Why Dayton's hoops team flew to Alabama on Hillary Clinton's campaign plane

Published Dec. 9, 2016 1:18 p.m. ET

Lindsey Foltin

As the Dayton Flyers men's basketball team boarded their plane to Tuscaloosa for Tuesday's mid-day tipoff against Alabama, they realized that it was no ordinary aircraft.

It was a campaign plane of former Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.

The Boeing 737-800 was chartered by UD through a broker, which books the aircrafts based on availability, a team spokesperson told the Dayton Daily News.

With the election over and Clinton losing to President-elect Donald Trump, there is no longer a need for the plane on the campaign trail, so it's good to see that it's still getting some use.