Not terribly important, but would be interested in whether the team will fly back to Milwaukee after the Nova game or stay out East for the Providence game on Tuesday.
I know there's something to be said about sleeping in your own bed, but would think the flying back and forth so late in the season may take something out of them. But then again, they're athletes in their prime.
I'm guessing they'd fly home immediately after the Nova game (chartered) and leave for Providence Monday early evening. Gives them two practice days at the Al.
Of course now realizing the game on Sunday....never mind. ;-)
I remember hearing that they're making one trip out of it, staying on the East Coast Sunday and Monday nights between games.
The NCAA allows you to depart up to 48 hours prior to a game and stay no more than 36 hours after the game. That means provided your games are within 86 hours (84 hours from the end of a game that usually should last 2 hours), you can make two games out of one road trip.
In this case since Sunday is a 1:00p game and Tuesday is 8:00p, MU would - by rule - have to stick around Philly for a 4-5 hours after the game; however, I believe the NCAA is somewhat lenient when it comes to these situations as it really is in the best interests of everyone involved not to make a team sit on the tarmac and/or fly home just to turn around and fly back to a place 250 miles from where you just were.
But yes... team departs today/tomorrow, comes back Tuesday night. So get your quality time in with the boys before wheels up.
My recollection is that BE rules require teams to be on site 24 hours before game time. That means they would have to be there by Monday evening, putting them on the ground in Milwaukee for less than 24 hours. Just makes sense for them to stay out there.
Direct from a team source they are staying out east