C'mon, students. Give up that last 30 minutes of bar time, meet the team bus.
Marquette Athletics @muathletics 6m
#mubb expected to return to campus and the Al McGuire Center at approximately 1:30 a.m. Sunday morning.
Hah, hope the get an ok crowd, but not sending an e-mail for that one :)
Buzz 3:16
Come on students...after-bar at the AL!
Some student has to be home checking Scoop. Hit up the campus bars, print a bunch of pages saying "Team returns to AL at 1:30 AM. Be there!" and throw them around. They deserve it!
Quote from: chapman on March 24, 2013, 12:05:00 AM
Some student has to be home checking Scoop. Hit up the campus bars, print a bunch of pages saying "Team returns to AL at 1:30 AM. Be there!" and throw them around. They deserve it!
This! Hell anyone in Milwaukee could probably do this....
While your at it take some video!
...come join the team as they breakfast at Real Chilli, at 2:00 AM.
I'llGo. Can Someone Update So I Know It's The Correct Time.
Ill keep you updated. You also might want to check @muathletics or @mikebroker for updates. That's where I get my info.
Quote from: TallTitan34 on March 24, 2013, 12:23:44 AM
Ill keep you updated. You also might want to check @muathletics or @mikebroker for updates. That's where I get my info.
It's @mikebroeker. I'm now following some kid in Denver named Mike Broker.
Quote from: TallTitan34 on March 24, 2013, 12:23:44 AM
Ill keep you updated. You also might want to check @muathletics or @mikebroker for updates. That's where I get my info.
Delta flight #8926. Scheduled to land at MKE 1:27 a.m.
flightaware.com
EDIT: Landing time updated.
Quote from: Benny B on March 24, 2013, 12:35:19 AM
Delta flight #8926. Scheduled to land at MKE 1:27 a.m.
flightaware.com
EDIT: Landing time updated.
commercial?
Quote from: Benny B on March 24, 2013, 12:35:19 AM
Delta flight #8926. Scheduled to land at MKE 1:27 a.m.
flightaware.com
EDIT: Landing time updated.
They really are flying commercial???
No chance they are flying commercial.
They have a charter flight with everyone on it.
Quote from: TallTitan34 on March 24, 2013, 12:40:25 AM
No chance they are flying commercial.
They have a charter flight with everyone on it.
You are correct.
Quote from: TallTitan34 on March 24, 2013, 12:40:25 AM
No chance they are flying commercial.
They have a charter flight with everyone on it.
why is it a Delta flight number?
It's not a Delta flight.
Quote from: TallTitan34 on March 24, 2013, 12:45:58 AM
It's not a Delta flight.
how can you tell? Does Delta know that they assigned a flight number to a flight they aren't operating?
What makes you think this Delta flight is the one they are on? I think someone just looked up the only commercial flight from Lexington to Milwaukee.
Quote from: TallTitan34 on March 24, 2013, 12:50:15 AM
What makes you think this Delta flight is the one they are on? I think someone just looked up the only commercial flight from Lexington to Milwaukee.
i dont know but observed these three things:
1) BennyB posted that flight
2) that flight arrives at the same time the team is arriving
3) photo of the team at the airport http://twitter.com/MarquetteU/status/315686777388154881/photo/1 (http://twitter.com/MarquetteU/status/315686777388154881/photo/1)
For charter flights I'd seen footage in the past of them just boarding from the bus on the Tarmac
Does the NCAA book our travel as posh as MU usually does?
Quote from: sixstrings03 on March 24, 2013, 12:53:35 AM
i dont know but observed these three things:
1) BennyB posted that flight
2) that flight arrives at the same time the team is arriving
3) photo of the team at the airport http://twitter.com/MarquetteU/status/315686777388154881/photo/1 (http://twitter.com/MarquetteU/status/315686777388154881/photo/1)
For charter flights I'd seen footage in the past of them just boarding from the bus on the Tarmac
Does the NCAA book our travel as posh as MU usually does?
Clearly not a commercial terminal.
In my time as the mascot, we always took a charter flight. Sometimes we took two.
There is absolutely zero chance they are flying commercial now.
When we left Boise in the 2009 NCAA tournament we boarded the charter flight through the airport.
High flight numbers (like 8000+) indicate a charter on most airlines, Delta included.
Maybe that is it then.
I assure you though, it is a charter flight.
Makes the most sense
Quote from: TallTitan34 on March 24, 2013, 12:55:27 AM
In my time as the mascot, we always took a charter flight. Sometimes we took two.
There is absolutely zero chance they are flying commercial now.
What was the name on the side of the plane when you flew charter? Airlines fly charter flights, too. Delta flies commercial. Delta flies charter. Look up flight #8926 in Delta's timetable... I'll bet you don't find it (because it's a special flight designation given to charter flights).
For Bosie in 2009, they took Allegiant. Must be taking Delta now.
Quote from: Benny B on March 24, 2013, 01:03:41 AM
What was the name on the side of the plane when you flew charter? Airlines fly charter flights, too. Delta flies commercial. Delta flies charter. Look up flight #8926 in Delta's timetable... I'll bet you don't find it (because it's a special flight designation given to charter flights).
i need to get a few more promotions so I can know cool facts about private flying like this.
Quote from: TallTitan34 on March 24, 2013, 12:55:27 AM
In my time as the mascot, we always took a charter flight. Sometimes we took two.
There is absolutely zero chance they are flying commercial now.
Yup, we always took charter to the NCAA and many other games when I was working for MU. It sucks if you lose the first game because you leave that day, no hanging around. I remember when we got our doors blown off by Providence when we played in Charlotte. We had to load that plane (727 I believe) ourselves...the entire staff was on the tarmac throwing bags into the underbelly of the plane with one airport guy securing them. Landed in Milwaukee like 2:00am or whatever it was.
Use FlightRadar24 app...you'll be able to pin it down very quickly
Quote from: sixstrings03 on March 24, 2013, 01:05:59 AM
i need to get a few more promotions so I can know cool facts about private flying like this.
And once you do, you'll want to bookmark www.flightaware.com on every device you own. Takes real-time info (e.g. flight status, schedules, history, etc.) from the FAA, not the filtered information you get from the airlines.
BTW - Plane is on approach over Lake Michigan right now... 5 minutes to touchdown.
I prefer FlightRadar24 app, but flight aware is similar.
(http://i48.tinypic.com/sbjvqd.jpg)
Steve just tweeted wheels down in MKE.
MarquetteMBB @MarquetteMBB 1m
#mubb has returned safely to Milwaukee and will be headed back to campus.
Quote from: ChicosBailBonds on March 24, 2013, 01:12:48 AM
Yup, we always took charter to the NCAA and many other games when I was working for MU. It sucks if you lose the first game because you leave that day, no hanging around. I remember when we got our doors blown off by Providence when we played in Charlotte. We had to load that plane (727 I believe) ourselves...the entire staff was on the tarmac throwing bags into the underbelly of the plane with one airport guy securing them. Landed in Milwaukee like 2:00am or whatever it was.
Still have nightmares of Austin Croshere hitting that half court shot at the half and them just thumipng us (along with God Shamogod traveling every time he had the ball).
See Yall there
Quote from: Norm on March 24, 2013, 01:25:54 AM
Still have nightmares of Austin Croshere hitting that half court shot at the half and them just thumipng us (along with God Shamogod traveling every time he had the ball).
That was a wild week. Went into CUSA with slim chances to make NCAA tournament....the guys won four games in St. Louis to earn the bid and the AD staff, team, coaches, etc, were absolutely on cloud 9. Less than a week later we got annihilated in that game, season over. Croshere was amazing.
c'mon stalk it up peeps
so which of you are here besides me
Quote from: ChicosBailBonds on March 24, 2013, 01:29:32 AM
That was a wild week. Went into CUSA with slim chances to make NCAA tournament....the guys won four games in St. Louis to earn the bid and the AD staff, team, coaches, etc, were absolutely on cloud 9. Less than a week later we got annihilated in that game, season over. Croshere was amazing.
Watched that game at Hegarty's...at least I had the Green Drink to comfort me...
How many people are there?
Not bad. Go get the bar crowds!
I along with a group of friends showed up at 1:15. Hahaha. Pretty good crowd, but some left. Maybe 60 people? Pretty good for two in the morning.
Not bad.
Any pics or video?
Quote from: setyoursightsnorth on March 24, 2013, 02:30:21 AM
I along with a group of friends showed up at 1:15. Hahaha. Pretty good crowd, but some left. Maybe 60 people? Pretty good for two in the morning.
Much better than 2011, there were maybe 15-20 of us out there.
What I don't understand is .. if the plane was a MU charter (obviously) .. why was Buzz unhappy about not being able to go back to the hotel due to the NCAA?
Maybe the NCAA pays for the hotel, but not any "extra" nights..
Team hotel arrival video .. hat tip to OldGym who was there..
http://youtu.be/w3VVw7aLr3E
Quote from: mu_hilltopper on March 24, 2013, 08:25:23 AM
What I don't understand is .. if the plane was a MU charter (obviously) .. why was Buzz unhappy about not being able to go back to the hotel due to the NCAA?
Maybe the NCAA pays for the hotel, but not any "extra" nights..
NCAA doesn't pay for the hotel, you have to go home after the game win or lose.
Also, I think Buzz is irritated not knowing when they play next, which has to do with TV times and audiences and money.
Quote from: PTM on March 24, 2013, 10:27:26 AM
NCAA doesn't pay for the hotel, you have to go home after the game win or lose.
Also, I think Buzz is irritated not knowing when they play next, which has to do with TV times and audiences and money.
Sorry, but that wouldn't make sense. If you are paying for the hotel, there's no law that says, thou shalt not stay the night in Lexington. If there's an NCAA regulation that says that, well, it's pretty strange. I imagine the hotel would take MU's money.
He was irritated at both things, having to leave, and not knowing the time on Thurs.
I think it's not about paying for the hotel, it's about time away from "school" and practice time etc that the NCAA dictates and precludes staying an extra night.
Quote from: mu_hilltopper on March 24, 2013, 10:57:12 AM
Sorry, but that wouldn't make sense. If you are paying for the hotel, there's no law that says, thou shalt not stay the night in Lexington. If there's an NCAA regulation that says that, well, it's pretty strange. I imagine the hotel would take MU's money.
He was irritated at both things, having to leave, and not knowing the time on Thurs.
The hotel taking Marquette's money doesn't mean the players could stay there. It could be viewed as an improper benefit by the NCAA. Let's be honest, if they have a problem with certain bagel spreads, they could probably give the death penalty for putting up an entire team in a hotel against NCAA rules.
I'd think every player would have to pay their own way at the hotel, and depending on where they are put up, that could be pretty pricey for some of the families.
Quote from: mu_hilltopper on March 24, 2013, 08:25:23 AM
What I don't understand is .. if the plane was a MU charter (obviously) .. why was Buzz unhappy about not being able to go back to the hotel due to the NCAA?
Maybe the NCAA pays for the hotel, but not any "extra" nights..
Plane might have been arranged by MU but during tourney is paid for by NCAA. Nevertheless, you're correct... NCAA doesn't pay for extra nights. Very few teams stay over night during the regular season (when they control their own travel schedules) to begin with so it's not an unorthodoxed move for the NCAA to do it in the tourney.
Buzz was upset most likely because he was exhausted but also because he probably didn't know if Corey was cleared to fly home. If my wife was ill, I'd be lobbying for discretion to stay another night, too.
Quote from: Benny B on March 24, 2013, 12:01:00 PM
Plane might have been arranged by MU but during tourney is paid for by NCAA. Nevertheless, you're correct... NCAA doesn't pay for extra nights. Very few teams stay over night during the regular season (when they control their own travel schedules) to begin with so it's not an unorthodoxed move for the NCAA to do it in the tourney.
Buzz was upset most likely because he was exhausted but also because he probably didn't know if Corey was cleared to fly home. If my wife was ill, I'd be lobbying for discretion to stay another night, too.
+1
I thought the same thing ... Buzz looked emotionally bankrupt and was not interested in boarding a plane (even a charter) to land at 1:30 in the morning. His wife was in the hospital and his two sons were probably running around Rupp arena eating sugary things and off their schedule.
... and we ask why Buzz wanted to take a 10 minute ride to his hotel and lay down????
NCAA has lots of crazy rules. No cream cheese on bagels, no color media guides, etc.
Although I think I heard they changed the media guide rule.
Sorry, these arguments don't make sense.
As said above, MU paid for their own hotel. MU paid for their own charter flight. As occurs in the regular season, sometimes teams stay overnight after a game. Heck, most teams (think all of NCAA, not just D1 MBB) fly commercial and are at the mercy of the commercial airline schedule.
Don't know where anyone would think the entire team spending the night is anywhere in the same area code as "improper benefit" and that somehow the students would need to pay for the hotel themselves. The team sets the travel schedule. Sure, if one player wanted to stay behind and do some sight-seeing, ok, they'd likely need to pay for that themselves.
The only item no one knows for certain is if the NCAA has a "you must leave the city after your game" rule. Maybe it exists, but in this thread, it's pure conjecture. When you think about a rule like that, it makes zero sense: There certainly are teams that fly commercial flights to the NCAAs, not everyone has the bucks to blow on a charter. They can't be breaking the rules when the next flight they can actually catch is the next morning, so they stay the night.
Quote from: PTM on March 24, 2013, 10:27:26 AM
NCAA doesn't pay for the hotel, you have to go home after the game win or lose.
NCAA covers
all travel expenses for the "official travel party" (i.e. players and coaches, mostly) during the tourney. The hotel in Lexington was paid by the NCAA.
Quote from: Benny B on March 24, 2013, 02:08:55 PM
NCAA covers all travel expenses for the "official travel party" (i.e. players and coaches, mostly) during the tourney. The hotel in Lexington was paid by the NCAA.
Does anyone know if they pay for the pep band and the spirit squad, too, and is there a limit? I happened to notice last night that all of the teams had exactly twelve members of their spirit squad in various combinations (Louisville had six cheerleaders and six dance team members, we had eight cheerleaders and four dancers, and Butler and Co State each had twelve cheerleaders). Also, all of the pep bands seemed to have the same number of members, and ours was considerably smaller than it is at the BC.
Yes, they pay for both. They pay for travel, and hotel. In my day (99-03), we also got $20/day stipend to eat. Not sure if the food stipend was from the university or the NCAA. The band was limited to 30 students and one conductor, if I recall. The band/ cheer/ spirit squad all traveled together when I was there.
Quote from: TallTitan34 on March 24, 2013, 12:23:41 PM
NCAA has lots of crazy rules. No cream cheese on bagels, no color media guides, etc.
Although I think I heard they changed the media guide rule.
And the bagel spread rule.
There was a cheerleader/dance team/mascot limit when I was there. Not everyone got to go.