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College teams no longer stranded on PA turnpike

The Duquesne Dukes men's basketball team is still looking to get home after being stranded in traffic on the Pennsylvania Turnpike overnight because of the blizzard impacting the Eastern United States.

The Dukes were traveling home to Pittsburgh from Fairfax, Virginia, after their 86-75 victory against George Mason on Friday. The team, which departed Fairfax at 4:30 p.m., is stuck on a stretch between Bedford and Somerset, Pennsylvania.

Duquesne coach Jim Ferry, who won his 300th career game Friday, told SportsCenter on Saturday morning that the bus is approximately 80 miles from Pittsburgh and that "everybody is safe" and "we're going to be OK.