KU and Kentucky fans gather at the Superdome and take shelter in the underground parking during a storm before the NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship game, Monday, April 2, 2012.

photo by: Mike Yoder

KU fans wait in line to get into the Superdome. KU and Kentucky fans took shelter in the underground parking at the Superdome as a storm passed over New Orleans before the NCAA Men's Basketball Championship game, Monday, April 2, 2012.

photo by: Mike Yoder

Kentucky fans at left, and Kansas fans at right, humorously kid eavch other about the approaching game. KU and Kentucky fans took shelter in the underground parking at the Superdome as a storm passed over New Orleans before the NCAA Men's Basketball Championship game, Monday, April 2, 2012.

photo by: Mike Yoder

Kentucky fans wait in line for the game in a parking garage. KU and Kentucky fans took shelter in the underground parking at the Superdome as a storm passed over New Orleans before the NCAA Men's Basketball Championship game, Monday, April 2, 2012.

photo by: Mike Yoder

KU and Kentucky fans take shelter in the underground parking at the Superdome as a storm passed over New Orleans before the NCAA Men's Basketball Championship game, Monday, April 2, 2012.

photo by: Mike Yoder

Shanel Perry, a University of Kentucky junior, left, and her mother Biv Perry, Denver, prepare for rain outside the Superdome. KU and Kentucky fans took shelter in the underground parking at the Superdome as a storm passed over New Orleans before the NCAA Men's Basketball Championship game, Monday, April 2, 2012.

photo by: Mike Yoder

Kelley Kovich, KU alumnus from '07, left, and Brandy Burrows, '06, high-five a street performer outside the Superdome inNew Orleans before the NCAA Men's Basketball Championship game, Monday, April 2, 2012.