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HUTCHINSON — Three Rivers (Mo.) coach Gene Bess was left in the middle of the all-too-familiar championship celebration.
HUTCHINSON — His movements are slow. He lets his son, his top assistant, do much of the instructing, although Three Rivers (Mo.) coach Gene Bess is still good for a couple of verbal jabs at referees during games.
HUTCHINSON — North Platte (Neb.) coach Kevin O'Connor swears he wasn't up until early Thursday morning devising schemes to stop Butler's pair of stars, Anthony Cousin and Caleb Walker.
HUTCHINSON — Coaching 41 years at Three Rivers has brought along with it enough experience for Gene Bess to recognize the signs of the great teams.
HUTCHINSON — Butler felt like Wallace State (Ala.) couldn't stop it on offense.
The Emporia State women's basketball team advanced to the Elite Eight of the NCAA Division II Tournament with a 76-45 rout of Northeastern State in the South Central Regional final at Canyon, Texas.
It's usually not until after you've watched the Butler Community College men's basketball team play that you realize what wasn't there.
What: NJCAA Division I men's tournament
The Fort Hays State men's basketball team saw its season come to and on Sunday with a 80-73 loss to Central Missouri in the semifinals of the South Central Regional in the NCAA Division II Tournament at Wichita Falls, Texas.
A&M International 7, NU 2
POINT LOOKOUT, Mo. —Friends couldn't handle the half-court offense and full-court defense of Bethel (Ind.) when it mattered most Wednesday.
Romar Jones could always play. That was never the issue.
If only to re-emphasize his team's role as underdogs at the NAIA Division II national tournament, McPherson College senior guard Mike Reece had a specific list of movies he wanted to watch on the charter bus to Point Lookout, Mo.
Monday at Koch Arena, everything came full circle for the Butler Community College basketball team.
The Labette Community College women's basketball team held off Seward County for a 54-49 victory in the Region VI title game on Monday at Koch Arena — the first Region VI women's title in school history.
Early in the season, the focus for the Butler Community College men's basketball team became the number 34.
Top-seeded Washburn won the women's MIAA basketball tournament on Sunday in Kansas City, Mo., beating Central Missouri State 68-56.
Saturday at Koch Arena, there was Joe Mitchell and then there was everybody else.
State College Men
Give Heather Robben credit for great timing.
