by Alan Hoskins, KCKCC
Brandon Burgette set the bar about as high as possible in his first year as men’s basketball coach at Kansas City Kansas Community College, winning the Blue Devils’ first Jayhawk Conference championship in the 51-year history of the league and earning a berth in the canceled NJCAA national tournament.
Running off a record eight straight wins, the Blue Devils claimed the Jayhawk title with an 8-2 record and then dethroned defending champion Johnson County 75-68 to win the Region VI championship for only the second time over. After starting 2-8, the Blue Devils won 16 of their last 21 games.