Gary Blair, Texas A&M coach, calls KC a poor tournament site

Gary Blair, the women’s basketball coach at Texas A&M, left town with a trophy and a grudge.

Texas A&M beat Oklahoma 74-67 at Municipal Auditorium yesterday to capture the Big 12 women’s tournament title. Victory tasted bitter to Blair, who spoke after the game about the lack of spectators (attendance: 3,120) and media coverage. Blair told reporters he’d like to see the event return to Dallas, where it was last held in 2006.

Blair was upset that he could not find scores and highlights from the women’s tournament on the local news on Saturday night. He also complained about the “one page” of coverage in Sunday’s Kansas City Star. (It was actually less; the page featured four advertisements, as well.)