Western Kentucky Hilltoppers NCAA Basketball News

Western Kentucky University men's basketball's had a roller coaster start to its season - trying to integrate a new coach and five new players, learning one of its newcomers won't be eligible for about a month, ...

Aubrey Coleman scored 19 points, 11 of them from the free-throw line, to lead Houston to a 73-64 win over Western Kentucky on Saturday.

Ken McDonald hasn't had time to be nervous. The first-year Western Kentucky University men's basketball coach will make his debut tomorrow when the Hilltoppers travel to Houston.

Junior forward Jeremy Evans slams one down in the first half against Bellarmine in the Hilltoppers' 70-65 win Saturday at Diddle Arena.

This season is shaping up to be another entertaining year inside the Sun Belt and the conference wars of January and February will be very intense as the league looks to send multiple teams to postseason again ...

Shelvin Mack, a freshman who starred at Bryan Station, scored 16 points in Butler's 91-52 exhibition victory over Division II Oakland City.

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. a ' Orlando Mendez-Valdez connected on his third three-pointer of the second half with 1:59 to play and newcomer Uros Komadinic came off the bench with 54.9 ticks left to knock down a pair of ...

SCOUTING THE NEWCOMERS: Two members of coach Ken McDonald's first recruiting class are going to play all the minutes they can handle early.

After giving college basketball fans another reminder of the tradition which exists at an underrated program, Western Kentucky was slapped with a reality check right after ending its NCAA Tournament Sweet ...

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. a ' With only six players suited up to see action, the Western Kentucky University Hilltoppers kicked off the Ken McDonald era with an 89-64 victory over LCC International University in ...

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. -- There was never a doubt who was going to take the pulse-pounding shots for Western Kentucky University's basketball team last season.

"Not only did I want a brotherhood on the court, I wanted a brotherhood off the court as well," senior guard Orlando Mendez-Valdez said.

By WAYLON GALVEZ After a serious talk with former coaches of the Philippine team, new RP team coach Yeng Guiao now has a clear vision of what to do in forming the national team for the world qualifying ...

Foley has two picked to 1 st team HOT SPRINGS - For the first time in school history, the UALR women have two players named preseason first-team All-Sun Belt Conference.

Excited Western Kentucky University basketball fans got an up-close-and-personal look at the 2008-09 edition of the Hilltopper and Lady Topper teams on Thursday night at E.A. Diddle Arena.

Two Western Kentucky University men's basketball juniors were named to the preseason All-Sun Belt Conference team, the league announced yesterday, and the Hilltoppers were picked to finish third in the ...

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. a ' Two Western Kentucky University mena TMs basketball players have been named preseason Sun Belt All-Conference while the Hilltoppers were tabbed third in the East Division, the Sun Belt ...

Western Kentucky University has given sophomore B.J. Frazier permission to transfer to another school, head coach Ken McDonald announced today.

Sophomore forward B.J. Frazier is no longer a member of the Western Kentucky University men's basketball team, WKU head coach Ken McDonald said Wednesday night.

As if learning a new position on a new team wasn't overwhelming enough for Courtney Lee, his Orlando Magic teammates have made sure he knows his place as the roster's lone rookie.