“After four full seasons at Kansas — time marked by sitting, waiting and watching — Releford will be on the floor tonight when Kansas tips off against top-ranked Kentucky inside the Superdome. With a victory tonight, it is believed that Releford, who played his high school ball across the state line at Bishop Miege, would become just the third basketball player from the Kansas City area to start for a NCAA champion. The kid whose career began in the parks off 43rd Street would be able to claim bragging rights on so many others from the neighborhood — and the others nearby.”
The Kansas City Star’s Rustin Dodd
on Kansas guard Travis Releford
Part of my “Five on One” feature on the NCAA title games at SportsFeat
on Kansas guard Travis Releford
Part of my “Five on One” feature on the NCAA title games at SportsFeat
