Tuesday, December 2, 2025
WKU Volleyball earns 7 seed in NCAA tournament
WKU Volleyball earned a seven seed in the NCAA tournament and is set to take on the Marquette Golden Eagles Friday in the first round.
The Hilltoppers will travel to the University of Louisville, the tournament hosts, for the opening weekend of the tournament.
WKU earned its 18th NCAA tournament appearance on Sunday. The Hilltoppers were the Automatic Qualifier out of Conference USA, defeating the FIU Panthers in a fiveset thriller for the championship.
Bowling Green to host annual Light Up BGKY event to spread holiday spirit
Western Kentucky University head coach Travis Hudson celebrates with a group hug from the team after WKU’s game against Delaware in E A Diddle Arena on Saturday, Nov 8, 2025 (Jonah Savage)
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Bowling Green prepares for a spectacle as the time for the Light Up BGKY tradition nears.
Light Up BGKY is an annual event throughout the week of December 1-7. The week will kick off with the lighting of holiday lights at the Historic RailPark and Train Museum.
The Med Center Health will have lights or poinsettias for purchase on Dec. 2 in order to honor a loved one who has passed. The money from this event will go towards funding the Med Center.
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Mike Drop: WKU misses CUSA championship after loss to Gamecocks
Western Kentucky University Hilltoppers tight end Jackson West (85) jumps for a 6 yard pass touchdown during WKU’s game NMSU on Nov 1, 2025 in Houchens Industries-L T Smith Stadium West finished the match with 26 receiving yards overall (Jacob Sebastian)
Hilltopper fans had to close their “cheap flights to the conference championship game” computer tabs
WKU Football had an opportunity to not only make the Conference USA Championship Game, but also host it. Instead, they will not play again this year until their bowl game
Jacksonville State once again played spoiler. After defeating WKU in the conference championship game last year, they prevented them from getting in entirely. The Hilltoppers are 13 in their last four meetings against the Gamecocks and have only beaten the Gamecocks once in their five meetings in Jacksonville.
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