WESTERN KENTUCKY RUMORS
2013 Pre-Season Preview: WKU Hilltoppers
2012 Record: 7-6 (4-4 in Sun Belt)
Head Coach: Bobby Petrino (First Year at WKU, 75-26 All-Time)
Last Bowl Game: 2012 LIttle Caesars Bowl: lost to CMU 24-21
Stadium: "The Houch" in Bowling Green, KY (capacity = 22,113)
Home Field Advantage: ranked 29th out of 55 mid-major teams
Schedule Glimpse:
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NCAA Tournament (Football) Picks: First Round, South Regional
South Regional
Kansas vs. Western Kentucky
A number one seed has never lost in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, but for us this is all about football and that leads to quite a different result. Kansas would be set up with a tough opening match-up against the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers, and given the recent trends with these programs, I’m rolling with Western Kentucky in...
Hilltoppers run table again, earn bid
George Fant had 17 points and 13 rebounds and Western Kentucky earned its second straight NCAA tournament berth with a 65-63 win over Florida International in the Sun Belt Conference championship game Monday night.
The fifth-seeded Hilltoppers (20-15) used the same script as last season, winning four games in four days to secure their fourth NCAA tournament appearance in six seasons...
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March 11, 2013
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Elder – Quanterus Smith Evaluation
Quanterus Smith/Western Kentucky: Skills/Attributes: Limited athlete who is productive because he has pretty good technique and doesn’t give up on the play. Uninspiring initial burst and also lacks top-end speed, but has some lateral quickness. Jumps around blocks in the run game at times. Counter move is his bread and butter as a rusher. [...]
W. Kentucky 70, North Texas 64
T.J. Price scored 16 points to help Western Kentucky hold off North Texas' second-half run for a 70-64 victory on Saturday night in a Sun Belt Conference game.
George Fant had 14 points and seven rebounds, and Teeng Akol contributed 13 points and six rebounds for Western Kentucky (10-5, 4-0).
Jordan Williams scored 18 points, Chris Jones had 10 points, and Tony Mitchell grabbed...
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December 29, 2012
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Before Petrino takes over, WKU preparing for bowl
Interim coach Lance Guidry says it best: ''There's a lot of stuff going on at Western Kentucky.''
The Hilltoppers are preparing for their first bowl game since joining college football's top tier in 2009. And then, after accepting a bid to the Little Caesars Pizza Bowl, Western Kentucky lost coach Willie Taggart and made a huge splash by hiring Bobby Petrino...
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December 13, 2012
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BACK IN THE SADDLE
Petrino headed back to the sidelines
The last time we saw Bobby Petrino, he was literally a battered and bruised man, but now it's being reported that the former Arkansas coach has found himself a new coaching gig.
Kentucky Tailgate Fight Includes Scumbag Salmon Shirt Bro Kicking Combatant!
Not sure how this one slipped through the cracks, but leave it to the bros in Lexington to have the college football fight video of the weekend. Only hours before the Wildcats were embarrassed at home by the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers, one of the oddest tailgate fights we’ve ever seen took place. It seemed like a massive group of Kentucky fans just ganged up on a fellow Wildcat...
UMass Basketball Adds Derrick Gordon
A very good sign that your program is heading in the right direction is when highly touted transfer students commit to play for the Minutemen, and that's precisely what happened this past week when Western Kentucky stud Derrick Gordon committed to UMass following his decision to transfer after the Hilltoppers made a coaching change after a disappointing 16-19 season.Gordon started...
Gordon leaving WKU to be closer to NJ home
Western Kentucky guard Derrick Gordon says he's transferring from the school after leading the Hilltoppers in scoring and rebounding on their way to an unlikely NCAA tournament bid.
Gordon said in a statement Thursday that he wants to move closer to his family in Plainfield, N.J., but did not say what schools he's considering.
Gordon was an integral part of Western Kentucky...
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April 05, 2012
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W. Kentucky 65, UALR 53
Derrick Gordon and Jamal Crook scored 13 points apiece as Western Kentucky beat Arkansas-Little Rock 65-53 on Saturday, snapping a five-game losing streak.
Crook was 6 of 7 from the field and knocked down his lone 3-pointer. Gordon hit only 4 of 12 shots from the field but made a game-high five free throws.
Western Kentucky (6-14, 2-5 Sun Belt Conference) trailed most of the first...
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January 21, 2012
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Sergio Kerusch crushes with jam against Kyle Hines, Olympiacos
Right, so here’s a dunk of the week candidate for you. Former Western Kentucky Hilltopper and current rookie Sergio Kerusch got, like, 20 feet of air while posterizing Kyle Hines badly for his Aris Thessaloniki against Olympiacos on Sunday night.
Though Kerusch’s jam gave the underdog visitors a 44-43 lead going into halftime, the Euroleague side eked out the 71-70 victory to...
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