Kansas basketball to host welcome home event at 4:15 p.m. today at Memorial Stadium

By Matt Tait     Apr 5, 2022

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Kansas guard Christian Braun (2) goes berserk after getting a breakaway bucket against North Carolina during the second half of the NCAA National Championship game on Monday, April 4, 2022 at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans.

New Orleans — The Kansas men’s basketball program, and the brand new, national champions trophy they collected on Monday night, will host a welcome home party at David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium at approximately 4:15 p.m. this afternoon.

Gates to the stadium will open at 3 p.m. and fans will be encouraged to sit on the west side of the stadium.

Parking lots around the stadium will open at 2 p.m. and fans will be able to park and enter free of charge.

A shuttle service, which will run from the parking garage on Vermont Street and the Riverfront Plaza also will be available beginning at 2:30 p.m.

The celebration figures to be short and sweet, with head coach Bill Self and KU players addressing the crowd while showing off the team’s shiny new hardware. Both the 1988 national championship squad and the team that won it all in 2008 hosted similar welcome home events.

This year’s was made possible by the Jayhawks’ 72-69, comeback victory over North Carolina in Monday night’s national championship game at Caesars Superdome.

KU trailed by 16 in the first half and 15 at halftime but outscored the Tar Heels 47-29 in the second half to take the title. Both deficits marked the largest ever overcome in NCAA Tournament championship game history.

A championship parade for the 2022 champs is expected sometime this coming weekend but details have not yet been announced.

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Written By Matt Tait

A native of Colorado, Matt moved to Lawrence in 1988 and has been in town ever since. He graduated from Lawrence High in 1996 and the University of Kansas in 2000 with a degree in Journalism. After covering KU sports for the University Daily Kansan and Rivals.com, Matt joined the World Company (and later Ogden Publications) in 2001 and has held several positions with the paper and KUsports.com in the past 20+ years. He became the Journal-World Sports Editor in 2018. Throughout his career, Matt has won several local and national awards from both the Associated Press Sports Editors and the Kansas Press Association. In 2021, he was named the Kansas Sportswriter of the Year by the National Sports Media Association. Matt lives in Lawrence with his wife, Allison, and two daughters, Kate and Molly. When he's not covering KU sports, he likes to spend his time playing basketball and golf, listening to and writing music and traveling the world with friends and family.