The 2022–23 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers men's basketball team represented Western Kentucky University during the

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. The Hilltoppers were led by head coach

Rick Stansbury Richard Lee Stansbury (born December 23, 1959), is an American college basketball and the current head coach of the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers basketball team. He was previously the head coach at Mississippi State. He was hired as the WKU head c ...

in his seventh season and played their home games at E. A. Diddle Arena in Bowling Green, Kentucky as ninth-year members of

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. They finished the 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

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in the first round before losing to

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in the quarterfinals. On March 11, 2023, the school announced that head coach Rick Stansbury had resigned. On March 18, the school named Texas A&M–Corpus Christi head coach Steve Lutz the team's new head coach.

Previous season

The Hilltoppers finished the 2021–22 season 19–13, 11–7 in C-USA play to finish tied for second the West Division. They quarterfinals of the C-USA tournament to Louisiana Tech.

Offseason

Departures

Incoming transfers

Recruiting classes

2022 recruiting class

There were no incoming recruits for the class of 2022.

2023 recruiting class

Roster

Schedule

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References

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