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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY
KANSAN Rumors swirl about Roy Williams' future with Kansas program p.1B
Ray Williams
'Hawks' 'Final'revenge
Keith Langford, Michael Lee and Nick Collison dash over to the Jayhawk bench to celebrate winning the NCAA Western Conference. Saturday's 78-75 victory over Arizona marked the second consecutive Final Four appearance.
John Nowak/Kansan
By Doyle Murphy
dmurphy@kansan.com
Kansas senior sportswriter
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Dust off your Mardi Gras beads, the Jayhawks are headed to New Orleans.
No. 2 Kansas upset top-seeded Arizona, 78-75, to earn its second consecutive trip to the N
For more coverage of the 'Hawks' trip to the Final Four, see page 1B.
e trip to the NCAA Final Four.
"It's the stuff that you dream about but never really expect to happen," Kansas sophomore guard Michael Lee told reporters. "When it happens, it's almost unreal."
Unreal might be a good way to describe the game. Each team threw haymaker-scoring drives, but neither of the West Regional's heavyweights would bow out before the final bell.
To Kansas fans, the scene was all too familiar — a commanding Kansas lead would dwindle to a sliver, flashes of brilliance were followed by futile attempts to deliver the knockout punch.
Kansas staggered Arizona with a 10-5 run to start the game, and a subsequent 12-5 run pushed the lead to 16 points with 9:16 left to play in the half.
But just as the Jayhawks seemed to settle in, they went ice cold. They missed open shots, muffed rebounds and threw passes to the crowd. It conjured memories of a game Kansas would rather forget — a 91-74 loss to Arizona in Lawrence. The Jayhawks blew a 20-point first half lead and eventually lost the game by 17.
Kansas had lost the poise that allowed it to hold off Duke two days earlier, 69-65. Even Jayhawk coach Roy Williams lost his cool, throwing his jacket behind the bench after a late whistle on a traveling call.
But in the second half, Williams regained his coat and Kansas regained control. After limping to a 38-55 halftime lead, the Jayhawks exploded out of the intermission with a 15-5 run for 53-40 advantage. Although wounded, the Wildcats wouldn't wither.
Arizona senior guard Jason Gardner scored 10 points and freshman
guard Hassan Adams added 5 in a four minute stretch to put Arizona ahead 58-56 at the 10:32 mark. That's when the real fight began.
The teams traded baskets throughout the rest of the game. Neither squad took more than a 4-point lead, and Arizona trailed by just 3 with 7.1 seconds to play. After two Wildeat timeouts, Gardner readied for what would have been his fourth three-pointer of the game and a tie, but it was not to be for Arizona.
Kansas senior guard Kirk Hinrich blocked the ball to Arizona senior forward Luke Walton, who shoved it to Gardner for one more attempt. Gardner had a clear look, but the ball bounced harmlessly off the rim into the hands of
Kansas junior forward Jeff Graves. Graves, who scored 13 points and grabbed 15 rebounds, hurled the ball into the rafters, and the celebration began
"I watched everybody else do that growing up," Graves said. "I just wanted to see what it felt like."
Apparently, it felt like a reason to dance. Graves and the rest of the team broke into a hopping, foot-shuffling frenzy that drew everyone from Williams to team managers into the hoopla.
"To be able to stand there and watch those kids cut down the net and act silly with them is the greatest reward in coaching," Williams said.
Edited by Todd Rapp
KANSAS 78 - ARIZONA 75
    KANSAS(29-7)
Player Min. FGM-A FTM-A TP Ab. A Karthanglord 9,15-5,14 FTM-A 19 Ab. 3 KinnHinch 39,10-2,32 FTM-A 28 Ab. 3 KnickColson 34,12-2,73 FTM-A 8 Ab. 5 JeffGraves 12,6-2,48 FTM-A 18 Ab. 2 JeffGraves 27,2-1,78 FTM-A 6,47 MichaelLee 27,2-1,78 FTM-A 6,47 BryantNash 9,1-2,00 FTM-A 0,0 Team
Totals 200 29-67 12-18 78 37 16
ARIZONA(28-4)
Player Min. FG-M.A. FTM-A. TP. Rep. A
Jason Gardner 6-15 8-14 2-3 A
Luke Walton 38 5-14 6-9 18 7 A
Andregi戈鲁达 30 1-4 9-10 1 7 6
Hassan Adams 26 3-4 4-0 10 6
Channing Frye 25 3-4 4-0 5 2
Salim Stoudairem 21 1-4 1-2 4 0
Isaiah Fox 18 4-8 0-0 11 5 O
Isaiah Fox 2 0-0 0-0 0 0
Team 200 23-55 19-23 75 37
Totals 200 23-55 19-23 75 37
Kansas victory reason to celebrate
By Henry C. Jackson
cjackson@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Sporting a Kansas hat and sweatshirt, a hoarse voice and a big smile, Robert Dotson squeezed his bicycle horn and yelled at the top of his lungs, proudly celebrating Kansas' victory over Arizona.
Standing by himself on the corner of Ninth and Massachusetts streets. Dotson's contributions to the noise level Saturday night were minimal, but he wanted to be out with the masses.
"I don't have a car," the Lawrence resident said. "But I had this horn on here and I thought, 'Let's celebrate.'"
It seemed like celebration was on the mind of everyone — old and young, male and female, human and canine — Saturday night.
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Lori Wardlow, a 1997 University of Kansas graduate, went onto Wescoe Beach, along with her dog, Moses, to see the celebrations.
"I wasn't expecting the game to be the way it was," she said, explaining why she came onto campus.
Moses, for his part, stood next to Wardlow, shaking. Fireworks set off by students celebrating Kansas' pending trip to New Orleans frightened him.
SEE CELEBRATE ON PAGE 5A
Eric Braam/Kansan
Fans on Wescoe Beach found high-fives from vehicle drivers and passengers' arms as they stretched for love from fellow Jayhawks.
City commission hopefuls decry rumors
By JJ Hensley
Kansan staff writer
jhsenley@kansan.com
Progressive Lawrence Campaign candidates for city commission say they are not threatening to close Oread Neighborhood bars early.
But this contradicts claims made in a filer distributed to fraternity and sorority houses in the last few weeks. The source of the filer is unknown.
The Oread Neighborhood bars are
Bullwinkle's, 1344 Tennessee St., The Hawk, 1340 Ohio St. and the Wheel Cafe, 507 W. 14th St.
"The following candidates are threatening to have all campus bar establishments close every night at 11 p.m. or midnight," the flier read, "The candidates who are involved in the coalition threatening to do this are: Mike Rundle, David Schauner and Dennis "Boog" Highberger."
The Student Senate endorsed the three Progressive Lawrence candidates
in a resolution earlier this year.
"I've never said that, it's a complete lie," Highberger said. "No one associated with this campaign has ever said that either. It's a total fabrication."
During the past few weeks DiVilbiss has been campaigning at fraternity and
Members of PLC candidate Mike Rundle's campaign and representatives of the Student Legislative Awareness Board had pointed to opposition candidate Greg DiVilbiss as the source of this misinformation.
sorority houses and leaving the impression that the future of the Oread neighborhood bars are in jeopardy if certain candidates are elected, Rundle's campaign manager, Greg Douros, said.
"People were coming up to me saying that Greg DiVibiss was the candidate who could save the bars," Douros said. "It doesn't matter who started it though, the important thing is that people know it's false."
SEE RUMORS ON PAGE 5A
Enrollment begins with online setup near-perfect
By Lauren Airey lairey@kansan.com Kansan staff writer
Signs all over campus have reminded students to get online instead of in line to enroll for fall classes, and students obliged by using the new Web-based enrollment system for the first time Friday.
"It was something of a surprise for us and frustration for people who are enrolling," Turvey said. "We expect some problems and a lot of learning to be taking place right by students and faculty and staff."
The system only had one visible glitch, said Bob Turvey, online enrollment project manager for the Lawrence campus. Students were unable to see holds during the enrollment process that were available on the administrative side of the system. This caused error messages when students tried to submit their enrollment information for verification. The problem was fixed by noon, though.
To prepare for the new enrollment process, University officials sent e-mails to students and faculty with instructions on how to use the new system, which can be accessed from the Kyou student portal at www.ku.edu/kyou. A help section of the Web site is also available for students with questions, and the enrollment center in Strong Hall has an area for walk-up assistance. The e-mail address for feedback has received about 130 messages since it was launched two weeks ago and only about six were major frustrations, Turvey said.
"I've been checking with the help desk and they've not received any huge number of complaints or questions." Turvey said. "We know 15,000 students have been in the system to look at it and to receive that few a number of frustrations is actually pretty good."
Faculty members received new system training in one of three training workshops. Faculty members have access to class rosters, grade rosters, the University Catalog and the schedule of classes. Grades will be recorded online for the first time this fall.
Students can check for enrollment holds, such as unpaid library fines or health center fees, at the Enroll and Pay Web site under the personal portfolio section. These financial holds must still be paid in person or through the mail. Instructor permission, departmental permission and closed class openers are all grouped into one group. Students can request these permissions like they have in the past but will receive a number instead of a card. Students will be prompted to give the number if required during the enrollment process.
Enrollment appointments will continue through April. The last day to enroll will be the fifth day of classes in the fall. Undergraduate students will not be able to access the enrollment system between June 1 and Aug.1 because new students will be enrolling.
As in past years, students have an assigned enrollment time, with graduate students and upperclassmen first. The new system can accommodate up to 600 students enrolling in the same minute, which is the total number of new enrollment appointments scheduled each day.
"I think online enrollment is a great idea because you don't need to wait in line forever," Chris Goode, Des Moines, Iowa, sophomore said. "You don't have to deal with the staff at Strong Hall and it'll be a lot more convenient even though there might be a lot of kinks to work out since it's the first year."
- Edited by Ryan Wood
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