The UMKC Kangaroos, sometimes called the Kansas City Kangaroos, are the 16 intercollegiate teams representing the University of Missouri–Kansas City that compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association`s Division I. UMKC currently competes in the Western Athletic Conference after leaving The Summit League in July 2013. The name was chosen in the 1930s for the school`s debate team, following the acquisition of two baby kangaroos by the Kansas City Zoo….