MEDIA ADVISORY: Campus preparations, stadium event for Saturday's NCAA semifinal game

WHAT: Fans are invited to watch the Jayhawks' NCAA semifinal game on the videoboard at Memorial Stadium. Post-game team press conferences are to be shown via satellite. Also: KU basketball highlights, Baby Jay, Crimson Girls, music and more.

WHEN: Gates open at 6:30 p.m.; game starts at 7:47 p.m. Saturday.

WHERE: Seating, concessions and restrooms will be available on the west side of the stadium.

MEDIA ROOM: Jayhawks football locker room -- entrance at southwest corner of stadium. You will find:
 • Data access for photo transmission, etc.
 • Phone lines for media use only.
 • TV monitors showing stadium videoboard and regular broadcasting.
 • University public relations and public safety spokespeople will be available.
 • Pop, water and snacks for media.

The stadium press level will not be open.

PARKING and STREETS:
 • TV stations using microwave transmission and satellite trucks are encouraged to call Frank Barthell at (785) 864-8869 or (785) 845-9996 (cellular).
Microwave trucks are encouraged to park in Lot 11, just north of Joseph R. Pearson Hall.
 • Vehicle access to central campus -- Jayhawk Boulevard, Memorial Drive and Sunflower Road -- will be closed during and after the game. If you are parked on these streets when the closure goes into effect, police will ask you to leave the area. A map is available online at www.jayhawks.ku.edu/roads/closedstreets.html.
 • Media may park in lots on the west side of the stadium. Be prepared to show media ID, particularly if you are in an unmarked vehicle.

CAMPUS:
 • NO ALCOHOL is allowed on campus or in Memorial Stadium. No tailgating with alcohol will be permitted. There will be enhanced law enforcement.
 • For university information, including tournament history and traditions, see the Jayhawks Media Kit at www.jayhawks.ku.edu.
 • Go Jayhawks!