How often do we Charter?

[wsushox1]

I was surprised to see that a school that some would consider us comparable to - UNM - only charters for NCAA Tournament games. Somehow I thought that we chartered most games? I don't know, someone who is in the know can chime in.

http://espn.go.com/blog/collegebasketballnation/tag/_/name/katz-3-point-shot

[1972Shocker]

I don't have an exact answer for you but I believe we charter the majority of our away games. I don't think we fly commercial very much these days.

Might be easier to list the games we would bus to.

Stillwater, Tulsa, OKC, anything in between here and KC. That's probably about it.

[ShockerEngr]

I believe it's in Marshalls contract that we fly charter for everything but a few games that we bus to.

[ABC]

I believe we only bus to Springfield.

[pinstripers]

I believe we only bus to Springfield.

that's cause they ain't got no airport

[ShockerPrez]

that's cause they ain't got no airport

Actually, I believe they do, in fact have an airport. But ground transportation is similar to that thing they drove at the beginning of Beverly Hillbillies, so it's just easier to drive our own bus into town.

[DwShock]

There is an airport in Springfield and also one in Branson. Both have flights comparable to Wichita.

[Dave Stalwart]

Oh, we'll then I guess Missouri state is awesome. I didn't realize that. :)

[proshox]

I think the used Charter for last year's game at SWOMO

[ISASO]

It was my understanding from the last several Shocker Auctions is that they fly charter to every game.

[shock]

I think they fly part way and bus to some towns. Carbondale?

[MoValley John]

My guess is, and I don't know, but I would bet Wichita State uses the three hour rule. If it's around three to five hours you bus, anything more, you fly. Most schools, even the biggest of the big, follow this guideline. By the time all the players meet at school, get their crap in the bus, get on the bus, get to the airport, unload the bus, load the plane, fly to the city, unload the plane, load the bus, get the players out of the restroom and on the bus, drive to the arena, the bus would have already gotten from point "A" to point "B". At five hours, the plane wins by 45 minutes to an hour, but their is more stress in doing all of the above, then if you would have simply taken a bus. Three hours is always a bus, five hours is a push.

Maybe Wichita State does it differently, but Kansas uses that model, as does North Carolina.

[C0|dB|00ded]

Wichita State flies everywhere. In fact, the Shockers even took a chopper from Koch Arena to IBA. This is just one of the many benefits of coming to play basketball at the "Air Capitol". I've heard rumors that NIAR is in the final stages of producing personal aircraft for all the players so they can fly from their dorms to their classes.


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[SubGod22]

Hillbilly State may be the only place we don't fly, and I'm not 100% sure that we don't. I know we fly to Creighton. I'm not sure about Tulsa.

[rrshock]

If we were to go to Manhattan or stillwater it would probably be a bus. I would think tulsa would be too. It would be too damn long to get out of the airport for those short trips.