UC travel update

After an aborted attempt to reach Storrs, Conn. on Friday night, the University of Cincinnati basketball team was expected to arrive on the University of Connecticut campus late tonight in time to play its regular-season finale vs. No. 13 UConn at 6 p.m. Sunday.
The Bearcats were originally scheduled to leave Cincinnati Friday night on a 7:40 p.m. flight for Hartford.

After that flight was cancelled the Bearcats boarded a bus with the intention of driving to Detroit, from where they would catch a flight to Harford.

But road conditions were so bad as the bus approached I-75 near downtown that UC coach Mick Cronin ordered it to turn around and return to the UC campus.

The Bearcats then scheduled a 7:30 p.m. charter flight to take them to Hartford, where they were to board a bus for the 45-minute drive to Storrs.

The game was originally scheduled for 4 p.m. Saturday, was temporarily moved to 8 p.m. Saturday and finally to today’s 6 p.m. starting time.

Meanwhile, Chuck Machock and I have already arrived on a commercial flight. There's no snow here, just a lot of rain. If the team can't arrive, Chuck can play point guard and I'm pretty confident that I can handle Hasheem Thabeet.