The Michigan women's basketball team had a tough time getting home after losing in overtime to Kansas State in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
The team was scheduled to play in Los Angeles on Saturday and return to Michigan on a chartered flight that night, along with the school's band and cheerleaders. It didn't go as planned.
The Wolverines arrived at the airport and sat outside for nearly three hours waiting for the second pilot. Team spokeswoman Sarah Vanmetre said Michigan was told a pilot was being flown in from Texas.
The Michigan travel group finally began going through security to board the plane at 8:30 p.m. PDT, and boarded the plane an hour later. After sitting in the plane for 75 minutes, the team realized that the plane could not take off because the pilot had exceeded his allotted flight time for the day.
The bus that dropped the team off at the airport had left, and the team had to return to the hotel in a shared car. Staff waited 45 minutes for the bus to return to transport the team's luggage.
Players shared their plight on social media.
The Wolverines returned to the airport Sunday morning and, after an hour-long delay, were finally on their way home.
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