"I have never in my life seen anything as ridiculous as that, and I've lived in a lot of big cities with a lot of traffic," junior forward Julian Sensley said.

The 'Bows lost their first game of the season at Fresno State on Wednesday. They are scheduled to play their second Western Athletic Conference game of the season at Nevada tomorrow.

Yesterday's unexpected delay forced Hawai'i head coach Riley Wallace to alter the team's schedule, but he did not expect it to change the strategy for tomorrow.

"We just have to look at it as a travel day," Wallace said. "It's a good thing we played Fresno on a Wednesday instead of a Thursday, or then it would really be a problem. We can still get in a good practice (today) and be ready. That's what we normally do on the second game of the road trip anyway — have one day of practice before the game."

A two-hour practice was scheduled for last night, but by the time the 'Bows checked into their hotel around midnight, it was already time for lights out. What's more, a snow storm hit Reno last night, closing several roads.

"It might be good that we got a day of rest," Sensley said. "We just have to look at it that way and stay positive."

The 'Bows passed the time on the bus by watching four movies and playing cards. Some players were able to sleep, but others couldn't.

"I fell asleep for an hour-and-a-half and when I woke up we were in the exact same place," senior guard Jake Sottos said. "It was bad because we never found out what was going on — if it was the snow or an accident or what. We just sat there."

At one point, the traffic was at such a standstill that the players and coaches were able to get off the bus to stretch their legs — in the middle of the highway.

Senior forward Vaidotas Peciukas compared the bus ride to "being on a plane for a long time."

"There's not much room, so it's hard to get comfortable," he said. "I couldn't sleep."

It was even worse for the taller players. "My legs were cramping; I had to stand up for a while," said the 6-foot-9 Sensley.

According to Wallace, the players may have actually lucked out, in a way, by avoiding practice yesterday. He was not pleased with his team's preparation for the Fresno State game, and said he was "going to get on everybody" if there had been a practice last night.

"It was almost like we were going through the motions that last practice (before Fresno State)," Wallace said. "Some guys didn't take it seriously, and I'm going to make sure that doesn't happen again. Nobody's off the hook. We're just pushing everything back a day."

Interestingly, there was no mention of the Fresno State game during the entire bus ride.

"We put it in the past," Sensley said. "We're still 8-1, which is probably still one of the best records in America. This is still a confident team."