Posted: 6:16 PM The WKU football team returned to Houchens Industries-L.T. Smith Stadium for the second of 15 scheduled spring practices Saturday morning.

Updated: 12:58 AM The number 16 seed Hilltoppers gave the number one seed Kansas Jayhawks all they could want and more Friday night but it wasn't enough as Kansas won the game 64-57.

Updated: 10:59 PM The WKU football team held its first official spring practice and the first under new head coach Bobby Petrino on Friday at Houchens Industries-L.T. Smith Stadium. The practice kicked off five weeks of 15 total practices, including the annual Spring Game on April 20.

Posted: 6:58 PM The Kansas Jayhawks may be intimidating to some, but not the Hilltopper fans in Kansas City.

Posted: 11:51 PM Alexis Govan’s three-pointer with 11 seconds remaining forced overtime, and the Lady Toppers outscored East Carolina 15-4 in the extra session to advance to the second round of the 2013 Women’s National Invitation Tournament with an 88-77 win Thursday night at E.A. Diddle Arena.

Updated: 8:34 AM Usually fans in the Missouri area have to travel to Bowling Green to see their team play, but not during the NCAA tournament.

Updated: 10:51 PM The WKU baseball team carried a shutout into the sixth inning on Wednesday, but Lipscomb would fight back to score runs in four out of the last five innings to eventually take a 5-4 win over the Hilltoppers in 10 innings, after WKU would come back to tie the game in the ninth inning at Nick Denes Field.

Posted: 8:57 PM Six former WKU football players looked to keep their football dreams alive on Wednesday, working out in front of numerous professional scouts at WKU’s annual Pro Day at Houchens Industries-L.T. Smith Stadium.

Posted: 11:06 PM The road win over a top-25 team was WKU’s first since a 17-2 win over Vanderbilt in 2010.

Updated: 11:09 PM The Wildcats' season ends with a final record of 21-12.

Updated: 11:10 PM WKU has won at least one game in each of its last three tournament appearances.

Updated: 11:07 PM The Lady Toppers host East Carolina on Thursday at E.A. Diddle Arena.

Posted: 10:56 PM The Hilltoppers are coming off a three-game series sweep of Sun Belt Conference rival Middle Tennessee

Updated: 11:04 PM The fan buses will be leaving Diddle Arena at 8 on Friday morning, and depending on how the Tops do, will depend on when they return.

Updated: 10:58 PM The WKU Hilltoppers received a 16 seed in the NCAA Tournament and will play the Kansas Jayhawks in the first round on Friday in Kansas City.

Posted: 4:27 PM Western Kentucky University women’s basketball signee Bria Gaines was named the Northwest Indiana Times Illinois Girls Basketball Player of the Year for the second consecutive season, the publication announced on Sunday.

Posted: 10:44 PM Peyton Siva had 11 points and eight assists to lead No. 4 Louisville to a 78-61 victory over No. 19 Syracuse on Saturday night, giving the Cardinals their second straight Big East tournament title.

Posted: 9:30 PM The WKU baseball team took both games of a Saturday doubleheader against Sun Belt Conference rival Middle Tennessee at Nick Denes Field to earn the three-game sweep against the Blue Raiders. The sweep over Middle Tennessee was WKU’s second in the last three years, and gave WKU five-straight home series victories against Middle Tennessee.

Posted: 11:31 PM Second-seeded Louisville (28-5) will face fifth-seeded and 19th-ranked Syracuse in the championship game Saturday night at Madison Square Garden.

Posted: 10:18 PM Ryan Huck's two-home run game was the second of his career, and gave the senior 21 home runs in his four-year Hilltopper career.

Updated: 11:54 PM Archie Goodwin led Kentucky with 12 points, and Kyle Wiltjer had 10.

Updated: 5:50 PM The Hilltoppers will find out who they will play and where this Sunday.

Updated: 9:47 PM The Kentucky Wildcats face the Vanderbilt Commodores Friday night in the SEC Tournament.

Posted: 10:56 PM The Commodores will play Kentucky in the quarterfinals of the SEC Tournament on Friday at 6:30 p.m.

Updated: 10:47 AM WKU is headed to the NCAA Tournament for the second straight season.