Coach Downey and Coach Wilbers January 2022

Tech Tidbits: Coaches Pick Right Moments to Fight On

There's a time and a place each season when a coach must use emotion to motivate his or her team in a critical moment. For Arkansas Tech University head basketball coaches Dave Wilbers and Mark...
Tori Lasker and Cejay Mann 2021-22

Tech Tidbits: ATU Teams Head West to Oklahoma

Arkansas Tech University is poised to make its move upward in the Great American Conference women’s basketball standings. ATU (9-7 overall, 6-6 GAC) steadied itself by winning 2-of-3 home games last week after a challenging...
B.J. Johnson 12-2-2021

Tech Tidbits: A Look Around GAC Basketball

With approximately one-third of the 2021-22 Great American Conference basketball schedule in the books, a few truths have emerged. Nationally 17th-ranked Southwestern Oklahoma State University (14-2 overall, 8-0 GAC) has separated itself as the best...
Jayana Sanders 12-2-2021

Tech Tidbits: Grateful for the Opportunity to Play

I haven't met many people who want to win as much as Arkansas Tech University head women's basketball coach Dave Wilbers does, but the current state of the COVID-19 pandemic and its effect on...
Czar Perry and Adam Dworsky

Tech Tidbits: Point Guards Take Center Stage

Arkansas Tech University's basketball return from the holiday break will be highlighted by one of the top point guard match-ups of the NCAA Division II regular season. ATU’s Czar Perry and Southeastern Oklahoma State University’s...
Ashlei Lopez and Cejay Mann 2021

Tech Tidbits: Downey Emphasizes Maturity

Arkansas Tech University’s men’s basketball team has played three games in the last two weeks that came down to one possession in the final minute. The Wonder Boys (3-4 overall, 1-1 Great American Conference) lost...
Tony Hall and Kaley Shipman November 2021

Tech Tidbits: ATU Basketball Opens GAC Play Thursday

Something clicked for the Arkansas Tech Golden Suns basketball team at halftime of its game at Stephens Arena in San Angelo, Texas, on Saturday. After six up-and-down quarters to begin their Thanksgiving trip to the...
Jack Lindsey 11-6-2021

Tech Tidbits: The Changing of the Seasons

Our 2021-22 Arkansas Tech University athletics journey will reach a transition point on Saturday, Nov. 13, when football season concludes and basketball season begins. The 106th season of Arkansas Tech football will end with a...
Wonder Boys vs. Henderson State 10-23-2021

Tech Tidbits: Pushing Through to the Finish Line

Vision is the theme of the week for the Arkansas Tech University football team. But head coach Kyle Shipp isn’t talking about running backs’ ability to find the right gap or anything like that. No,...
Jesus Zizumbo 10-23-2021

Tech Tidbits: Wonder Boys Trusting the Process

It is true that Arkansas Tech University's Homecoming Saturday setback at Thone Stadium at Buerkle Field means the Wonder Boys will finish with a losing record for a third consecutive football season. But ATU's 41-38...