The $11.2 million McCarthy Hall, a new apartment complex that will house the Kansas men’s basketball team and other non-athlete students, is located just to the southeast of Allen Fieldhouse on Kansas University’s campus. Several media members and the Lawrence Douglas-County Fire Medical department recently toured the building. Read more at LJWorld.com/mccarthy

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The $11.2 million McCarthy Hall houses the Kansas men's basketball team to the southeast of Allen Fieldhouse on KU's campus.

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Diana Robertson, director of KU student housing, right, introduces Lawrence-Douglas County Fire and Medical personnel to McCarthy Hall, the new $11.2 million home of the KU men's basketball team.

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A fireplace, television and seating fill the lobby of KU's new $11.2 million McCarthy Hall, which houses the Kansas men's basketball team.

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Mailboxes are set aside for the 16-member Kansas men's basketball team and 21 non-athlete upperclassmen at KU's new $11.2 million McCarthy Hall.

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Diana Robertson, director of KU student housing, right, introduces Lawrence-Douglas County Fire and Medical personnel to a multipurpose room and kitchen inside the new $11.2 million McCarthy Hall, which houses the Kansas men's basketball team.

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Lawrence-Douglas County Fire and Medical personnel tour a recreation room at the new $11.2 million McCarthy Hall, which houses the Kansas men's basketball team.

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McCarthy Hall, the new $11.2 million home of the Kansas men's basketball team, features a barbershop adjacent to the building's game room.

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A Lawrence-Douglas County Fire and Medical employee tours a two-bedroom room at the new $11.2 million McCarthy Hall, which houses the Kansas men's basketball team.

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Members of the Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical department tour a living unit at the new $11.2 million McCarthy Hall, which houses the Kansas men's basketball team.

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Journal-World reporter Sara Shepherd points out the height of the shower heads in one of the two-bedroom apartments inside the new $11.2 million McCarthy Hall, which houses the Kansas men's basketball team.

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A Jayhawk hangs on a wall inside the new $11.2 million McCarthy Hall, which houses the Kansas men's basketball team.

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Lawrence-Douglas County Fire and Medical personnel tour the media room inside the new $11.2 million McCarthy Hall, which houses the Kansas men's basketball team.

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Lawrence-Douglas County Fire and Medical AEMT Engineer Troy Gourley tries out a lounge seat during a tour of the media room in the new $11.2 million McCarthy Hall, which houses the Kansas men's basketball team.

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Brandmeyer Family Court, a half-court basketball facility, is one of the highlights of the new $11.2 million McCarthy Hall, which houses the Kansas men's basketball team.

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Brandmeyer Family Court, a half-court basketball facility, is one of the highlights of the new $11.2 million McCarthy Hall, which houses the Kansas men's basketball team.

photo by: Mike Yoder

Lawrence-Douglas County Fire and Medical personnel tour an outdoor deck with fireplace and widescreen televisions at the new $11.2 million McCarthy Hall, which houses the Kansas men's basketball team.

photo by: Mike Yoder

Lawrence-Douglas County Fire and Medical personnel tour an outdoor deck with fireplace and widescreen televisions at the new $11.2 million McCarthy Hall, which houses the Kansas men's basketball team.

photo by: Mike Yoder

The new, $11.2 million McCarthy Hall, a new apartment complex that will house the Kansas men's basketball team, is located just to the southeast of Allen Fieldhouse on KU's campus.