Year: 2021

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers Men’s Basketball News: Bassey named AP Honorable Mention All-American

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – WKU Hilltopper Basketball junior center Charles Bassey was named an Associated Press All-America Honorable Mention on Tuesday, the program’s first since Orlando Mendez-Valdez in 2009. Since its first AP All-American Honorable Mention in 1948, WKU has had 27 AP All-American selections, including Bassey: three First […]

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers Men’s Basketball News: Bassey named All-District by USBWA

INDIANAPOLIS – WKU Hilltopper Basketball’s junior center Charles Bassey was named to the USBWA All-District Team, the U.S. Basketball Writers Association announced Tuesday morning. The honor, along with district Player and Coach of the Year awards, were voted on by the USBWA’s 900-plus members. USBWA’s districts are broken down […]

Western Kentucky Men’s Basketball News: Bassey, Hollingsworth named to NABC All-District Team

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – WKU Hilltopper Basketball junior center Charles Bassey was named to the NABC All-District First-Team while senior guard Taveion Hollingsworth was tabbed to the second team, the National Association of Basketball Coaches announced Tuesday afternoon. The teams were selected by NABC-member head coaches in NCAA Division I. NABC […]

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers Men’s Basketball News: WKU loses in OT in C-USA title game to North Texas, 61-57

FRISCO, Texas – WKU Hilltopper Basketball’s comeback effort fell short in Saturday’s Conference USA Tournament championship game. WKU (20-7) came back from a 17-point deficit six minutes into the game to take a second-half lead, but was ultimately defeated by North Texas in a 61-57 overtime loss. The […]

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers Men’s Basketball News: Bassey claims C-USA Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year

DALLAS — WKU Hilltopper Basketball’s Charles Bassey has been named Conference USA Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year, the league announced Tuesday. Bassey, a 6-foot-11 junior center from Lagos, Nigeria, is the first Hilltopper to win a conference Player of the Year award since Orlando […]

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers Men’s Basketball: Bassey, Hollingsworth, Anderson and McKnight earn Conference USA honors

DALLAS — Four Hilltoppers received all-conference men’s basketball honors Monday, as announced by the Conference USA office. Charles Bassey was named to the 2020-21 All-Conference USA First Team, while Taveion Hollingsworth was selected to the Second Team. Bassey and Josh Anderson each earned a spot on C-USA’s All-Defensive Team, and Dayvion McKnight made the All-Freshman […]

Richmond Spiders Men’s Basketball News: UR places Conference Best-3 Players on NABC All-District Team

RICHMOND, Va. — Blake Francis, Jacob Gilyard, and Grant Golden were selected to the National Association of Basketball Coaches All-District Team for District 4, which is composed of the 14 teams in the Atlantic 10, the organization announced on Tuesday. Francis, Gilyard, and Golden were named NABC Second Team […]

Richmond Spiders Men’s Basketball News: Gilyard named to Lefty Driesell Defensive All-America Team

RICHMOND, Va. — Richmond senior guard Jacob Gilyard has been named a Lefty Driesell Defensive All-American and is a finalist for the 2021 Lefty Driesell Award, CollegeInsider.com announced on Thursday.  The Driesell Award, given to the best defensive player in Division I, is named in honor of the former […]

Richmond Spiders Men’s Basketball News: Four Players gain Atlantic 10 honors

RICHMOND, Va. – Three members of the Richmond men’s basketball team were selected to the Atlantic 10’s All-Conference teams, and a fourth, sophomore Tyler Burton, earned the league’s Most Improved Player Award, the conference announced Wednesday. The three Spiders on the All-Atlantic 10 teams — seniors Blake Francis, Jacob Gilyard, […]

Mid-American Conference Men’s Basketball News: Bowling Green Falcons to compete in CBI Tournament

03.16.2021 DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – The Bowling Green State University men’s basketball team has accepted a bid to compete in the 2021 College Basketball Invitational (CBI). The eight-team field will compete in a bracket-style tournament over March 22-24 in the Ocean Center in Daytona Beach, Florida. […]