The Afternoon Belonged to K-State

March 18, 2010

(OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma)

With two Kansas teams playing Thursday in Oklahoma City, the streets looked more like Manhattan or Lawrence.

Look one way, you saw blue. Look the other way, you saw purple. Even the parking attendants can tell you, Kansas has no lack of support for it's two biggest colleges.

Romero tells Eyewitness News, "Maybe three or four cars at a time, then it might slack up for about 15 minutes, and then three or four other cars come in again."

Hours before K-State found it's way to Ford Center, K-State fans found each other at a Wildcat party. "It's great to see so many Kansans invading Oklahoma for a change and showing them how to play basketball," said K-State University President Kirk Schulz.

The alumni fan party accounted for only a fraction of the representation Kansas has in Oklahoma City this week. A location that's making it easy for people to cheer on their team.

Wichita resident Betsy Sweeney explains, "We came last night, we're gonna do the game and go back and then come back Saturday, it's easy."

And with so many Kansans in one place, you have to expect a little mixing of the colors. Carla Misejka was brave enough to enter the wildcat party in her jayhawk shirt. "I was asked if I was lost!"

But with K-State tipping off in the afternoon, you would have to imagine purple held the majority on the streets Thursday afternoon.

"Right now we're seeing a lot of purple, we'd like to see more blue, we're hoping that tonight we'll see more blue," said KU fan Lisa Faubion

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