Without hesitation, Mike Davis assures people that his Kansas Jayhawks won’t just be playing in the Big 12 Conference championship game Sunday afternoon in Oklahoma City.

He knows they’ll win.

“We want a shot at (Texas) Tech and (Texas) A&M again,” said Davis, senior vice president for the KU Alumni Association, already soaking up the atmosphere Wednesday in Oklahoma City. “Of course, I can say that, not having anything to do with the outcome.

“I don’t have to guard Acie Law, so I can say that.”

Losses earlier this season to Bobby Knight’s Red Raiders and, most recently, to the Aggies on Law’s guarded three-pointer in Allen Fieldhouse may have KU fans salivating at the prospects for revenge in the conference tournament.

But they’re thirsting for the next tournament on the schedule.

The conventional hope: KU lands at No. 1 seed, heads into a first-round game in Chicago at the United Center and leaves fans with plenty to do on the off day between games.

That’s right: St. Patrick’s Day.

“A green beer in Chicago?” Davis asked with a rhetorical flair. “That would be great.”

¢Bricktown menu: Fans familiar with KU’s previous trips to Oklahoma City for tournament hoops likely remember the Bricktown atmosphere.

In time for this year’s tournament, it’s gotten bigger.

“We’re probably 10 square blocks total,” said Jim Cowan, whose Bricktown Brewery opened in the entertainment district 15 years ago, and once again will serve as headquarters for KU alumni events.

Among the additions: a Bass Pro Shop, a state-of-the-art movie theater and a new Toby Keith’s I Love This Bar & Grill.

¢Ready to go: Cowan’s staff is busy preparing for a rush of KU fans. Friday’s pep rally is set for 10 a.m., and customers can hunker down for a $9 breakfast buffet that will include eggs, bacon, fresh fruit, bagels and a full lineup of other traditional items.

He’s even asked the folks at nearby Brown’s Bakery to make dozens of doughnuts with blue icing, catering to the brewery’s pro-KU crowd.

Cowan also has 144 custom-made KU pint glasses, which customers can buy and take home with them. He’s banking on folks opting for the brewery’s signature Copperhead Amber Ale.

Sure to be less popular: Bison Wheat Ale.

“It has a big buffalo head on the menu,” he said. “People will think it looks too much like a Colorado Buffalo.”

Or a Bucknell Bison.

“Uh,” Cowan said, recalling KU’s 2005 loss in the first round of the NCAA Tournament in, of all places, Oklahoma City. “We know that will not be the most popular beer of choice for KU fans this weekend.”

¢Tough tickets: The Big 12 Conference announced Wednesday that it would be putting up a “limited” number of all-session tickets for the men’s tournament up for sale Wednesday afternoon.

Any leftovers, the conference said, would be available for purchase on a single-session basis beginning at 9 a.m. this morning.

But don’t bother go to the conference’s Web site. Tickets are available for sale only through the Ford Center box office, and only in person.

Davis, of the KU Alumni Association, said that this week’s event certainly would be a “tight ticket,” but that tickets might become more available as fans from losing teams look to shed their remaining tickets.

¢Team accommodations: The KU team is staying at the Oklahoma City Marriott, about a 15-minute ride from the Ford Center. The team plans to head straight to the hotel after landing today at Will Rogers Airport, then head out for a closed practice.

The team is scheduled to leave the Marriott at 10:15 a.m. Friday for its quarterfinal game, which is set to tip off at 11:30 a.m.