One of the top stories early this morning on Sportscenter wasn’t a traditional highlight for the Atlantic 10 conference, but rather a staunch reminder that Mother Nature doesn’t care about getting to a basketball game on time.
On their way home from a win at George Mason, the entire Duquesne team and staff got stuck overnight in the Pennsylvania turnpike, right in the heart of a major blizzard hitting the east coast. Just to gain some perspective, here’s what it looked like:
Just stepped off the bus | at least 18" of snow outside the door pic.twitter.com/F0aSPZFbWK
— Duquesne Athletics (@GoDuquesne) January 23, 2016
You can check out a more detailed look at this difficult, yet hilarious mess here.
But Duquesne wasn’t the only school affected by this giant storm. Three other A10 games were cancelled for today, including Davidson-Richmond, St. Bonaventure-VCU and St. Joe’s-La Salle. Both the SJU-LAS and SBU-VCU games have been moved to Sunday while the DAV-RICH game is now set for Monday evening.
While we do not yet know how this will fully effect each of the teams, we do know that they’re getting no extra rest. Duquesne and La Salle play on Tuesday, and likely will have just one or no days to practice before the matchup.
The priority is obviously getting these guys fed and home safely. As of right now, the Dukes appear to be scraping by:
Walking to HOPEFULLY have dominos drop off pizza from an overpass. 3/4 mile in 2+ feet of snow pic.twitter.com/tMfuT1d89K
— Duquesne Managers (@DuqMBBManagers) January 23, 2016
But they may not be getting out anytime soon:
Just spoke to PENNDOT district safety supervisor, Dan and he said it does not look like traffic will resume tonight.
— Duquesne Managers (@DuqMBBManagers) January 23, 2016
He also said the national reserve is working on room accommodations for stuck travelers. Road crews are simply too far behind.
— Duquesne Managers (@DuqMBBManagers) January 23, 2016
Stay safe guys! Hopefully the team can get out of the mess and to safety ASAP. The Dominoes pizza would undoubtably be a bonus as well.
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