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NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP
TUESDAY,APRIL8,2003
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INSIDE Full coverage from Kemper to campus See pages 10, 11 and 12
TODAY All classes canceled 1 p.m. pep rally In Allen Field House
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Kansas was the first NCAA championship bid high alert as the daybreak rolled over St. John's of Brooklyn 10 to 43 in the tournament finals at Scottsdale. The win sends Kansas into the Olympics playoff to Kansas City Saturday.
Controlled by and held by the Kansas Athletic Conference, the Kansas team is on the road against Iowa State and Oklahoma State.
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UITTLEMENTANUMBER OF THE BURGUNDY WORKS,
UNDER THE LEASE OF THE EASTERN CITY OF BROOKLYN.
BOROUGH, N.Y. AUGUST 12, 1865.
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who was a teacher for many years in the
local school system, and was born
in Brooklyn on August 12, 1865.
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It was a hell of a night.
Not only as a diehard Kansas basketball fan, but also as a journalist.
Every staffer at the Kansan, sports fan or not, was hoping to be a part of a paper like those you see on this page. A news front that would go down in Kansas basketball history along with Nick Collison and Kirk Hinrich. We all realized no one would know the faces or even the names of the people behind the issue, but we would know. We would remember the work that went into a newspaper that would show up on posters and T-shirts everywhere.
At The University Daily Kansan, we started wondering "what if" about a month ago. But it wasn't until last Saturday, when the Jayhawks took revenge on Arizona, that we began to plan.
Don't get us wrong, we had a backup plan. We didn't want to
jinx our beloved 'Hawks by only planning for a championship.
First, there was the lesson in journalism. The design, the angles they took on stories, the way they described the atmosphere and excellent uses of headlines. Things only a proud journalism-dork, like myself and my Kansan colleagues, would enjoy.
As we prepared for this issue we looked at the pages you see here for ideas and inspiration. But after about an hour at the Spencer Research Library we all took away so much more.
I thought I knew just about everything there was to know. But as I thumbed through the pages of the March 27, 1952, and April 6, 1988, issues of the Kansan, I saw just how much I didn't know.
before the game I sat down in
But most important, I thought, was the history lesson in Kansas basketball tradition.
SPORTS COMMENTARY
Jessica Tims
jtims@konsen.com
the newsroom believing, win or lose, I would be content with what I had gained from this experience. There were only 500 students that ran to 9th and Massachusetts streets after the game in 1952. Phone lines were jammed after the game in 1988. But I was wrong.
As the Kansan staff huddled around the television waiting for a "One Shining Moment" montage, Roy Williams taught 25 student journalists something that no instructor ever could.
When asked about the coaching vacancy in North Carolina, minutes after the heart-breaking
loss, Williams reacted on impulse. As Bonnie Bernstein asked about his interest level in the job, the entire staff booed. As fans, we knew it was wrong, as journalists, we knew why she had to do it. The tension mounted after she pressed the question.
"I could give a shit about North Carolina right now," Williams snapped. "I've got 15 kids in that locker room that I love."
Williams apologized for the comment in the post game press conference, saying that mentor Dean Smith would have been hurt by his use of "blankety-blank." But he didn't need to apologize. The man made his point, the only way he could to get the media off his back. He even gave fair justifications for his comments.
"The guy in your ear who told you you have to ask that question — as a journalist, that's fine, but
as a human being, that's not very nice, because that's not very sensitive," he said, "and I got to think in tough times that people should be more sensitive."
Williams showed everyone not only journalists, that compassion goes a long way. He may not have won the championship, but he gained respect from all of those viewing. It was respect for speaking his mind and teaching us all a lesson in humanity.
No matter how it ended, or how our last headline read, on behalf of the entire Kansan staff, I want to thank coach Roy Williams. He and his team gave us the best season of our lives, both on the court and in the newsroom. It was a pleasure to cover and learn from such a dynamic team and amazing coach.
Time is an Arma senior in journalism. She is the Kansan sports editor
Kansan staffers remember the 1988 Kansas Championship team on 5B What will you remember most about last night's game? E-mail your story to jtims@kansan.com
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