There is a major change that is needed like now for the Big 12 conference, and I want to share it with you here.

I'm Pete Mundo.

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So I went to the Big 12 women's basketball tournament on Thursday.

And I was there as a chaperone with my six-year-old daughter's schoolmates.

And it was great.

We had an awesome time.

I had that memory forever.

I'm glad I did it.

And it was absolutely fantastic.

But for the Big 12, it was terrible.

So they're now playing the Big 12 women's tournament at T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri,

which, you know, if you're from the area, you know that it's the main arena in Kansas City.

If you're not from the area, now you know it's the main arena in Kansas City.

This started a couple of years ago.

Prior to that, what would happen is the Big 12 men's tournament

would be played at this T-Mobile arena, and the women would play about two blocks over at the

Municipal Auditorium. Now, Municipal Auditorium is an old kind of dumpy arena. Actually, it's beautiful on the inside, but it just hasn't been kept up.

There's not a lot that gets done in that building in Kansas City.

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