The college basketball season doesn’t begin until KU, Mizzou, K-State coaches speak

The unofficial start to college basketball season is a conference media day, and the Big 12 and SEC held theirs this week. On today’s SportsBeat KC, we hear from a first-time head coach, another who is coaching in the Power Five for the first time, and one coming off the NCAA Championship.That Kansas coach Bill Self. He kicks things off by discussing what the national championship means to the conference that has produced many great players and coaches but historically has come up short on NCAA titles. KU’s marked two in a row for the Big 12.Kansas State coach Jerome Tang speaks about his new job and how his time as a Baylor assistant helped prepare him.Missouri’s Dennis Gates, who spent the past three years at Cleveland State, tells us what attracted him to Columbia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices