{"id":61170,"date":"2018-03-22T09:20:40","date_gmt":"2018-03-22T09:20:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=61170"},"modified":"2018-03-22T09:20:40","modified_gmt":"2018-03-22T09:20:40","slug":"loyola-chicago-shows-up-late-to-sweet-16-practice-when-bus-driver-cant-find-arena","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/sports\/loyola-chicago-shows-up-late-to-sweet-16-practice-when-bus-driver-cant-find-arena.html","title":{"rendered":"Loyola-Chicago shows up late to Sweet 16 practice when bus driver can’t find arena"},"content":{"rendered":"

Loyola-Chicago shows up late to Sweet 16 practice when bus driver can’t find arena<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

If you\u2019ve never been to downtown Atlanta, it can be easy to miss Philips Arena if you don\u2019t know what you\u2019re looking for. For one thing, it\u2019s connected to the massive CNN center, so it\u2019s not a standalone building. It also sits atop a gulch with parking and team entrances underneath, which can be confusing to navigate.<\/span><\/p>\n

Still, you\u2019d think the NCAA tournament would have gotten its plans down pat for transporting teams from their hotels to the arena for practices Wednesday prior to the South Regional semifinals. Unfortunately for Loyola-Chicago, there were still apparently some kinks to work out.<\/span><\/p>\n

Loyola coach Porter Moser was steaming mad when the Ramblers finally arrived at Philips Arena about a half-hour after originally intended, as the team\u2019s police escort never showed up and the bus driver circled the area trying to find the right entrance.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cNo one knew how to get here,\u201d Moser said. \u201cIt was a 35, 40 minute (trip) but you overcome. I told our guys, it\u2019s our first thing to overcome. It\u2019s like getting a couple turnovers early, you put it behind you and overcome.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

MORE: USA TODAY Sports’ expert picks for Sweet 16 games<\/span><\/p>\n

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Loyola eventually got onto the court and didn\u2019t lose any practice time, but it was a minor inconvenience \u2014 and a baffling one, given that the bus route should have been well-established beforehand. For what it’s worth, Nevada athletics director Doug Knuth said everything went smoothly with the Wolf Pack’s police escort.<\/span><\/p>\n

\n\u201cAtlanta is beautiful, and we got to see all the sights,\u201d Loyola guard Ben Richardson said. \u201cThat\u2019s how I\u2019m going to take it in as a chance to see the sights. But we got in here and we got after it once we got going.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Though it wasn\u2019t necessarily a fun experience, Loyola players were amused by Moser\u2019s rising frustration level as the bus ride grew to legendary proportions.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt wasn\u2019t really a huge thing but he wants to get going,\u201d Richardson said. \u201cOnce he gets in that practice mode, he wants to get going and he\u2019s intense. That\u2019s just how we like him, trying to get after it. That\u2019s how we get better. it was a little bit of a tease trying to get in here but once we got in, it was good.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Source:-https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/ncaab\/2018\/03\/21\/loyola-chicago-late-sweet-16-practice-bus-driver-lost-ncaa-tournament\/445995002\/<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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