Weber State men’s basketball is set to play its second conference series, and first in more than a month, starting Thursday with a 7 p.m. home matchup against Southern Utah, with a return trip to Cedar City at noon Saturday.

OGDEN — A sluggish first half was expected Sunday night, but not from the home team.

OGDEN — With his team's first game in two weeks, head coach Randy Rahe had three goals for Weber State men's basketball in its contest Saturday against Yellowstone Christian College: one, simply get on the court; two, play his entire roster with balanced minutes; and three, have fun.

Though three more Big Sky Conference schools have opted out of the spring 2021 football season, Weber State says it’s moving forward with the abbreviated campaign.

When Weber State men’s basketball takes the floor Saturday afternoon, it will end a calendar run of having played one game in the last 23 days.

To fans and outsiders, Jordan Allen’s announcement of his transfer from Tennessee to Weber State was a surprise.

After years of expansion, the Big Sky Conference will get a little smaller in 2022.

With activities underway and preseason camp nearing, Weber State football has completed its coaching staff.

After losing two consecutive conference series to COVID-19 cancellations, Weber State men’s basketball has added two home games for the upcoming week.

Seeking its first win of the season, the Weber State women's basketball team eyed a fourth-quarter battle thanks to the scoring efforts of Emma Torbert.

OGDEN — College basketball scheduling usually happens in a matter of a few months during the summer. Coaches finalize their slate for the upcoming season, which includes signing new multi-game series or one-off games.

OGDEN — A holiday break, the disappointment of losing a conference series to cancellation and an off-key first half led to crunch time for Weber State men's basketball, which led 56-55 in an impromptu game against Utah Valley with 3:15 left.

After three game cancellations held Weber State women's basketball out of action for nearly a full month, the Wildcats (0-5, 0-2 Big Sky) returned to the court Thursday and Saturday for a Big Sky Conference series against Idaho State (6-1, 4-0).

Weber State men’s basketball will recoup one game this weekend after a conference series was canceled.

Weber State men’s basketball will miss two more games of the 2020-21 season due to COVID-19 issues — this time, two conference games.

SALT LAKE CITY — Competitive from the jump, Wednesday’s nonconference finale between Weber State and BYU men’s basketball came down to just a few crucial plays.

When Weber State men’s basketball takes the court at Vivint Arena on Wednesday to face BYU, it won’t be the first time WSU’s new point guard Isiah Brown has played there.

After signing five players Wednesday to open the early signing period, Weber State football announced the signing of two additional athletes over the weekend to complete the early signing period for the 2021 recruiting class.

A rash of turnovers to start the game, better defensive pressure from the team that thrives on it, the opponent shooting above its 3-point average and Weber State men’s basketball shooting below its average — and, a 17-point deficit.

Weber State men's basketball hit every point of the game plan to battle Portland State's high-pressure, track-meet intentions Friday night.

Pandemic basketball brings another unusual twist for Weber State men’s hoops this weekend: playing two conference games after only three nonconference contests.

As has become typical of early signing day, while other Big Sky schools racked up 15-20 signings, Weber State football inked just five players Wednesday as the early signing period opened.

Transfer waiver news has been largely positive for Weber State men’s basketball this season.

Weber State women’s basketball will go more than three weeks without playing a game after the Wildcats’ conference-opening series against Portland State this weekend was canceled Tuesday due to positive COVID-19 cases on WSU’s team.

Almost three weeks into the season, Weber State men’s basketball finally played its first game against a Division I opponent Sunday afternoon at Boise State.

Thursday was a day in the life of a sports coach during the coronavirus pandemic.

UPDATE — 7:20 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 10:

OGDEN — In many ways, Tuesday’s game against Westminster College was akin to a season-opener for Weber State men’s basketball.

Weber State women's basketball moved to 0-3 on the young season with an 84-58 loss at Boise State on Sunday afternoon.

OGDEN — After defeating Adams State 88-60 on Nov. 25, Weber State men’s basketball prepared to hit the road for a Nov. 28 trip to St. George as the first opponent for Dixie State’s foray into Division I.

Clara Fernandez made a pair of free throws for a 10-8 lead with 3:24 left in the first quarter and Texas A&M International led the rest of the way, handing Weber State women's basketball its second loss to a Division II school in as many seasons — a 60-46 decision Sunday at the Dee Event…

Weber State women’s basketball tipped off its season Friday and had an opening 10 minutes it would rather forget.

A week after the draft and the open of free agency, the NBA's ever-churning offseason itinerary continued Friday when the league released the 2020-21 preseason schedule.

After Weber State’s 88-60 win over Adams State on Wednesday night, head coach Randy Rahe was excited to get his team off campus for the first time in months as the Wildcats were slated to play Saturday at Dixie State. DSU was preparing to play its first game as a Division I program.

OGDEN — A backdrop of purple seats largely covered by white signs to enforce social distancing, and a drone of fake crowd noise filtering from the loudspeakers served as a stark reminder of a sports world trying to move forward amidst a flailing attempt to push back the coronavirus pandemic.

With a schedule still not fully finalized — though it’s close — Weber State men’s basketball begins this tenuous 2020-21 season with a home game at 7 p.m. Wednesday against the Adams State Grizzlies.

OGDEN — Discouraging. Hard. Frustrating.

OGDEN — Whether spoken or unspoken, there’s an undeniable tie that brings Weber State’s 2020-21 men’s basketball team together.

OGDEN — The 2019-20 season was derailed from the start for Weber State women’s basketball.

OGDEN — Weber State men’s basketball and big man Cody Carlson each got some good news Wednesday, and it was the same news: the senior has been granted a waiver for immediate eligibility and can play this season for the Wildcats, head coach Randy Rahe told the Standard-Examiner.

After Weber State men’s basketball’s lackluster, offensively challenged, injury-filled 2019-20 season, the Wildcats began the process to put that 12-20 campaign behind them.

A reinforcement of transfers caught the eye of the league’s leaders as Big Sky Conference coaches picked Weber State men’s basketball to finish third in the upcoming 2020-21 season.

After struggling to a 4-26 campaign last season, both the coaches of the Big Sky Conference and media covering the league have voted Weber State women’s basketball to finish last in the upcoming 2020-21 season, the conference announced Wednesday.

Though Gov. Gary Herbert’s Sunday night announcement of an emergency health order to slow the spread of the coronavirus limits social gatherings to immediate family and mandates masks statewide in Utah, it came with a slew of loopholes that allow people to congregate in various settings.

MORGAN — Bronson Winter wasn’t quite sure what to expect out of his run Friday afternoon but, once his legs were pumping — and those once-familiar but now novel competitive juices were flowing — he decided he felt good enough to drop the hammer and have a go.

Coinciding with a release from the Big Sky Conference, Weber State announced conference schedules for its women's soccer and volleyball teams, seasons that will be played in the spring of 2021 after being postponed this fall due to the coronavirus pandemic.