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Roster Turnover: Ucla Teams and College Basketball

roster turnover: Then again, perhaps it makes perfect sense, according to The Waterloo Record. As the league begins its double-round-robin grind next week, Kansas sets its sights on a 13th consecutive regular-season championship. At first glance, it makes little sense that the Big 12 conducts its men's basketball tournament at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, considering the state of Missouri no longer has a program in the league. That almost unfathomable stretch of dominance would match the UCLA teams of the 1960s and '70s for the longest streak in major college basketball, and is one that may never again be matched in an era of increased roster turnover and greater overall parity. What Kansas has done, it's unheard of, said TCU coach Jamie Dixon, who arrived in the Big 12 from Pittsburgh this season. And since the Jayhawks reside in Lawrence, a short drive down Interstate 70 from the Sprint Center, the old clich appears to hold true The road to the Big 12 title goes through Kansas. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.