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2011-12 Men's Basketball gallery

Final Four celebration in downtown Lawrence March 26, 2012

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Jayhawk fans atop Tellers, Eighth and Massachusetts streets, cheer as a party unfolds below them on Sunday.

Photo by Richard Gwin

Hundreds of people poured onto Massachusetts Street on Sunday after Kansas defeated North Carolina to head to the Final Four in New Orleans next weekend. The Jayhawks beat the Tar Heels, a No. 1 seed, 80-67.

Photo by Richard Gwin

Hundreds of people in Lawrence headed downtown Sunday after the Jayhawks defeated North Carolina to head to the Final Four.

Photo by Richard Gwin

Sam Stepp, KU graduate, carries a "Dancin' in the Big Easy" sign and was one among hundreds who headed downtown Sunday after Jayhawks defeated North Carolina to head to the Final Four.

Photo by Richard Gwin

Wearing a shirt she wore when the Jayhawks defeated North Carolina in 2008, Megan Baker, front, her friend Alicia Green and other KU fans watched the game at Johnny’s Tavern in North Lawrence

Photo by Richard Gwin

Jayhawk fans filled Mass. Street from Seventh to Eleventh streets, and partied long after the sun went down.

Photo by John Young

Lawrence residents and rabid Jayhawk fans Brandon Bohning, Andy Kroeker, and Brett McClure cheer on the Jayhawks during their Elite Eight game against North Carolina on Sunday at Fatso's, 1016 Mass St. The win propelled the Jayhawks into the Final Four.

Photo by John Young

Meredith Chapple holds a sign as her father, Todd Chapple, and Becky Gonzales, all of Lawrence, watch a crowd descend upon downtown Lawrence

Photo by Richard Gwin

Showing their Kansas support, residents of downtown hold signs out of their windows as hundreds of people headed downtown on Sunday after the Jayhawks defeated North Carolina to head to the Final Four.

Photo by Richard Gwin

Comments

kansasplains1 1 year, 2 months ago

Thanks for these great photographs, Richard Gwin and John Young. They are all great but the last one is particularly fine (In Self We Trust, out of the window).

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beatnik 1 year, 2 months ago

it was fun down there

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jehovah_bob 1 year, 2 months ago

Sam Stepp is about to get sued for copyright infringement.

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dirtysocks 1 year, 2 months ago

good Grief....give us a break...

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frankfussman 1 year, 2 months ago

Why isn't there a photo of the Allen Field House float? The big, two-car-length parade float that drove slowly down Mass Street from 7th to 8th in the left-hand lane.

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riverdrifter 1 year, 2 months ago

Captions need to updated: that's thousands of people, not hundreds.

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