Kansas State lottery throws snow at students

Monday, February 18, 2008

Inclement weather and bad road conditions couldn’t stop zealous Jayhawk men’s basketball fans from attending lottery Sunday morning to get prime seats for the March 1 game against Kansas State.

The lottery is a process for choosing the first groups in the door at men’s basketball games. Groups at the lottery get to pick a poker chip with a number on it for every five members, with a maximum of six picks per group. The group with the lowest number on a chip gets to be the first group in the fieldhouse for the next game.

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A lot of smaller colleges are lucky to get as many people for a game that we had for a lottery in the snow two weeks before the game.

— Jeff Peckover, Winona, Minn., sophomore

More than 40 camping groups made their way to Allen Fieldhouse for the 8 a.m. lottery. Some students walked there from their residence halls, while others drove their vehicles on city roads that had yet to be cleared of snow.

On the way back from the lottery, one car spun around 180 degrees on the slippery road near the intersection of 15th and Iowa Streets.

Associate Athletics Director Jim Marchiony said he wasn’t surprised that campers toughed out the conditions to make it to the lottery.

“It’s a big game, and they’re pumped for it,” Marchiony said. “Not only is it against Kansas State, but College Gameday’s going to be in town too, so we expected high student attendance.”

Campers who showed up early had trouble getting into the fieldhouse, leaving some thinking students would have to conduct the lottery in the parking garage next to the fieldhouse, which they had to do for the Missouri game. Eventually, an employee let students come inside. Campers had to conduct the lottery in the hallway because the women’s team was practicing for its game that day.

“A lot of smaller colleges are lucky to get as many people for a game that we had for a lottery in the snow two weeks before the game,” said Jeff Peckover, Winona, Minn., sophomore.

Omaha, Neb. sophomore Adam Samson said that even more students would have been at the lottery, but their cars got stuck on the way.

“There were some cars on the side of the road that didn’t make it down the hill,” Samson said.

Campers will not have to trudge through the snow to get to the fieldhouse for camping. They voted to suspend camping until Wednesday.

Samson said that the trek through the snow was worth it because his group will be the ninth in the door for the Kansas State game.

— Edited by Katherine Loeck

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