UConn has not gotten on a plane once this postseason, and as of Wednesday night, that remained true. The No. 1 overall seed Huskies have been delayed out of Connecticut on account of mechanical issues with the plane they were scheduled to take Wednesday, UConn coach Dan Hurley told CBS Sports.
The NCAA oversees and handles all travel for all teams in both the men’s and women’s NCAA Tournaments. The plane UConn was supposed to be on was coming in from Kansas City but ran into multiple technical troubles that prevented it from leaving on time.
Not only is UConn’s chartered flight running behind, Hurley told CBS Sports that the crew assigned to the flight would max it outs allowable work hours, per FAA guidelines. As of 7:30 p.m. ET on Wednesday, there is no backup flight crew to take UConn to Arizona. After scouring all backup plans and planes, UConn’s earliest option to get to the Final Four is via a smaller plane (that would still bring the entire team and staff), but it isn’t scheduled to take off until 12:45 a.m. ET on Thursday morning….
