Kansas basketball players to tailgate with fans before KU-Iowa State football game

Gary Bedore
·3 min read

Kansas coach Bill Self and some current members of the 2022-23 KU men’s basketball team will tailgate with fans during the two-hour “Rock Chalk Talk on the Hill” event to be held before Saturday’s Kansas-Iowa State football game on Campanile Hill outside Booth Memorial Stadium.

The current Jayhawks along, with Mitch Lightfoot and Chris Teahan from last year’s NCAA championship team, will be available to take pictures with fans who purchase tickets for the tailgate event, which is being billed as the “ultimate gameday experience.” Fans will also be invited to take pictures next to the 2022 national championship trophy.

Ticket sales will be limited to 80 individuals.

Food and drink will be provided at the tailgate, which will run from noon until 2 p.m. The KU-Iowa State football game is set for 2:30 p.m.

The NIL basketball event is sponsored by Mass St. Collective as well as Revel XP Elite Fan Experiences.

Tickets are available via the Revel XP Website or by calling 785-256-9140.

Coaches Vs. Cancer Tipoff is week from Wednesday

General admission tickets remain available for the Coaches Vs. Cancer Rock Chalk Tipoff, set for Wednesday Oct. 5 in the Crown Automotive Ballroom at 3400 Iowa Street in Lawrence.

Bill Raftery, a longtime college basketball analyst, will emcee a panel discussion that will include KU coach Self, current players Dajuan Harris and Jalen Wilson from the 2022 NCAA title team and former KU star Mario Chalmers from the 2008 national title team.

The season tipoff event, which had been held in Kansas City through its first 14 years of existence, is sponsored by the NABC in conjunction with the American Cancer Society. The fundraiser’s presenting sponsors for the event in Lawrence are the University of Kansas Health System and University of Kansas Cancer Center.

The program, which starts at 7:30 p.m. after a VIP session and general admission seating., will conclude at 9 p.m..

Ashley Berndt, American Cancer Society Executive Director, Kansas City, explained this year’s changes in the event to The Star in an email:

“Some of the schools who have participated in the KC Coaches vs. Cancer event in years past have had head coaching changes,” Berndt wrote, “including K-State, UMKC and Mizzou. With Coach Self’s continued support we saw these changes as an opportunity to evolve each school’s involvement with the American Cancer Society Coaches vs. Cancer program and instead support customized engagement for each school. Hence our change up for this event on October 5. We are planning on engaging with UMKC and K-State via Coaches vs. Cancer events in 2023 — what it looks like varies based on their athletic program. More to come on that.

“So the KC Coaches vs. Cancer event at this point is no longer the same but this event is not a replacement, it is just a different approach for each of the athletic departments and their fan base.”

It is believed Mizzou also will be involved, either teaming up with the St. Louis chapter of the Cancer Society or the KC side.

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