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Cornelius Sturghill quickly has become a nationally known prospect. In just the past few days, Sturghill claims scholarship offers from UCLA, Arkansas State, Middle Tennessee State, Purdue and Western Kentucky. The receiver from Memphis (Tenn.) Me...

Blog | May 08, 2013

So how are Notre Dame and some prominent non-AQ programs trending on the recruiting trail? Our scouts break it down.

Story | Conversation | May 08, 2013

The Denver Broncos may have found a potential pass-rusher to complement star Von Miller. Denver took intriguing prospect Quanterus Smith from Western Kentucky in the fifth round. Many scouts thought Smith would be taken earlier. But he suffered...

Defensive end / tight end Lloyd Tubman (Louisville, Ky./Seneca) flipped his commitment Friday from Western Kentucky to Vanderbilt, according to multiple reports. Tubman, who originally picked the Hilltoppers last month, also holds scholarship offe...

Senior point guard Dominique Hawkins (Richmond, Ky./Madison Central) announced his commitment to the University of Kentucky on Wednesday morning, the Louisville Courier-Journal reported. Hawkins chose the Wildcats over Western Kentucky, South Caro...

USF is doing something a little different for its spring game this year, hoping to build off the energy and new competitive attitude coach Willie Taggart has brought with him from Western Kentucky. On Tuesday, I told you a little bit about how the...

Western Kentucky has announced that former Hilltoppers assistant Jake Morton has resigned as director of basketball operations.

Longtime coaches Gene Keady and Rollie Massimino, and former U.S. congressman Tom McMillen, headline the 2013 class that will be inducted into the College Basketball Hall of Fame.

Conference USA will add Western Kentucky and new coach Bobby Petrino at the same time the league's most recent football champion plans to leave.

Western Kentucky is leaving the Sun Belt to join Conference USA in 2014, a source told ESPN's Brett McMurphy.

According to the Louisville Courier-Journal, senior guard Darryl Hicks (Louisville, Ky./Trinity) committed to Boston College on Tuesday. Hicks made his decision following an official visit to the Chestnut Hill, Mass., campus last weekend. He chose...

Troy has hired Western Kentucky assistant Phil Cunningham as men's basketball coach.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Bill Self could sense something was wrong. Less than an hour before his team played Western Kentucky on Friday, the energy and spirit that's so often present in the Jayhawks' locker room was missing. Smiles were few and...

Jeff Withey scored 17 points, and top-seeded Kansas struggled to put away scrappy Western Kentucky in a 64-57 victory Friday night that avoided what would have been the biggest upset on a day full of them in the NCAA tournament.

The Western Kentucky Hilltoppers: Who they lose, which recruits they'll add and what it means for next season.

Story | Conversation | March 22, 2013

Defensive end/tight end Lloyd Tubman committed this week to sign with head coach Bobby Petrino and Western Kentucky, multiple sources report. Colorado State, Louisville, Miami (Ohio) and Alabama-Birmingham also recruited the 6-foot-5, 230-pound ju...