Kansas City, Missouri – Kansas City’s relationship with the Big 12 has never been limited to a few tournament dates on the calendar.
For generations, the city has been woven into the conference’s identity, and Mayor Quinton Lucas says departing Commissioner Brett Yormark helped make sure that connection remained strong during one of college athletics’ most unsettled periods.
With Yormark preparing to leave the conference after January 31, 2027, Lucas last week thanked the commissioner for four years of partnership with Kansas City, crediting him with strengthening the city’s role as what has effectively become the Big 12’s “home away from home.”…