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UT men's basketball trip back on after canceled flight

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The Great Toledo Puerto Rico Trip of 2022 is nearing a successful ending.

The men’s basketball team, which was due in Puerto Rico on Friday, is scheduled to arrive at 1:13 a.m. Sunday. The Rockets’ original United Airlines flight from Detroit to Newark was canceled Friday, setting a travel crisis in motion.

With a travel party of 43 people, they were not able to get rebooked on a flight Friday. Breaking the group up wasn’t even a possibility because there were only a handful of open seats per fight.

Toledo got word mid-morning Friday that it was booked on a 4:40 p.