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When KU Basketball Season Ends, So Will Broadcasting Career of Bob Davis

By Greg Echlin
Published March 17, 2016 at 8:20 PM CDT
KU's play-by-play announcer Bob Davis (left) is retiring at the end of the basketball season. He's been calling Jayhawk basketball and football games on the radio for the past three decades. Sitting next to him is Bob Newton, engineer for the Jayhawk IMG Radio Network. (Photo by Greg Echlin)
KU's play-by-play announcer Bob Davis (left) is retiring at the end of the basketball season. He's been calling Jayhawk basketball and football games on the radio for the past three decades. Sitting next to him is Bob Newton, engineer for the Jayhawk IMG Radio Network. (Photo by Greg Echlin)

When the NCAA basketball tournament begins today (THUR) for the top-seeded Kansas Jayhawks, chances are they’ll successfully move on to the next round. A No. 1 seed has never lost to a No. 16 seed. But if the Jayhawks are upset along the way in their bid for a fourth NCAA title, it will mean two things: KU’s season comes to an end…and so does the 32-year broadcasting career of play-by-play radio announcer Bob Davis. Kansas Public Radio’s Greg Echlin has this look back at the legendary voice of the Kansas Jayhawks.
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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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