Kevin Kietzman shreds Jack Harry’s take on Mizzou-less Big 12
KSHB Channel 41 sports anchor Jack Harry sent out a tweet on Tuesday suggesting that the Sprint Center would remain a viable site for the Big 12 men’s basketball tournament if Missouri left for the SEC. “KU, KSU, ISU should have enough clout to bring it here, at least, every other year,” he wrote.
Harry’s reasoning is deeply flawed. First, it assumes that Big 12 officials would even consider holding a tournament in a state with no member institutions. Two, it assumes that Kansas, Kansas State and Iowa State would lobby to hold the event in Kansas City after Mizzou asked for a divorce from its old Big 8 rivals. Hey, no hard feelings, Missouri. We sure do love paying those exorbitant taxes at the hotels and restaurants in your state’s largest city.
