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DESCRIPTION:Event:  Holiday College Basketball in Kansas City: History of the Big Eight Christmas Basketball Tournament\n\nBefore the Big 12 Conference, it was the Big Eight. Claiming Wilt Chamberlain as its greatest basketball alumnus, it was considered one of the most renown college basketball conferences in the country. From 1946 through 1978, the conference had its round robin holiday tournament at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri between Christmas and New Year's Day. It was one of the best college basketball tournaments in the country.  In the beginning, when only six, then seven, teams were in the conference, other non-conference teams were invited. Former pro basketball players such as JoJo White, Bob Boozer, Clyde Lovellette, Cliff Meely and Garfield Heard played in the tournament. There were also many who were part of this tournament's history that never played professional basketball. What made the tournament exciting is when a team not predicted to finish high in the conference would "catch lightning in a bottle" for that week and win the tournament. The course will explore the history of the tournament and discuss factors which would lead to the tournament's demise in 1978.&nbsp;<div><br><div><b>Instructor Bio:&nbsp; Kevin L. Mitchell </b>is the baseball history blogger of The Baseball Scroll (www.thebaseballscroll.blogspot.com) and author of Last Train to Cooperstown: The 2006 Baseball Hall of Fame Inductees from the Negro League Era. The Kansas City, Kan. native earned bachelors and master's degrees from the University of Kansas.\n\nEvent Schedule:\n\n3 mtg\n\nEvent Location:\n\nZoom Facilitated Sessions\nMeets live online\nOnline, WEB OTHER
LOCATION:Zoom Facilitated Sessions, Meets live online, Online, WEB, OTHER
SUMMARY:KU training session: Holiday College Basketball in Kansas City: History of the Big Eight Christmas Basketball Tournament
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