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Kansas Jayhawks Defeat Oklahoma to Open Big 12 Schedule

By Greg Echlin
Published January 3, 2019 at 2:10 PM CST
In the first of the four Wednesday night games on the Big 12 schedule, the KU Jayhawks defeated the Oklahoma Sooners,70-to-63. (Photo by Greg Echlin / KPR)
In the first of the four Wednesday night games on the Big 12 schedule, the KU Jayhawks defeated the Oklahoma Sooners,70-to-63. (Photo by Greg Echlin / KPR)

In their bid to win the Big 12 men’s basketball title for an unprecedented 15th consecutive year, the fifth-ranked Kansas Jayhawks opened Big 12 play with a 70-63 win over No. 23 Oklahoma as 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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