Kansas University fan Marlin Carlson, Kansas City, Mo., dons a Jayhawk for a head ornament. He watched the KU men's basketball team beat the University of Chicago-Illinois March 19 during the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

Kansas University fan Connor Childs, 10, of Overland Park, watches the men's basketball team practice. The team prepared March 18 in Kemper Arena for the NCAA Tournament.

Jayhawk fans crowd into a parking lot outside of Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Mo. The fans were getting ready to cheer on Kansas University's men's basketball team in the first round of the NCAA Tournament March 19.

Kansas University men's basketball coach Bill Self signs Calen Byrd's shirt. Byrd, 11, of Prairie Village, attended KU's practice with his mother, Meg, right, March 18 at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Mo.

Lecompton Re-enactors, from left, are Tim Rues, John Golden, Ed Hoover, Gerald Grant, Howard Duncan and Paul Bahnmaier. They performed for the junior high schools in Lawrence during February for National Heritage Month. They were sponsored by the Lawrence Sertoma Club. The club donated posters of the Declaration of Independence to eighth-graders.

From left, Megan Green, SaraJane Zimmerman and Raye Watson assist at the silent auction tables for the annual St. Patrick's Day Celebrity and Sports Auction. The event was March 6 at Liberty Hall, 644 Mass.

From left, Edie Dreiling, Courtney Nowak and Andrea Curtis attend the annual Celebrity and Sports Auction. The fund-raiser was March 6 in downtown Lawrence.

Feathered and beaked like true Jayhawk fans, Marty Benson, left, Emporium, Pa., and Rob Mabry, Merriam, cheer on Kansas University during the first round of the NCAA Tournament. KU beat the University of Chicago-Illinois March 19 in Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Mo.

From left, Jerry Neverve, Patty Kennedy, Marty Kennedy and Sue Neverve attend the annual St. Patrick's Day Celebrity and Sports Auction at Liberty Hall. The March 6 event raised more than 0,000.

From left, Brent Parmer, Mick Stum, Tami Stum, parade secretary, and Deb Drummet, auction co-chairwoman, are pictured before the St. Patrick's Day Celebrity and Sports Auction. The event was March 6 at Liberty Hall. It featured live and silent auctions.