Fans maintain loyalty as they line streets and wait for glimpse.
It was a bittersweet celebration. Beneath an overcast sky with no discernable sun, hundreds of fans packed Tuesday afternoon into Park Central Square for a SMS Lady Bears rally that was part victory party and part goodbye. Ethan Spiva gets an autograph from Jackie Stiles on Tuesday before the start of a parade at Park Central Square in honor of the Lady Bears basketball team and their achievements this season, which landed them a Final Four spot. But no one did. People peered from behind the warped reflections of multistory buildings, and drivers honked from cars as the parade of convertible Corvettes and Lady Bears crawled by.