2023–24 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers basketball team
The 2023–24 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers men's basketball team will represent Western Kentucky University during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Hilltoppers will be led by first year head coach Steve Lutz, and will play their home games at E. A. Diddle Arena in Bowling Green, Kentucky as tenth-year members of Conference USA.
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| Conference | Conference USA |
| Record | 0–0 (0–0 C-USA) |
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| Home arena | E. A. Diddle Arena |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIU | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jacksonville State | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Liberty | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louisiana Tech | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Middle Tennessee | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Mexico State | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sam Houston | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UTEP | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Kentucky | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 2024 C-USA Tournament winner Rankings from AP poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Previous season
The Hilltoppers finished the 2022–23 season 17–16, 8–12 in C-USA play to finish in a tie for seventh place. As the No. 8 seed in the C-USA tournament, they defeated UTEP in the first round before losing to Florida Atlantic in the quarterfinals.[1]
On March 11, 2023, the school announced that head coach Rick Stansbury had deicde to resign.[2] On March 18, the school named Texas A&M–Corpus Christi head coach Steve Lutz the team's new head coach.[3]
Offseason
Departures
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Reason for departure |
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| Darrius Miles | 0 | C | 6'10" | 250 | Junior | Oak Cliff, TX | Transferred to UT Arlington |
| Jordan Rawls | 2 | G | 6'1" | 185 | Senior | Chattanooga, TN | Graduated |
| Jarius Hamilton | 3 | F | 6'8" | 230 | RS Senior | Charlotte, NC | Graduated |
| Noah Stansbeury | 5 | G | 6'0" | 170 | RS Sophomore | Bowling Green, KY | Walk-on; transferred to Memphis |
| Elijah Hughey | 10 | G | 6'4" | 200 | RS Freshman | Dallas, TX | Transferred to Southeastern Oklahoma State |
| Emmanuel Akot | 13 | G | 6'8" | 215 | RS Senior | Winnipeg, MB | Graduated/signed to play professionally in Netherlands with Heroes Den Bosch |
| Luke Frampton | 14 | G | 6'5" | 205 | RS Senior | Poca, WV | Graduated |
| Dayvion McKnight | 20 | G | 6'1" | 195 | Junior | Shelbyville, KY | Transferred to Xavier |
| Jamarion Sharp | 33 | C | 7'5" | 235 | Senior | Hopkinsville, KY | Graduate transferred to Ole Miss |
Incoming transfers
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Previous School |
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| Rodney Howard | 0 | C | 6'10" | 250 | GS Senior | Ypsilanti, MI | Georgia Tech |
| Don McHenry | 2 | G | 6'2" | 175 | Junior | Milwaukee, WI | Indian Hills CC |
| Jalen Jackson | 3 | G | 5'11" | 180 | GS Senior | San Antonio, TX | Texas A&M–Corpus Christi |
| Babacar Faye | 5 | F | 6'8" | 210 | Junior | Saly, Senegal | Charleston |
| Brandon Newman | 10 | G | 6'5" | 200 | RS Senior | Valparaiso, IN | Purdue |
| Terrion Murdix | 12 | G | 6'1" | 170 | GS Senior | Springfield, IL | Texas A&M–Corpus Christi |
| BJ Marable | 13 | F/C | 6'9" | Junior | Knoxville, TN | Triton College | |
| Enoch Kalambay | 23 | G | 6'6" | 200 | Junior | Gatineau, QC | Indian Hills CC |
2023 recruiting class
| Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date | |
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| Teagan Moore SG |
Owenton, KY | Owen County High School | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | 210 lb (95 kg) | Jul 13, 2022 | |
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: N/A ESPN grade: NR | ||||||
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Roster
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Schedule
| Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Site (attendance) city, state | |||
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| Non-conference Regular season | |||||||||||
| November 6, 2023* 7:30 p.m., ESPN+ |
Kentucky Wesleyan | E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY | |||||||||
| November 9, 2023* 6:30 p.m., ESPN+ |
at Wichita State | Charles Koch Arena Wichita, KS | |||||||||
| November 14, 2023* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
at Murray State | CFSB Center Murray, KY | |||||||||
| November 18, 2023* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
Kentucky State | E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY | |||||||||
| November 24, 2023* 6:00 p.m. |
vs. Bowling Green Northern Classic |
Place Bell Laval, QC | |||||||||
| November 25, 2023* 1:00 p.m. |
vs. Canisius Northern Classic |
Place Bell Laval, QC | |||||||||
| November 26, 2023* 10:00 a.m. |
vs. UNC Asheville Northern Classic |
Place Bell Laval, QC | |||||||||
| November 29, 2023* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
Campbellsville | E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY | |||||||||
| December 3, 2023* 4:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
Eastern Kentucky | E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY | |||||||||
| December 9, 2023* 1:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
at Buffalo | Alumni Arena Amherst, NY | |||||||||
| December 12, 2023* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
at Wright State | Nutter Center Fairborn, OH | |||||||||
| December 16, 2023* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
Austin Peay | E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY | |||||||||
| December 19, 2023* 9:00 p.m. |
at California Baptist C-USA/WAC Alliance |
CBU Events Center Riverside, CA | |||||||||
| December 30, 2023* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
Abilene Christian C-USA/WAC Alliance |
E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY | |||||||||
| Conference USA regular season | |||||||||||
| January 6, 2024 5:00 p.m., CBSSN |
Liberty | E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY | |||||||||
| January 10, 2024 6:30 p.m., ESPN+ |
at Sam Houston | Bernard Johnson Coliseum Huntsville, TX | |||||||||
| January 13, 2024 4:00 p.m., CBSSN |
Jacksonville State | E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY | |||||||||
| January 18, 2024 8:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
at New Mexico State | Pan American Center Las Cruces, NM | |||||||||
| January 20, 2024 8:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
at UTEP | Don Haskins Center El Paso, TX | |||||||||
| January 25, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
FIU | E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY | |||||||||
| February 1, 2024 8:00 p.m., CBSSN |
Sam Houston | E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY | |||||||||
| February 3, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPNU |
Middle Tennessee | E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY | |||||||||
| February 7, 2024 6:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
at Louisiana | Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, LA | |||||||||
| February 10, 2024 4:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
at Jacksonville State | Pete Mathews Coliseum Jacksonville, AL | |||||||||
| February 15, 2024 6:00 p.m., CBSSN |
UTEP | E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY | |||||||||
| February 17, 2024 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
New Mexico State | E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY | |||||||||
| February 24, 2024 6:30 p.m., ESPN+ |
at Middle Tennessee | Murphy Center Murfreesboro, TN | |||||||||
| February 28, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
Louisiana Tech | E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY | |||||||||
| March 2, 2024 5:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
at FIU | Ocean Bank Convocation Center Miami, FL | |||||||||
| March 9, 2024 12:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
at Liberty | Liberty Arena Lynchburg, VA | |||||||||
| Conference USA Tournament | |||||||||||
| March 12–16, 2024 TBA |
vs. TBA | Von Braun Center Huntsville, AL | |||||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time. | |||||||||||
Source[4]
References
- "2022-23 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers Men's Roster and Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
- "Rick Stansbury resigns as Western Kentucky basketball coach after seven seasons". The Courier-Journal. Retrieved 2023-10-17.
- "W. Kentucky hires Texas A&M-CC's Lutz as coach". ESPN.com. 2023-03-18. Retrieved 2023-10-17.
- "Western Kentucky University Hilltoppers Official Athletic Site – Men's Basketball". wkusports.com.
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