In 2008, the last time the KU Jayhawks won a national basketball championship, police estimate that more than 30,000 screaming, cheering, jumping, happy fans poured into downtown Lawrence after the game.
Ask anyone who was there and it seemed more like a million people shoved themselves onto the city’s main drag, Massachusetts Street, that night.
With KU just two wins away from another Final Four appearance, Lawrence police have mapped out their own game plan for handling another celebration, should it happen.
They’ve armed themselves with a hashtag - #CelebrateSafely - on their Twitter account, @LawrenceKS_PD, where this week they reminded fans not to walk around in public with open containers and “treat Mass St.