Former Kansas University Chancellor Gene Budig was praised in a national column in USA Today last week.

Columnist Hal Bodley mentioned that Budig, “obviously knew baseball or he wouldn’t have been American League president from 1994 to ’99.

“Budig also claims to know a thing about basketball. As chancellor at the University of Kansas for 13 years before joining the AL, Budig was instrumental in hiring two of the most successful basketball coaches around – Roy Williams and Larry Brown. Williams led North Carolina to this year’s national title and Brown’s Detroit Pistons were playing for the NBA title on Thursday.”