Weber State softball opened Big Sky Conference play with two wins against Northern Colorado in Greeley, Colorado.

OGDEN — By most measures, the 2018-19 season was the second-worst of 13 Weber State men’s basketball campaigns under head coach Randy Rahe.

With the 2018-19 campaign complete for Weber State men’s basketball, it’s time to look at the numbers for the season that was and what's ahead for the Wildcats.

OGDEN — Weber State basketball will not play in a postseason tournament for the second straight season.

BOISE, Idaho — No matchup is as synonymous with Big Sky men’s basketball as Weber State versus Montana.

BOISE, Idaho — As Montana players came to the court for their final warmup against Weber State in Friday’s Big Sky tournament semifinal game, several — yelling as to be heard over the crowd — said to each other “it feels like a home game.”

BOISE, Idaho — Weber State and Portland State were deadlocked in a physical battle Thursday afternoon in the Big Sky tournament quarterfinals.

BOISE, Idaho — Weber State men's basketball arrived in Boise, Idaho, on Tuesday evening for the Big Sky Conference tournament to get acclimated to the downtown complex housing the event — CenturyLink Arena and the adjoining hotel.

As the Big Sky Conference men’s basketball tournament gets underway Wednesday, Weber State has one goal: reset, get right mentally and rediscover the team that, at times this season, played close to being a juggernaut.

OGDEN — A pair of Weber State athletes picked up some prestigious honors this week, plus WSU announced changes and promotions inside its athletic department.

OGDEN — Looking around the field at Stewart Stadium meant not seeing some staples of Weber State football’s rise — players like Iosua Opeta, Landon Stice and LeGrand Toia have exhausted their eligibility.

Two days prior and 360 miles north, Weber State women's basketball won at Eastern Washington 70-66 to close the regular season on a high note.

Being a sports journalist on a beat in 2019 requires some social media diving. That can often mean seeing who is tweeting about the term “Weber State.”

OGDEN — Cody John and Jerrick Harding each scored 24 points Saturday night, but it was the empty chances each had for a few more points that left Weber State wanting.

The 2019 Big Sky Conference men's basketball tournament begins Wednesday, March 13, at CenturyLink Arena in Boise, Idaho, with first-round games.

The 2019 Big Sky Conference women's basketball tournament begins Monday, March 11, at CenturyLink Arena in Boise, Idaho, with first-round games.

OGDEN — Randy Rahe challenged his Weber State basketball players in the days leading up to Thursday’s home contest against Idaho.

OGDEN — Off the court, Brekkott Chapman is usually easy to smile.

OGDEN — Back in September, Weber State basketball coach Randy Rahe joked about center Zach Braxton returning for, “what is this, his 10th season?” during media day interviews.

POCATELLO, Idaho — In 12 complete seasons under Randy Rahe, Weber State men’s basketball has finished lower than third place in the Big Sky just once.

POCATELLO, Idaho — Four months ago, Idaho State's Holt Arena hosted Weber State football in the final week of the regular season. The football Wildcats won 26-13 to win a share of the Big Sky title for the second straight year.

After a slate that saw Weber State men’s basketball headed into just its second game in 12 days Thursday at second-place Northern Colorado, the Wildcats stayed stride for stride with the Bears for the first seven minutes.

When Boubacar “Bouki” Diakite learned of the mutual interest between he and Weber State basketball, he said he instantly felt WSU was where his basketball career would continue.

As Weber State men’s basketball prepares to play at Northern Colorado on Thursday, a look back to their first meeting feels like looking into a different season.

Sacramento State’s play-by-play announcer said he’d never seen a call quite like it to end a game in 20-plus years of broadcasting basketball as the play went under video review.

As Weber State men's basketball makes a trip to Sacramento for its lone game this week, it might be facing a similar situation as the last time they played the Sacramento State Hornets.

OGDEN — For a game that featured 94 points for the winning Wildcats against Montana State, the line on Saturday’s box score that reads five points and two assists in 24 minutes might be the least likely to stand out.

OGDEN — Two halves.

OGDEN — Weber State football secured a commitment Friday afternoon to add more depth and experience to its defensive backfield.

OGDEN — Jerrick Harding had 27 points to his name in the second half alone, and Weber State had 56 points as it mounted a comeback. When Montana’s Kendal Manuel hit a pair of free throws with 12 seconds left, WSU would need three more.

OGDEN — It’s not the final homestand for Weber State men’s basketball this weekend, but it is the final set of games in the Dee Events Center until March 7 as the Wildcats welcome Montana and Montana State to Ogden.

Saturday's trip to Northern Arizona had the trappings of what one might expect to be a battle for Weber State men's basketball.

Weber State softball reached first pitch for the 2019 season Friday afternoon, falling 4-3 to Oregon State to open the Kajikawa Classic held at Arizona State in Tempe, Arizona.

Nothing went right for Weber State men’s basketball at Southern Utah, but especially rebounding.

Sporting an 8-3 conference record, good for second place in the Big Sky, Weber State men’s basketball hits the road to begin the final stretch of the regular season by visiting Southern Utah and Northern Arizona.

OGDEN — As Jay Hill moved alphabetically through highlights for Weber State’s 2019 football signing class, he reached safety Desmond Williams.

After two straight 10-win seasons and two trips to the FCS playoffs quarterfinals, Weber State football takes its next step by finalizing the 2019 signing class as Wednesday, Feb. 6, brings National Signing Day.

OGDEN — Even casual followers of Weber State men’s basketball have probably picked up at least one thing about the Wildcats: No. 44 spends a lot of time pulling down the rim for dunks.

OGDEN — For going on 10 minutes in the second half, Weber State head coach Randy Rahe must have felt like Bill Murray in the 1993 film “Groundhog Day.”

OGDEN — Two weeks ago, Portland Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard drove the paint in a game at Vivint Smart Home Arena and put up a floater as Utah Jazz defenders Rudy Gobert and Jae Crowder converged.

OGDEN — It had a familiar tinge to it when, with 30 seconds left, Holland Woods drove the paint for Portland State, was cut off by Brekkott Chapman helping under the basket, and flipped a pass well past the top of the key to Deante Strickland.

Weber State men's basketball returns for a pair of home contests this week as Big Sky conference play crosses the halfway point.

As Big Sky men’s basketball nears the midway point, the top three teams appear to be rising to the top.

A long drought, an unstoppable inside force and turnovers were too much.