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... the Sporting News as one of the reasons basketball in Kansas is so great.
In their latest issue, dated March 15, they list "96 reasons to love March Madness right now." (In other words, forget about expanding the field).
Reasons 44-46 were: "The state of Kansas"' and its three schools. The headline read: "Why the Sunflower State is becoming the center of college basketball."
And get this. K-State coach Frank Martin was their source and -- before even talking about KU and K-State -- told writer Derek Samson:
"There's great tradition here. The game of basketball was invented in Kansas. Wichita State used to be a top 20 program. Mark Turgeon got it going again while he was at Wichita, and Gregg Marshall has continued it."
Mr. Martin just rose quite a few notches in my eyes. It's nice to be acknowledged, even if a lot of their fans won't admit we exist.
In their latest issue, dated March 15, they list "96 reasons to love March Madness right now." (In other words, forget about expanding the field).
Reasons 44-46 were: "The state of Kansas"' and its three schools. The headline read: "Why the Sunflower State is becoming the center of college basketball."
And get this. K-State coach Frank Martin was their source and -- before even talking about KU and K-State -- told writer Derek Samson:
"There's great tradition here. The game of basketball was invented in Kansas. Wichita State used to be a top 20 program. Mark Turgeon got it going again while he was at Wichita, and Gregg Marshall has continued it."
Mr. Martin just rose quite a few notches in my eyes. It's nice to be acknowledged, even if a lot of their fans won't admit we exist.
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