The NCAA announced on Wednesday evening that the UConn's men's basketball team will be departing for Arizona at 11:30 p.m. ET after their original aircraft—which was set to depart earlier in the day—was unable to fly do to mechanical issues.
Head coach Dan Hurley told Matt Norlander of CBS Sports that the plane expected to take UConn across the country was going to Connecticut from Kansas City but never made it due to mechanical issues.
As Norlander noted, "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 from Bradley Airport until sometime around 11:30 p.