Members of the back-to-back NAIA championship basketball teams of the early 1950s are still being recognized for their amazing feats. The 1951-52 Bears of Coach Bob Vanatta captured the imagination of Springfield and southwest Missouri when they journeyed to storied Municipal Auditorium in nearby Kansas City and won five games in six days to claim the school’s first-ever … [Read more...] about 60 years later, champions have become legends
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