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The intersection of Eighth and Massachusetts streets was the main gathering spot for Jayhawk fans celebrating the Kansas's win over the Miami Hurricanes on Sunday. KU advances to the Final Four on Saturday, April 2, 2022, in New Orleans.

The University of Kansas men’s basketball team is headed back to the Final Four. Check back here frequently for scenes from downtown Lawrence following KU’s Elite Eight victory against Miami on Sunday.

4:30 p.m. The crowd is still large and dense, and a bit of Allen Fieldhouse’s soundtrack has made its way to downtown. Somebody has a big speaker and they are blasting “Sweet Caroline” for the crowd to sing along. – Austin Hornbostel, J-W Staff Reporter.

4 p.m. Standing at 9th and Massachusetts Street looking south, the crowd stretches far enough that you can’t see the end of it. Barricades have been placed along the side streets now to discourage traffic in the general downtown area. Motorists who were parked on Massachusetts Street but don’t want to get caught in the celebration are trying to get a law enforcement escort out of downtown, with some success. There are a large number of law enforcement officers downtown.

There’s also a fair amount of chanting going on downtown, including: “We invented basketball!” — Austin Hornbostel, J-W Staff Reporter.

photo by: Mike Yoder/Journal-World

The intersection of 8th and Mass. St., was the main gathering spot for Jayhawk fans celebrating the Jayhawks win over the Miami Hurricanes Sunday. Kansas advances to the Final Four Sat. April 2, in New Orleans.

3:45 p.m.: Before the final buzzer had sounded there was already a crowd closing down traffic on Massachusetts Street. Lawrence police had to help cars stuck in the middle of the street reverse out of the quickly swelling mass of KU basketball fans who congregated in the street to celebrate KU’s berth to the Final Four

As of 3:45 p.m. that crowd was growing quickly. All traffic should avoid Massachusetts Street – Austin Hornbostel, J-W Staff Reporter.

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Two dogs dressed in crimson and blue and their owner watch a large crowd of celebrating Jayhawk fans from a second floor window above Mass. St. Sunday after the Jayhawks win over the Miami Hurricanes to advance to the Final Four Sat. April 2, in New Orleans.

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Kansas fans were filling Mass. St. and were celebrating shoulder to shoulder after Sunday’s Jayhawks win over the Miami Hurricanes to advance to the Final Four Sat. April 2, in New Orleans.

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Fans crammed Massachusetts Street on Sunday, March 27, 2022 after KU’s victory over Miami gave the Jayhawks a birth in the Final Four for the 16th time in program history.

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Kansas fans were filling Mass. St. and were celebrating shoulder to shoulder after Sunday’s Jayhawks win over the Miami Hurricanes to advance to the Final Four Sat. April 2, in New Orleans.

photo by: Mike Yoder/Journal-World

Kansas fans come out of the bars and restaurants to fill up Mass. St. and celebrate a Jayhawk win Sunday against the Miami Hurricanes to advance to the Final Four Sat. April 2, in New Orleans.

photo by: Mike Yoder/Journal-World

Kansas fans come out of the bars and restaurants to fill up Mass. St. and celebrate a Jayhawk win Sunday against the Miami Hurricanes to advance to the Final Four Sat. April 2, in New Orleans.

photo by: Mike Yoder/Journal-World

Kansas fans come out of the bars and restaurants to fill up Mass. St. and celebrate a Jayhawk win Sunday against the Miami Hurricanes to advance to the Final Four Sat. April 2, in New Orleans.

photo by: Mike Yoder/Journal-World

Kansas fans come out of the bars and restaurants to fill up Massachusetts Street and celebrate a Jayhawk win Sunday against the Miami Hurricanes to advance to the Final Four on Saturday, April 2, in New Orleans.

photo by: Mike Yoder/Journal-World

Kansas fans come out of the bars and restaurants to fill up Mass. St. and celebrate a Jayhawk win Sunday against the Miami Hurricanes to advance to the Final Four Sat. April 2, in New Orleans.

photo by: Mike Yoder/Journal-World

Kansas fans come out of the bars and restaurants to fill up Mass. St. and celebrate a Jayhawk win Sunday against the Miami Hurricanes to advance to the Final Four Sat. April 2, in New Orleans.

photo by: Mike Yoder/Journal-World

Kansas fans come out of the bars and restaurants to fill up Mass. St. and celebrate a Jayhawk win Sunday against the Miami Hurricanes to advance to the Final Four Sat. April 2, in New Orleans.

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Patrons at the Red Lyon Inn, 944 Mass. St., watch the final minutes of the Jayhawks win over the Miami Hurricanes to advance to the Final Four Sat. April 2, in New Orleans.

All eyes were on the televisions inside Jefferson’s Restaurant, 734 Mass. St., as patrons celebrate a Jayhawk win Sunday against the Miami Hurricanes to advance to the Final Four Sat. April 2, in New Orleans. [/caption

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Fans gather near Eighth and Massachusetts Street following KU’s Elite Eight victory on Sunday, March 27, 2022.

photo by: By Elvyn Jones

Happy Jayhawk fans round the Eighth Street corner to join the large throng of fans on Mass Street celebrating KU’s Elite Eight victory over Miami.

photo by: By Elvyn Jones

Hundreds of Kansas Jayhawk fans celebrate on Massachusetts Street just north of Eighth Street with the end of thee Jayhawks NCAA regional finals victory against the University of Miami.

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The final seconds tick away in KU’s Elite Eight game, as a crowd inside Liberty Hall in downtown Lawrence awaits a celebration on Sunday, March 27, 2022.

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A crowd inside Liberty Hall in downtown Lawrence watches the final minutes of Kansas’ Elite Eight victory against Miami on Sunday, March 27, 2022.