Kansas Basketball Explained with Gifs

At the University of Kanas, somethings are more important than others. I think the whole nation knows that we celebrate basketball games like it's the fourth of July. It's a ritual; we get all dressed up in our cutest red and blue, we do our hair and make up, we put a sunflower in our hair and wait hours in the cold to watch one of the nations top basketball teams play in true Home of Basketball. If you have never been to a Kansas basketball game you are missing out, but here is a general idea of what goes on.



Packing for your turn to camp:

Girls on game day:

Waiting to get in:

Waiting 3 hours for the game after they let you in Allen Field house:

10 minutes until game time:


Everyone making their paper cones:











When they announce the other team:

When they announce the KU Basketball team:


When an opposing fan walks by:

When the refs make a bullsh*t call:

And Bill knows it

When Perry Ellis makes a ESPN worthy dunk!

And every game Jamari ends up on the ground... Maybe more than once.

When we miss a free throw:

When Cliff is on the court:

When the campus cutie walks by you:


When Frank Mason takes on a 7-footer in the paint and still scores:

When Greene makes that clutch 3


When the refs finally call the foul

When you see how adorable Devonte' Graham is

When someone tells you Sve is 17...

So they tell you again...

When Bill gets angry:

When Landon Lucas swats

When they put in a benchwarmer....



When the other player catches their 5th foul:

When the other team here the Rock Chalk Chant and knows what's coming:

Leaving the Field House like:

The night after the game:



Another feeling KU fans know all too well is the feeling when your favorite player goes pro before they graduate: