FRIDAY,APRIL4,2003
FINALFOUR
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN 13B
Opening the floodgates
Basketball fanatics to rush local venues
By Cal Creek
ccreek@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
University of Kansas students and Lawrence residents will be showing support for the men's basketball team from a wide variety of places Saturday.
After the chaos following the Arizona victory, many students will go downtown during the game against Marquette. Lawrence freshman Ericka Brune said she wanted to be downtown where all the action was.
"I don't think I'll go into any bars because I am not old enough to drink," Brune said. "Outside will be exciting enough."
Topeka freshman Kassandra Snow planned on going to the Granada, 1020 Massachusetts St., or Jack Flanigans Bar & Grill, 806 W. 24th St., with five to 10 friends.
Buffalo Wild Wings Grill & Bar, 1012 Massachusetts St., expects a lot of business.
General Manager Aaron Brinkerhoff said he had already taken 30 phone calls yesterday
from people asking what time to show up to get a table.
"I even had one girl call and ask if she should camp out over night," he said.
The restaurant will open early at 9 a.m. Brinkerhoff said fans would have to come in early because this would be its biggest day of the year.
Brinkerhoff estimated that his staff would see about 400 to 500 customers throughout the day.
Many students and Lawrence residents will choose to watch the game from the comfort of their homes.
Burdett sophomore Louis Stejskal wanted to watch the game at his apartment with about 10 friends. He said he wanted to celebrate after, as well as during, the game.
Students with previous obligations that take them away from the game have found themselves trying to create a middle ground.
Lawrence freshman Kelly Bell has to work at Lawrence Memorial Hospital, 325 Maine St. She said the nurses would listen to the game on a radio at the nurses' station.
The University is offering an alternative to bars, work and parties. At 4 p.m. the gates to Memo-
riat Stadium will open. From then until tip-off at 5:07 p.m., there will be giveaways, Mardi Gras beads and music from the Kansas pep band and KLZR 105.9.
"It's the ultimate watch party." said Todd Cohen, assistant director of University Relations.
The game will be shown on the MegaVision screen and the University has invited all KU students and Lawrence residents to join Baby Jay and the dance team.
The University also did this for last year's Final Four game, but the weather was much colder than what's predicted for tomorrow.
A handful of basketball fans are fortunate enough to watch the game from a closer perspective.
"I will be watching the basketball game in the New Orleans sports arena," said Joe Zahner, Lawrence resident.
Zahner and four friends bought tickets off of eBay following the victory over Arizona. Their tickets allow them to see both Final Four games and the championship game Monday.
- Edited by Christy Dendurent
NEW ORLEANS - The palm trees lining the main promenade alongside the Superdome now sway amid cement barricades and tail chain-link fences.
The Associated Press
Fans who once could have easily flowed into the dome will now line up outside white tents that will serve as security checkpoints during Final Four games tomorrow and Monday.
The scene is familiar in New Orleans, which hosted the first Super Bowl after the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks and is now home to the first Final Four since the beginning of the war in Iraq.
Big Easy prepared for Final Four
Indeed, big events are nothing new to New Orleans. Since America went on heightened alert 19 months ago, the Big Easy has hosted one Super Bowl, two Mardi Gras, and several of the largest music festivals in the world.
Security precautions for the Final Four will affect everyone this week, whether they're in town for basketball or just a night on Bourbon Street.
On display at hotels are fliers instructing anyone going to the game what can and cannot be brought in to the dome.
About 50 National Guard troops will patrol areas around the
Superdome. City police have promised increased visibility both around the stadium and in tourist attractions such as the French Quarter.
Agents from the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms also will be part of the security detail, which will include a number of plainclothes officers.
While federal officials declared the 2002 Super Bowl a National Special Security Event—placing the Secret Service in charge of security — that was a very rare occasion. Normally, that status is reserved for things like presidential and papal visits.
Marquette coach's energy fuels team
NEW ORLEANS — Tom Cream is a football coach in a basketball coach's body.
The Associated Press
It's not Dean Smith or Roy
Like any coach, Crean's frenetic style is a hodgepodge of all the men who have influenced him. But whom does he admire the most?
The 36-year-old dynamo who has led Marquette to the Final Four in just his fourth season never stops bounding up and down the sidelines.
Williams or Mike Krzyezewski. It's not Jud Heathcote, Ralph Willard or Tom Izzo, all who hired him.
It's Dallas Cowboys coach Bil Parcells,who he's never even met
Cream isn't as gruff as Parcells — or Bobby Knight or Bob Huggins — but he does let his players know exactly how he feels, and usually at an earsplitting volume.
Dwyane Wade, Crean's prized recruit and Marquette's first All-American in a quarter century, said players see Crean as a father figure practicing tough love.
And their ears are usually ringing with the mile-a-minute wisdom of Crean, who knew so early this was his calling that he tagged along with his high school coach to scout opponents.
Cream's name now comes up whenever a big-time job becomes available, including North Carolina's this week.
"You'd rather be known for that than to be on a hot seat," Crean said. "The only time it's a problem for me is when it comes up in recruiting, and it does."
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