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Marek Dolezaj's family will root for Syracuse basketball in Slovakia 5,000 miles away

Syracuse, N.Y. -- Marek Dolezaj's parents back in Slovakia will have to stay up pretty late to watch their son and his Syracuse University teammates play in their NCAA Tournament game tonight.

As they've done for almost all their son's games this season, Milos and Ladislava Dolezaj will hook a laptop to a television in their home in the Slovakia capital of Bratislava and watch their son play via an internet video stream.

And as is usually the case, Marek's three surviving grandparents will come over to watch the game with them.

Syracuse University basketball forward Marek Dolezaj, left, and his father, Milos, stand in front of the Carmelo K.