College basketball isn’t just about buzzer-beaters and championship dreams; it’s also about the iconic mascots prowling the ...

“Wildcats” share the fourth most used nickname in D-I athletics, tied with “Cougars,” each represented by 32 institutions.

The fate of Willie did not improve in 1949, when Purdue male cheerleaders, not realizing that Willie was two women, picked up the wildcat and threw it into their boilermaker mascot. Apologies were ...