Ukrainian basketball players anxiously watching homeland

FILE - Utah State center Trevin Dorius (32) looks to shoot the ball as then-Weber State forward Dima Zdor, right, defends during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game Friday, Nov. 8, 2019, in Logan, Utah. Zdor now plays for Grand Canyon. Ukrainians playing college basketball in the United States have tried to keep up their routines as Russia invades their home country. One of a handful of Ukrainians playing college basketball in the United States, Zdor can only watch from afar as Russian troops roll through his home country, hoping his family and friends remain safe. (AP Photo/Eli Lucero, File)

FILE - Arizona State's Jalen Graham, left, grabs a rebound over then-Washington State's Volodymyr Markovetskyy (15) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in the first round of the Pac-12 men's tournament Wednesday, March 10, 2021, in Las Vegas. Ukrainians playing college basketball in the United States have tried to keep up their routines as Russia invades their home country. Markovetskyy is now playing fort San Francisco. Markovetskyy's mother and sister were able to escape to Lithunia, but his father, a police officer, had to stay in Ukraine.(AP Photo/John Locher, File)