Editor’s note: This story originally appeared in the March 11, 2012, edition of The Kansas City Star. It is being republished as Kurt Budke is to be posthumously inducted into the Women’s Basketball ...

Kurt Budke had that way about him that people have when they've started on the basement floor and climbed up. He came by that determination by watching his parents. His father, John, worked for ...

STILLWATER, Okla. - Kurt Budke believed in Oklahoma State when no one else did, and he wasn't afraid to show it. Less than two years after his Cowgirls failed to win any of their 16 conference games, ...

SALINA, Kansas – The city of Salina's (Kan.) Bicentennial Center, a multi-purpose facility and sports arena, will be named after late OSU coach Kurt Budke. Budke, who died along with three others in a ...

Oklahoma State, 10 months removed from commemorating the 10-year anniversary of the deaths of 10 men affiliated with its men's basketball program, was again struck with its "worst nightmare" Friday ...

Two years ago, Austin Budke and Carlbe Ervin didn’t know where they would play the final home game of their college basketball careers. Both were lightly recruited junior-college guards back then, ...

There was a time when Austin Budke thought he might play football at Notre Dame. He also considered basketball for a number of less-prominent schools, including Drake and Sam Houston State. Many teams ...