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Wildcats return to full strength with trip to Houston

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LIVE STATS | WATCH | LISTEN Men's basketball has lost back-to-back games one time during conference play this year. They will look to keep it that way as the team travels to Houston for a Thursday night game. The Wildcats hit the road for one of their bigger games of the season against Houston Baptist University. ACU sits at 6-6 in conference ... [Read More…]

Texas A&M and SMU highlight Wildcats future non-conference schedule

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ACU athletics released the football program's non-conference slate through 2021 on Wednesday afternoon. The schedule includes some of the top programs in the nation along with several familiar names. Head coach Ken Collums and staff will have the task of preparing future ACU teams for two members of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), one from ... [Read More…]

Flu and perfect shooting sink Wildcats at home

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BOX SCORE | PHOTOS Men's basketball suffered their first "home" loss of the season at the hands of Sam Houston State on Monday night. The 84-71 loss moves ACU to 11-14 overall and 6-6 in conference after just their second home loss of the year. The Wildcats had to overcome several obstacles in order to defeat Sam Houston. ACU not only was ... [Read More…]

Freshman Phenom: Franklin dominates Southland in first year

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JAYLEN FRANKLIN PHOTOS At 6-foot-8, 250 lbs, LeBron James dominated on both the football field and the basketball court in high school. His athletic build and skill set made him almost a shoe-in for a top draft pick for either the NFL or the NBA. As most know, King James ended up running out coast-to-coast dunks, rather than touchdown ... [Read More…]

Agenda Pushing plays huge role in Academy Awards

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The voting for the Oscars has been nothing if not consistent. Consistent in ways that prove what the average movie-goer has known for a while now: the Academy loves agenda pushing. When it comes to whatever idea is most left-winged and non-traditional, odds are, the Academy is all over it. It has left a good percentage of fans to abandon the ... [Read More…]

Wildcats look to build on strong home stand

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LIVE STATS VS. SELU | LIVE VIDEO VS. SELU | LIVE STATS VS. LU | LIVE VIDEO VS. LU Head coach Joe Golding said on Saturday after ACU's win over Houston Baptist that the program was continuing to take steps in the right direction. He has a lot of evidence to back him up. The Wildcats are 5-4 in conference at the halfway point of Southland ... [Read More…]

Football adds 20 to roster on National Signing Day

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The Wildcats added 20 players, ten offensive and ten defensive, to their roster for the 2016 season. Head coach Ken Collums described the recruiting class as the best during his time at ACU. "This is the strongest class we've signed since I've been at ACU," Collums said. "Every year that we get further into Div. I football, the more and more ... [Read More…]

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