4B = THEUNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
SPORTS
TUESDAY,APRIL8,2003
Caught celebrating too much for the game?
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Officers get help patrolling city
By Lauren Beatty and Michelle
Burhenn
lbeatty@kansan.com and
mburhenn@kansan.com
Kansas senior staff writers
Students on Massachusetts Street last night encountered police officers every hundred feet.
Police officers from five different jurisdictions were busy patrolling the streets of Lawrence to help monitor the crowds and keep unruly fans from getting out of control.
Sgt. Mike Pattrick of the Lawrence Police Department said the city received help from the Douglas County Sheriff's Office, KU Public Safety Office, Ottawa Police Department and the Kansas Highway Patrol.
Before the game last night, officers said they expected a "big.
happy crowd" if the Jayhawks won or lost.
Firecrackers, honking and loud group cheers still echoed down Massachusetts Street even after the Jayhawks' defeat, but officers had made only two arrests at about midnight. Patrick said.
He said the main difference between Saturday's crowd and the people gathered downtown last night was a decrease in the number of people on foot because of the cold weather.
All additional officers who came to help maintain order were under the direction of the Lawrence Police, Patrick said.
He could not give an estimate for the number of officers on patrol or the size of the crowd downtown.
Although Ottawa, a city of about
12,000 directly south of Lawrence, rarely sees the kind of chaos that hit Lawrence last night, Capt. Ron Puterbaugh said his officers relied on their training and took orders from the KU Public Safety office.
"We're here at the request of the University," he said. "We do what they ask. We follow their directions and handle everything the way they want it handled."
Jim Weaver, executive officer at the Overland Park Police administration, said members of the explosive ordinance demolition team, or the bomb squad, were at the University last night at the request of the KU Public Safety Office. He also would not reveal how many members of the bomb squad were on campus for safety reasons.
Lawrence-Douglas County Fire and Medical was on hand as well last night to deal with any
medical or fire-related problems, such as the few dumpster fires that occurred in downtown alleys on Saturday. Firecrackers were set off, but no fires were reported in the few hours after the game.
Deputy Chief Mark Bradford said yesterday before the game he hoped for a crowd similar to Saturday's because the thousands of fans were fairly well-behaved. Bradford said off-duty personnel were asked to help along the Massachusetts Street corridor last night.
Despite the late-night shifts, Harmon said the officers still had time to be fans and keep up with the score. Patrick said the final score was broadcast on the radio to all officers.
—Kansan staff writer Erin Ohm contributed to this story.
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Greene
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Right now, I really don't care, because it's hard to follow a style outline when you're battling so many things in your head.
However, there's only so long that you can dwell on things like this.
Today, when I come back to the newsroom, everything will be back to normal, with my editors constantly whining to me about deadlines and such.
I guess maybe I should actually get to the portion of this column that's about the game and end the suspense.
I have been badgered and scorched in the Free For All in the past couple of weeks because I wrote an innocent column about Duke, Everyone
was under the impression that I'm a Duke fan, but it was pretty middle-of-the-road. Plain and simple, I just love sports, and talking about events other than what happens here in Lawrence. So, take that into consideration when I say what I've learned from this season and this game in particular.
I have seen the future of basket-ball, and I like it lot.
Hakeem Warrick and Carmelo Anthony have never failed to impress me this season. They are long, athletic and versatile — the type of player today's game sees more often. I enjoyed watching both of them play, except for when it was against Kansas. I will continue to get on my knees and pray that on that night in late June, my Chicago Bulls will announce their selection of Anthony in the NBA draft. And if there is one burning memory of
last night's game that I'll never forget, it will be Hakeem Warrick making the greatest defensive play I have ever seen, all but securing a national championship for Svacuse.
Roy Williams took a page from Walter Payton's book — Never Die Easy
It was the title of the late Chicago Bears' running back's biography, but that is the best slogan for this season's Kansas basketball team.
Roy never gave up on his team or on the season.
When Jeff Graves showed up 40 pounds overweight, they never gave up. When they lost three tough games at the season's start, they never gave up. When they were stuck in the NCAA Tournament's toughest bracket, they never gave up.
If we all take one lesson away from this season's team, it's that
you can never say it's over until it really is over.
Only in Kansas, my friend
Only in Kansas, would I wait outside of Jefferson's at 10 on a Saturday morning to watch a KU game that night. Only in Kansas, would 5,000 fans wait to greet their team back home from a victory in the West Regional at 4 a.m. And only in Kansas, can you truly say this is the home of the game of basketball.
Well, it's time to go home and get ready for class in the morning. Until next week, I leave you with these three messages: I still want to marry Bonnie Bernstein, vote for Andy Knopp, and Rock Chalk Jayhawk Screw the 'Cuse.
I'm leaving, and it's 12:11 a.m. Peace.
Greene is a Vernon Hills, Ill., junior in journalism
CONGRATULATIONS ON A GREAT SEASON.
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