With the NCAA tournament tipping off this weekend, Western fans now find themselves in an unfamiliar situation.
For the past two years, they watched the Toppers pull off victories in dramatic fashion, culminating in a run to the Sweet 16 in 2008 and the round of 32 in 2009.
But there won’t be any postseason magic this [...]

Coach Willie Taggart searched past National Signing Day for a complete staff, but on Wednesday the first-year head coach may have inked his biggest prospect yet.
Clint Bowen, who spent the last 12 years on the University of Kansas’ staff and the last four as defensive coordinator, will now serve as Western’s defensive coordinator.
“We got a [...]

Brandon Doughty said Head Coach Willie Taggart’s West Coast Offense is a perfect fit for him.
But even as the highest-rated quarterback in Taggart’s 2010 recruiting class, the Rivals.com three-star quarterback won’t be guaranteed the starting job right away.
Doughty and junior college transfer Matt Pelesasa, along with sophomore Kawaun Jakes and redshirt freshman Courtney Dalcourt, made [...]

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Head Coach Willie Taggart’s first Signing Day didn’t come without anxiety.
“I tell you what, earlier today (Monday) I was saying, ‘I hope these guys can run faster than these faxes are coming back,’ because they weren’t coming back fast enough for a while,” Taggart said.
But [...]