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Halston Altman, 2, and her father Cribb Altman, Dallas, a 2004 Kansas graduate, listen to New Orleans musician Hack Bartholomew, as they spent time in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Saturday, March 31, before the Jayhawks' semi-final game against Ohio State.

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Adam Steinhauser, Olathe, joins the KU pep rally in his blue-man outfit at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in New Orleans, Saturday, March 31, before KU's semi-final game against Ohio State.

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Sherryl Thorne, K.C., MO., left, KU '63, and Mary Whitaker, Overland Park, KU '62, enjoy a KU pep rally at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in New Orleans, Saturday, March 31, before KU's semi-final game against Ohio State.

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Ruth Hatfield, Lawrence,enjoys a KU pep rally at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in New Orleans, Saturday, March 31, before KU's semi-final game against Ohio State.

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Marsha Goodyear, left, and Joe Johnson, both of Topeka, meet up at the KU pep rally at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in New Orleans, Saturday, March 31, before KU's semi-final game against Ohio State.

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Mike Yoder/Journal-World Photo.Ella Dewitt, 2, Dallas, swings her body and her beads to the music during a KU pep rally at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in New Orleans, Saturday, March 31, before KU's semi-final game against Ohio State.

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Mary Keith Burns, left, Overland Park, dances with Wandwll Lewis, Grand Master of the Uptown Strutters, during a KU pep rally at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in New Orleans, Saturday, March 31, before KU's semi-final game against Ohio State.