There was an extra delay before UCLA’s charter flight home from Kentucky could push back Saturday evening. Pilots had to get clearance from air traffic controllers … and their passengers.
The Bruins called for an old school tradition after defeating the top-ranked Wildcats, players’ clapping hands and outstretched arms spilling into the aisle.
“We told the flight attendants, we told the pilots, they were all ready to go and we were like ‘Nah-nah-nah-nah, wait a minute,’” UCLA Coach Steve Alford recalled Thursday, “so we had to have an eight-clap before we took off.