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[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/29007592/abrupt-shutdown-leaves-ncaa-international-student-athletes-limited-choices[/URL]
 
[I]Syracuse forward Marek Dolezaj made the 16-hour drive with his girlfriend to her home in Springfield, Missouri, the weekend after the ACC and NCAA basketball tournaments were canceled -- both believing they would return to campus after spring break. But shortly after their arrival, they learned the campus was closing, so they remain in Missouri.

Dolezaj, from Slovakia, heard stories about friends having a difficult time just making it back to their home country, so he opted against even trying.

"For me, it's a 16-hour flight, but maybe some other international students have more problems finding a place to stay if the school tells you one day to leave and you have to figure stuff out," Dolezaj said. "I'm really lucky I have someone like my girlfriend to stay here and maybe other people don't have it. I could tell some of my friends were confused and stressed, and they didn't know what to do. It's a hard time for everyone."

Among the five international players on the Syracuse basketball team, three are staying with friends in the United States and two went home.
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