Fall-like conditions weren’t enough to keep Kansas Jayhawks basketball fans away from a pep rally Saturday in the Power & Light District.
Hours before the Jayhawks tipped off in the Sprint Center against the Oregon Ducks in the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament, hundreds of spirited KU fans were in a festive mood in the district’s Kansas City Live courtyard.
The rally featured the KU pep band and cheerleaders and highlights from previous games. The school’s fight song was played. “Go KU” shout outs were plentiful as was the ever present Rock, Chalk chant.
The temperature — Saturday’s high was in the upper 50s — wasn’t enough to dissuade fans such as Bret Talbott’s party of seven from pregame activities.