Wednesday, April 09, 2008
KU!!! - 2008 National Champs!
Lawrence, KS. I wouldn't have been anywhere else Monday night. Brett, our friend/his classmate Bova and me watched that unbelievable, edge-of-your-seat game at his sister's apartment in Lawrence, and superstitions ruled. Do we wear the beads or don't we (no - they ended up being terrible luck)? Most of us were wearing the same exact outfits we wore when KU tromped on North Carolina and Roy. I donned the same stick-on Jayhawk tattoo and same bright blue KU-shoes. You could hear people from all over Lawrence cheering, chanting, shooting off fireworks.
Bova arrives
We are about to begin our trek to KU Country - Lawrence, Kansas. That's my tattoo from the NC game.
Our lovely and gracious hostess, Jill
The younger sister, Jaime (a.k.a. Jamamie)
Some of our watch party - from left, Bova, Jeff, Jaime and Annie (as you can see, she tried to jinx the whole game via failure to wear a KU shirt) :)
The rest of the watch party - from left, Mark, Jill and my dorky self (those are the unlucky beads)
Jaime yelling at someone to close the door!! We had opened them because one of the Memphis players was supposedly freaked out by open doors...??? Something like that. So we tried opening them to jinx him.
Brett cheered a little too rough
See?
It turned out to be lucky. Brett bleeds KU. :)
KU just won it all in overtime. I like how all you can see of Bova is her hand holding the champagne bottle.
On our way to Mass St to celebrate
Brett and Bova
Prepping our flag
And I have to admit it was pretty cool of Roy Williams to be in the crowd, wearing a Jayhawk button and cheering for KU.
Then we fell behind - it was deathly quiet in that apartment when we were down by 9 with little more than 2 minutes left in the game. Bova was on the deck because she couldn't bear to watch it. Next thing you know, they're missing their free throws and then Chalmers - SUPER MARIO - hits the game tying 3-pointer. And we dominated the overtime. We finally got to rush Mass Street and party like it was 1988 (as one paper put it).
No words I can write can possibly do any of this justice. So here are the photos:
I thought Brett looked adorable but he didn't think it was manly. The tattoo was removed shortly after.Bova arrives
We are about to begin our trek to KU Country - Lawrence, Kansas. That's my tattoo from the NC game.
Our lovely and gracious hostess, Jill
The younger sister, Jaime (a.k.a. Jamamie)
Some of our watch party - from left, Bova, Jeff, Jaime and Annie (as you can see, she tried to jinx the whole game via failure to wear a KU shirt) :)
The rest of the watch party - from left, Mark, Jill and my dorky self (those are the unlucky beads)
Jaime yelling at someone to close the door!! We had opened them because one of the Memphis players was supposedly freaked out by open doors...??? Something like that. So we tried opening them to jinx him.
Brett cheered a little too rough
See?
It turned out to be lucky. Brett bleeds KU. :)
KU just won it all in overtime. I like how all you can see of Bova is her hand holding the champagne bottle.
On our way to Mass St to celebrate
Brett and Bova
Prepping our flag
ROCK CHALK JAYHAWK. See the Mass St sign behind me? :) That's cool.
Here is a hippie streaker
Here is a hippie streaker
The sea of people on Mass St. One count that we heard was 40,000 people, just on Mass.
'nother shot of the crowd
and another
There were a LOT of people there. Eventually it became like one massive mosh pit.
And here we are, at one of the sites of a great moment in KU basketball history. :)
'nother shot of the crowd
and another
There were a LOT of people there. Eventually it became like one massive mosh pit.
And here we are, at one of the sites of a great moment in KU basketball history. :)
Rock Chalk Jayhawk. Go KU. Long live the 'hawks, and SUPER MARIO CHALMERS FOR PRESIDENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!
// posted by Brianne @ 6:41 AM 
