WKU enters athletic membership agreement with Conference USA

WKU has entered into a membership agreement with Conference USA for its athletic programs beginning on July 1, 2014, university President Dr. Gary Ransdell and Director of Athletics Todd Stewart announced Monday (April 1). Conference USA is an established, nationally prominent athletic conference that sponsors intercollegiate competition in 20 sports. Conference USA will have 16 […]

Regents OK WKU conference move

In a special called meeting Monday (April 1), WKU’s Board of Regents approved a change in athletic conferences from the Sun Belt Conference to Conference USA. The details of the change, which will take effect July 1, 2014, were announced at a noon news conference in the Jack and Jackie Harbaugh Stadium Club at Houchens […]

WKU to announce 2014 move to Conference USA at noon today

WKU will announce a membership agreement with Conference USA for its athletic programs beginning on July 1, 2014, in a press conference at noon (CT) today (April 1) in the Jack and Jackie Harbaugh Stadium Club at Houchens Industries-L.T. Smith Stadium. Conference USA is an established, nationally prominent athletic conference that sponsors intercollegiate competition in […]

WKU graduate returns to lead Army ROTC program

Lt. Col. Scott Walker is back at home on the Hill. The new head of the Department of Military Science graduated from WKU in 1990 and has returned to lead an Army ROTC program that changed his life. Walker arrived at WKU as a walk-on football player after graduating from Taylor County High School in […]

Selection Sunday: Toppers will face Kansas in NCAA Tournament

Hilltopper fans gathered at Diddle Arena on Sunday evening (March 17) for the NCAA Tournament Selection Show watch party. WKU is the No. 16 seed in the South Region and will play No. 1 seeded Kansas on Friday (March 22) in Kansas City, Mo. After the bracket was announced, Hilltopper players signed autographs. WKU (20-15) […]

Sun Belt champion Hilltoppers return

Hilltopper fans greeted the 2013 Sun Belt Conference Tournament champions as they returned to Diddle Arena on Tuesday afternoon (March 12). WKU defeated FIU 65-63 to win its second straight championship. WKU will host an NCAA Tournament Selection Show watch party on Sunday (March 17) to see where the Hilltoppers will be playing in the […]

WKU advances to NCAA Tournament with win over FIU

WKU claimed its second consecutive Sun Belt Conference Tournament Championship with a 65-63 win over FIU Monday night, capping the Hilltoppers’ second-straight run through the league tournament by winning four games in four days to advance to the NCAA Tournament. WKU (20-15, 10-10) earns the Sun Belt Conference’s automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. The Hilltoppers […]

WKU vs. FIU tonight for Sun Belt tourney championship

For the second-straight year WKU has willed itself to a Sun Belt Conference Tournament Championship appearance, and a win tonight at 6 (CT) against fourth-seeded FIU would send WKU to its 23rd NCAA Tournament and fourth in the last six seasons. Tonight’s game will be televised nationally on ESPN and will be available on the […]

2013 Girls’ Sweet Sixteen schedule/results

WKU’s Diddle Arena is the site of the 2013 Houchens Industries/KHSAA Girls’ Sweet Sixteen March 13-16. Wednesday, March 13: First-round results – Marion County 64, Bowling Green 43; Montgomery County 60, Ashland Blazer 49; Anderson County 65, Henderson County 54; Shelby Valley 45, Corbin 38. Thursday, March 14: First-round results – Owensboro Catholic 66, Lincoln […]

Fahnders crowned Coming Home King at WKU

Alex Fahnders, a WKU student from Chatham, Ill., was crowed Coming Home King on Feb. 28 during halftime of WKU’s men’s basketball game with South Alabama. Fahnders, a senior sport management major, was sponsored by WKU Spirit Masters. First runner-up was Perry Swack, a Bowling Green junior majoring in organizational leadership. He was sponsored by […]