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NCAA Braces for Travel Challenges Ahead of College Basketball Tournaments

The NCAA is facing potential travel issues for the mens and womens college basketball tournaments due to a shortage of charter flights. Factors like a partial government shutdown and rising energy costs are exacerbating the problem, with demand for planes increasing due to warmer weather and deportation flights. Despite long security lines at some airports, the NCAA plans to proceed as usual, with teams from smaller conferences potentially facing longer trips. The NCAA charters flights for teams traveling over four hundred miles and provides up to one thousand five hundred dollars a day for buses. Coaches and players remain optimistic, focusing on the excitement of March Madness.

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