Students wait hours to purchase tickets
Fans anticipate Kansas game at Daniel-Meyer
By Matt Potter
Staff Reporter

The line for tickets to the TCU-Kansas basketball game formed in the early morning hours last Saturday.

The tickets were not handed out until 5 p.m., but many faithful Frog fans wanted to make sure they had seats for the nationally televised game on Dec. 1.

“We planned on getting here at midnight,” said Courtney Iverson, a freshman movement science major. “But then we decided that 8:00 a.m. was early enough.”

The majority of the crowd began to arrive at Daniel-Meyer Coliseum around 2 p.m. The crowd steadily grew until two lines stretched to the back of the Daniel-Meyer Coliseum parking lot.

“Ever since the students heard Kansas was coming to TCU, there has been major hype around the game,” director of sports marketing Tim George said. “The Kansas game sells itself, and we haven’t had this kind of demand since the Texas Tech game last year.”

The Kansas Jayhawks have made it to the NCAA tournament 13 consecutive years. Last year, they made it to the national championship game, losing to Syracuse University.

Head men’s basketball coach Neil Dougherty was an assistant coach at Kansas for seven years under Roy Williams before coming to TCU for the 2002-2003 season.

Junior political science major A.J. Jongewaard said he wants to be at the game when Kansas comes to town because he wants to have the chance to watch TCU beat Kansas.

“The fact that we’re playing Kansas, a nationally respected team, in a nationally televised game is awesome,” Jongewaard said. “TCU athletics doesn’t get enough respect and support on campus and that’s wrong.”

George said the basketball team has gained more support because of the success of the football team.

“The students have really supported the football team,” George said. “They know it’s important for the success of a team. The excitement from football should spread to basketball.”

The game will be broadcast on ESPN Monday. Tip-off is set for 10 p.m.