SportsBeat KC: Door revolves for K-State hoops roster, opens belatedly for Eddie Sutton
The NCAA men’s basketball championship game would have been played Monday night. So college hoops was still on our minds Tuesday.
Kansas State beat writer Kellis Robinett speaks to the revolving door that is the Wildcats’ roster and what it means for coach Bruce Weber and a program that finished in last place in the Big 12 this season.
Also, Oklahoman sports columnist Berry Tramel provides his thoughts on Eddie Sutton’s induction into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame. Everyone agrees Sutton, who amassed more than 800 career victories, mostly at Creighton, Arkansas, Kentucky and Oklahoma — and took three teams to the Final Four — deserved the honor. But Tramel explains how the timing was unfortunate for the Cowboys’ coaching great.
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Berry Tramel: Basketball Hall of Fame finally shows some grace to Eddie Sutton