Jan. 26, 2016 The 31-person Duquesne men's basketball travel party endured a 30- hour bus trip back from Fairfax, Va. following their win over George Mason on Friday, Jan. 22. The Dukes' bus was stranded on the Pennsylvania Turnpike for 22 hours of the trip. Here is a first-hand account courtesy of GoDuquesne.com. DU left Fairfax at 4:30 p.m. Friday and arrived safely on campus at 10:45 p.m. Saturday night.
SELECTED NEWS ACCOUNTS
Duquesne men's basketball team bus gets stuck on highway in blizzard, Eric Vander Voort, NCAA.com
Duquesne Basketball Team, Stuck on Turnpike, Plays Cards and Makes a Snow Angel, Zach Schonbrun, New York Times
During 30-hour ordeal, Duquesne players kept calm, dreamed of pizza, Nicole Auerbach, USA Today
Snowbound on PA turnpike, Duquesne men's basketball team made the best of chilly situation, Craig Meyer, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
The Dukes' turnpike ordeal last weekend led to new friends, new fans, Craig Meyer, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Duquesne basketball team's journey through blizzard ends, ESPN.com news services
Duquesne's 'road warriors' stranded on bus stuck on PA Turnpike, Mike DeCourcy, The Sporting News
THE DUQUESNE TRAVEL PARTY
Jim Ferry - Head Coach
Brian Nash - Associate Head Coach
John Rhodes - Assistant Coach
Rich Glesmann - Assistant Coach
Danny Lawson - Assistant Coach
Brian Baudinet - Director of Basketball Administration
David Steckel - Graduate Assistant
Rene Castro
Derrick Colter
Nick Foschia
L.G. Gill
David Haus
Mar'Qywell Jackson
Eric James
Darius Lewis
Marshall Macheledt
Micah Mason
TySean Powell
Jordan Robinson
Nakye Sanders
Zach Snyder
Josh Steel
Phil Racicot - Senior Associate AD
Dave Saba - Associate AD/Media Relations
Vic Bauer - Athletic Trainer
Dennis Cuturic - Strength and Conditioning Coach
Ray Goss - Duquesne Radio Play-by-Play
Max Heinauer - Head Student Manager
Joe Biondo - Student Manager
Andrew Fahringer - Student Manager
Alex Kwong - Student Manager