KU Basketball: KC Metro hoops sites; Conference Tournament sites

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1 year 9 months ago - 1 year 9 months ago #30269 by HawkErrant

SITES KANSAS HAS PLAYED AT IN THE KC METRO

KCMO YMCA			1899; 1900; 1906
Wyandotte Athletic Club, KCK	1906
KC(MO) Athletic Club Clubhouse	1899; 1904; 1907-08; 1910-12; 1922-27
Convention Hall, KCMO		1909; 1917; 1928-35
Municipal Auditorium, KCMO 	1935 summer opening
Kemper Arena, KCMO		1974-09-30 opened
Sprint Center, KCMO		2007-10-10 opened; 
				2020-07-09 rebranded T-Mobile Center

BIG 12 TOURNAMENT SITES

1997-2002, 2005		Kemper Arena, KCMO
2003, 2004, 2006	American Airlines Center, Dallas
2007, 2009		Ford Center, OKC, OK
2008, 2010-25		Sprint/T-Mobile Center KCMO (T-Mobile eff 2021)

POSTSEASON BIG 8 TOURNAMENT
1977-96: Kemper Arena
From 1977-85 the quarterfinals were on the campuses of the higher seeded teams, semifinals and finals were in Kemper.

(Information compiled from (and compared against as needed) KU Communications GAME NOTES, KU Men's Basketball Media Guides, Sports-Reference CBB Kansas web pages, Wikipedia KANSAS JAYHAWKS Mens Basketball pages and various newspaper and magazine articles.)

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