Cortney Basham :: The Mid-Majority

Author Archives Cortney Basham
Sorted by date

S8 March 17, 2012 Game #8-769: Western Kentucky Hilltoppers vs. Kentucky WildcatsMarch 15, 2012 7:50 pmLouisville, KYBBState Stats/RecapHow many layers of Kentucky can you handle? Before talking about this game, I contain many within myself. As Walt Whitman wrote, “Do I contradict myself? Very well then I c... [more]

2. Diddle Over Middle

S8 February 26, 2012 Game #8-628: Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders at Western Kentucky HilltoppersFebruary 25, 2012 6:00 pmE.A. Diddle ArenaBBState Stats/RecapAs I wrote in ahead of this game in my last recap, the buzz around this event was gigantic on the campus of WKU and it would not disappoint in any respect.... [more]

3. WKU 'Denvers' Arkansas State

S8 February 24, 2012 Game #8-611: Arkansas State Red Wolves at Western Kentucky HilltoppersFebruary 23, 2012 8:00 pmE.A. Diddle ArenaBBState Stats/RecapThose who have read my recaps this season know that the WKU Hilltoppers have been in the throes of #HarperMania for the last few weeks. The interim coach took over a 5-1... [more]

4. Buzzer Bludgeoned

S8 February 20, 2012 Game #8-592: South Carolina-Upstate Spartans at Lipscomb BisonsFebruary 18, 2012 7:30 pmAllen ArenaBBState Stats/RecapLast week, “my team,” the WKU Hilltoppers, traveled to Sun Belt leader Middle Tennessee for a Thursday night tilt. We have family in Murfreesboro, Tenn., including cousins of my chil... [more]

5. On Reading Personalized Sweater Vests

S8 February 17, 2012 Game #8-579: Florida Atlantic Owls at Western Kentucky HilltoppersFebruary 16, 2012 8:00 pmE.A. Diddle ArenaBBState Stats/RecapJust a couple weeks ago in Boca Raton, the WKU Hilltoppers were playing one of their best games of the season. They led pre-season Sun Belt fave FAU by nine points... [more]

6. Paging Alan Thicke

S8 February 11, 2012 Game #8-542: Western Kentucky Hilltoppers at Middle Tennessee Blue RaidersFebruary 9, 2012 8:00 pmMurphy Athletics CenterBBState Stats/RecapGrowing Pains was far from my favorite sitcom, but it hit me at the right age as a young boy coming of age in the 1980s. Alan Thicke was the kind of former-rock... [more]

7. 1,000 Interim Coach Big Heads

S8 February 5, 2012 Game #8-510: South Alabama Jaguars at Western Kentucky HilltoppersFebruary 4, 2012 8:00 pmE.A. Diddle ArenaBBState Stats/RecapThere is something strange and perhaps wonderful happening in Bowling Green, Kentucky. After starting 5-12, WKU fired its head coach halfway through the season. The... [more]

8. Team RaySet

S8 January 22, 2012 Game #8-429: Arkansas-Little Rock Trojans at Western Kentucky HilltoppersJanuary 21, 2012 2:00 pmE.A. Diddle ArenaBBState Stats/RecapIn previous recaps, I have referred to WKU as #TeamReset, as the administration opted to keep their beleaguered coach last Spring and “hit the reset buttonm” partially... [more]

9. Bowling Green Versus Bowling Green

S8 December 5, 2011 Game #8-186: Bowling Green Falcons at Western Kentucky HilltoppersDecember 4, 2011 3:00 pmE.A. Diddle ArenaBBState Stats/RecapThe city of Bowling Green is the state of Kentucky’s third largest city. It serves as the home of Western Kentucky University and Corvettes (all made here), while serving as ... [more]

10. Unexpected Chili, Expected Hoops Result

S8 December 2, 2011 Game #8-164: Murray State Racers at Western Kentucky HilltoppersDecember 1, 2011 8:00 pmE.A. Diddle ArenaBBState Stats/RecapMurray State (8-0, Great Alaska Shootout Champs) and Western Kentucky (2-6, #TeamReset) have one of those special, local rivalries that rarely disappoints. Tonight’s meeting wa... [more]

11. Introducing #TeamReset

S8 November 15, 2011 Game #8-030: Tennessee State Tigers at Western Kentucky HilltoppersNovember 14, 2011 8:00 pmE.A. Diddle ArenaBBState Stats/RecapNot so long ago in 2008, the WKU Hilltoppers were a NCAA Sweet 16 darling. But, after that magical run (“Ty Rogers! Does in Drake!”) the Hilltoppers lost coach Darrin Horn ... [more]