Duquesne Basketball Team Gets Bus Stuck on Pennsylvania Turnpike, Digs Their Way Out

There's a big snow storm on the east coast that's put a wrench in a few plans – like the Duquesne men's basketball team, who were supposed to be coming back from Fairfax, Va. to Pittsburgh (where Duquesne is located) on Friday night. Of course, then mother nature happened, and the team got stuck on the Pennsylvania Turnpike.

Nearly 24 hours had passed and things looked bleak; people were going crazy. Then, the team took matters into their own hands and began to quite literally dig their way out. And it worked!

The bus began moving once again.

The game was actually moved from Saturday to Friday in hopes of avoiding a situation, well, exactly like this. But the team managed to make the most of the situation – enjoying a few laughs, watching a couple of movies and making some pretty great snow angels.

Duquesne head coach Jim Ferry did a phone interview with ESPN while stranded on the bus. He reported that everybody was fine, and spirits were high.

"We've got a good group of guys and we all kind of hung out and had a good time with each other, watched a movie," Ferry said. "Guys were goofing and laughing on their phones and hours turned into hours and hours and hours. The next thing you know, it's been through the night and 12 hours sitting in the same exact spot. We're dealing with it. We're going to be OK."

And like most good coaches, he was right; things were okay. The bus got moving and human resilience triumphed snow once again.

What was perhaps the key to this victory was the win the team enjoyed over George Mason. A loss to them could have very well have meant a loss to the snow.