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Seen from the roof of Weaver's Department Store, 901 Massachusetts St., Kansas band members and the Kansas Spirit Squad lead off the Kansas Basketball National Championship Parade Sunday, April 10, 2022.

Fans started arriving as early as 9 a.m. for the Kansas Basketball National Championship Parade in downtown Lawrence on Sunday.

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Kansas basketball players Christian Braun, left, and Dajuan Harris celebrate with the crowd at the Kansas Basketball National Championship parade on Sunday, April 10, 2022.

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David McCormack, left, holding the NCAA National Championship trophy, rides with Ochai Agbaji, First-team All-American and 2022 Final Four most outstanding player, right, in a parade Sunday, April 10, 2022, to celebrate the KU men’s basketball team winning the NCAA basketball championship.

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Jayhawk fans line Massachusetts Street on Sunday, April 10, 2022, to watch a parade and celebrate the KU men’s basketball team’s NCAA basketball championship.

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David McCormack holds the NCAA National Championship trophy and yells to the crowd during a parade Sunday, April 10, 2022, to celebrate the KU men’s basketball team winning the NCAA basketball championship.

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Christian Braun, second from right, puts on a Jayhawk hat tossed to him from the crowd while riding with Dajuan Harris Jr., far right, in a parade Sunday, April 10, 2022, to celebrate the KU men’s basketball team winning the NCAA basketball championship.

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Fans attend the parade Sunday, April 10, 2022, celebrating the team’s national championship.

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Kansas basketball players Chris Teahan, left, and Mitch Lightfoot ride in the parade Sunday, April 10, 2022, celebrating the team’s national championship.

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A fan holds out a KU basketball in hopes of having a KU player sign it during a parade to celebrate the KU men’s basketball team’s NCAA basketball championship Sunday, April 10, 2022.

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David McCormack and Ochai Agbaji wave at fans at the Kansas Basketball National Championship parade on Sunday, April 10, 2022.

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Kansas head coach Bill Self and his wife Cindy and granddaughter Phoebe ride in a parade Sunday, April 10, 2022, to celebrate the KU men’s basketball team winning the NCAA basketball championship.

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David McCormack tosses T-shirts to the crowd while Ochai Agbaji prepares to take a selfie at the Kansas Basketball National Championship parade on Sunday, April 10, 2022.

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Santiago (left), Sofia and Santana Mendez cheer at the Kansas Basketball National Championship parade on Sunday, April 10, 2022.

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Sophie McFarren cheers as the parade gets underway.

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Fans catching their first glimpse of the championship team during the parade.

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Joe (left) and Baylor Crane at the Kansas Basketball National Championship parade on Sunday, April 10, 2022.

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Kansas basketball players Remy Martin and Jalen Wilson ride in the parade Sunday, April 10, 2022, celebrating the team’s national championship.

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Remy Martin and Jalen Wilson take in the cheers of the crowd at the Kansas Basketball National Championship parade on Sunday, April 10, 2022.

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Christian Braun, left, tosses an autographed shoe back to the crowd as he and and Dajuan Harris Jr. ride in a parade Sunday, April 10, 2022, to celebrate the KU men’s basketball team winning the NCAA basketball championship.

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Kansas basketball coach Bill Self rides in the parade Sunday, April 10, 2022, celebrating the team’s national championship.

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Big Jay and University of Kansas cheerleaders got the crowd going before players began driving by a few minutes later.

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As the KU basketball victory parade reached the area of Massachusetts Street just south of South Park, KU fans prepared their cameras for shots of the KU basketball team.

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Jayhawks forward Dillon Wilhite and guard Michael Jankovich spot a chance to pose for the camera during their championship victory parade Sunday.

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Timber and his owner Jeff Brandau at the Jayhawk NCAA Championship Parade on April 10, 2022.

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Members of the Lawrence Police Department prepare to walk the parade.

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Jayhawks forward Jalen Wilson and guard Remy Martin soak up the cheers as they pass by parade-goers exiting downtown Lawrence.

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Jayhawks guards Christian Braun and Dajuan Harris Jr. sign autograph hats handed to them — and sometimes even thrown from the other side of the barricades — for KU basketball fans.

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Jayhawks guard Ochai Agbaji signs one of many pieces of KU sports merchandise handed his way during the parade Sunday.

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Eager parade-goers leaned over the barricades Sunday to pass over hats, shirts and other KU sports merchandise to get an autograph from their favorite players.

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U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids rides in the parade.

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Jayhawks forward Mitch Lightfoot cradles the NCAA championship trophy.

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As the parade crawled further south out of downtown Lawrence, the crowd on both sides of Massachusetts Street broke into cheers.

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Jayhawk fans line Massachusetts Street to watch a parade and celebrate the KU men’s basketball team’s NCAA basketball championship Sunday, April 10, 2022.

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Jayhawk fans line Massachusetts Street to watch a parade and celebrate the KU men’s basketball team’s NCAA basketball championship Sunday, April 10, 2022.

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Jayhawk fans line Massachusetts Street to watch a parade and celebrate the KU men’s basketball team’s NCAA basketball championship Sunday, April 10, 2022.

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Kansas basketball players Christian Braun and Dajuan Harris Jr., ride in a car Sunday, April 10, 2022, during the parade celebrating KU’s national championship win.

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Macy Brown and her dog Bindi at the Kansas Basketball National Championship parade on Sunday, April 10, 2022.

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A crowd gathers to watch the KU men’s basketball parade on Sunday, April 10, 2022, in Lawrence, Kansas.

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Kansas fans get set up around 9 a.m. on Sunday, April 10, 2022, for the Kansas Basketball National Championship Parade. The parade was scheduled to begin at 2 p.m.

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Former KU cheerleader Smo Ortiz balances on the German wheel before the Kansas Basketball National Championship parade on Sunday, April 10, 2022.

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Mary Ann Waldenmeyer sports her University of Kansas gear before the Kansas basketball parade. She has three grandchildren who graduated from KU and a fourth attending the university as a freshman.

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A crowd gathers to watch the KU men’s basketball parade on Sunday, April 10, 2022, in Lawrence, Kansas.

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A jayhawk flag waves in the wind outside the Douglas County Courthouse, 111 E. 11th St., before the Kansas basketball championship parade in downtown Lawrence on Sunday, April 10, 2022.

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A crowd gathers at Liberty Memorial Central Middle School to watch the KU men’s basketball parade on Sunday, April 10, 2022, in Lawrence, Kansas.