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The Kansas University band won't just be playing "Rock Chalk, Jayhawk" on Thursday.
A college basketball game without a band present ... it's just not the same, is it? Drake's women's team was facing that, though, for its WNIT opener Thursday night in Des Moines, Iowa. The school is on spring break, and the Drake band members aren't on campus.
However, Drake got a capable substitute: The Kansas band was in Des Moines for the Jayhawks' NCAA men's tournament game Thursday afternoon.
After the top-seeded Jayhawks beat Austin Peay 105-79 at the Wells Fargo Center in downtown Des Moines, the Kansas band traveled the 3½ miles to Drake's Knapp Center to play at the Drake-Sacred Heart women's game.