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KU Coming Off Record-Tying Streak Heading Into Post-Season

By Greg Echlin
Published March 8, 2017 at 2:40 PM CST
The Big 12 basketball tournament gets underway at the Sprint Center in Kansas City this (WED) afternoon.
The Big 12 basketball tournament gets underway at the Sprint Center in Kansas City this (WED) afternoon.

As the Big 12 basketball tournament gets underway in Kansas City, the tournament’s top seed—the Kansas Jayhawks—find themselves ranked No. 1 in the nation.  The Jayhawks have already won their 13th straight regular season conference title, which ties the record for the longest winning streak in the history of men’s college basketball.  Despite that success, this year’s team has been plagued by a series of problems off the court.  KPR’s Greg Echlin reports.

 

   

 

 

 
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Greg Echlin
Greg Echlin is the sports reporter for KPR and KCUR. Ever since he set foot on the baseball diamond at Fernwood Park on Chicago's South Side, Greg Echlin began a love affair with the world of sports. After graduating from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, he worked as a TV sports anchor and a radio sportscaster in Salina, Kansas. He moved to Kansas City in 1984 and has been there since covering sports. Through the years, he has covered multiple Super Bowls, Final Fours and Major League Baseball's World Series and All-Star games. With his high metabolism rate, Greg is able to enjoy a good meal and stay slim when he's not running around on the sports scene. He loves desserts, even making them. Cheesecakes, pies and parfaits are the most common around the Echlin household.
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