskyHawk said:
Yeah, people are acting like the games are Tuesday.
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Right, UConn has been so good on the road, especially after long flights. Let’s not throw them a bone and keep them in the area for two extra days
 
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CTBasketball said:
Its a 3 and 4 hour flight they’ll be fine.
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I know why are we acting like they have to hike through West Virginia to then swim across the Mississippi, until finally backpacking their way across the lower plains in time for Thursday?
it is literally a few hours on a plane... I’m more concerned with playing down to the level of their competition, possibly looking past Tulane who’d be playing them a 3rd time and should have a good game plan, to the rematch grudge match with WSU... why am I nervous already?
but yeah the travel blows but it blows either way so why not come home and relax a bit?
 
pj said:
I travel regularly. If I had a business meeting in New Orleans on Sunday and a meeting in Fort Worth on Thursday, no way I'm staying in hotels in Texas Sunday-Wednesday rather than my own bed.
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So u have a dinner meeting on Sunday (they aren’t leaving the arena until 7:30/8) and taking a 9pm flight that gets u home at 2am? Then going to the gym for a 2 hour workout on Monday and then work? They aren’t flying out Thur am for a 3:00 game! They are prob leaving wed morning to arrive by 2:00. Thats a lot of wasted time imo.
 
evmore said:
I know why are we acting like they have to hike through West Virginia to then swim across the Mississippi, until finally backpacking their way across the lower plains in time for Thursday?
it is literally a few hours on a plane... I’m more concerned with playing down to the level of their competition, possibly looking past Tulane who’d be playing them a 3rd time and should have a good game plan, to the rematch grudge match with WSU... why am I nervous already?
but yeah the travel blows but it blows either way so why not come home and relax a bit?
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Ron Hunter has a better chance at busting out of his undersized suit than Hurley does at not having his team ready for Round 1.
 
pj said:
I travel regularly. If I had a business meeting in New Orleans on Sunday and a meeting in Fort Worth on Thursday, no way I'm staying in hotels in Texas Sunday-Wednesday rather than my own bed.
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Me too. But in this case it's likely that it costs a lot less to fly ~25 people back to CT for 3 nights (which is a < 3 hr flight) than keep them somewhere b/n NOLA and Tulsa (wherever the that is) for 3 nights + meals, practices, tutors, etc. There's also the slight possibility that if they win out they'll have to fly out of Tulsa to some other shithole to play on Tues / Wed.

So yea, they're going home for 2 days.
 
NJHusky said:
So u have a dinner meeting on Sunday (they aren’t leaving the arena until 7:30/8) and taking a 9pm flight that gets u home at 2am? Then going to the gym for a 2 hour workout on Monday and then work? They aren’t flying out Thur am for a 3:00 game! They are prob leaving wed morning to arrive by 2:00. Thats a lot of wasted time imo.
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Travel by definition = wasted time.
 
CTBasketball said:
Ron Hunter has a better chance at busting out of his undersized suit than Hurley does at not having his team ready for Round 1.
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My mom who doesn't watch basketball (and picks up on this kinda stuff watching sports) turned to me and said that double breasted suit looks awful on that man.
 
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