The Big 12 Conference regular season and tournament champions arrived in Wichita Tuesday. The bus trip to Sedgwick County from Lawrence to took about three hours. Bill Self’s team typically takes a bus ride or two during the regular season. This was the team’s first trip to Wichita and the program’s first game there in many years.
The team’s arrival Tuesday night was typical of arrival at any NCAA tournament hotel. Their arrival for Wednesday’s workout at Intrust Bank Arena was anything but typical. As a matter of fact, an overflow crowd of almost 14,000 fans showed up to watch, according to the arena’s social media report.