Estimated 100,000 fans at Kansas parade (AP)
Published 4/14/2008 at Yahoo! Sports - NCAA Men's Hoops News
In possibly the biggest celebration in the city's history, a crowd estimated at more than 100,000 lined downtown streets Sunday to honor the national basketball champion Kansas Jayhawks. Fans from as far away as Colorado and Minnesota, some in trees and on rooftops, came to get a glimpse of coach Bill Self, Mario Chalmers and the rest of the team that beat Memphis 75-68 to win the NCAA...
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