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SportsBeat KC: Nobody wins like Bearcats, and everyone wants to be like Honey Badger

Ben McCollum, men’s basketball coach at Northwest Missouri.
Ben McCollum, men’s basketball coach at Northwest Missouri. The Kansas City Star

On this episode of the SportsBeat KC podcast, college basketball leads off with a conversation with the winningest men’s hoops coach over the previous four years. Ben McCollum speaks to what has made his Northwest Missouri State program, the NCAA Division II champion in two of the past three years and the current top-ranked team, so successful.

Also, what makes NFL prospects successful? To those who play safety or linebacker, it’s emulating stars like the Kansas City Chiefs’ Tyrann Mathieu. We heard a lot about that at the NFL Scouting Combine last week, and Mathieu was asked about his game as a model here in KC recently. Here’s what he had to say about that.

Story links:

College basketball’s most successful program? Check out Northwest Missouri State

Power of putting others first made Tyrann Mathieu crucial to Chiefs’ Super Both berth

This story was originally published March 4, 2020 at 3:40 PM.

Blair Kerkhoff
The Kansas City Star
Blair Kerkhoff has covered sports for The Kansas City Star since 1989. He was elected to the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame in 2023.
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