Are you kidding me ?  Since the U of A is trying to cut costs , why on earth would they blow money flying the UAA women's basketball team all the way down to North Carolina ?  It's wasting money like this that has many questioning why over ten million a year is spent on sports programs that perhaps 90 percent of their students don't even care about or support . They raise students tuition yet have money to blow on trips like this. When will the insanity end ?