2022–23 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers basketball team

The 2022–23 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers men's basketball team represented Western Kentucky University during the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Hilltoppers were led by head coach Rick Stansbury in his seventh season and played their home games at E. A. Diddle Arena in Bowling Green, Kentucky as ninth-year members of Conference USA. 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 UTEP in the first round before losing to Florida Atlantic in the quarterfinals.

2022–23 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers basketball
ConferenceConference USA
Record17–16 (8–12 C-USA)
Head coach
  • Rick Stansbury (7th season)
Associate head coachPhil Cunningham
Assistant coaches
  • Martin Cross
  • Marcus Grant
Home arenaE. A. Diddle Arena
2022–23 Conference USA men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 25 Florida Atlantic182 .900354  .897
North Texas164 .800317  .816
UAB146 .7002910  .744
Middle Tennessee119 .5501914  .576
Charlotte911 .4502214  .611
Rice812 .4001916  .543
FIU812 .4001418  .438
Western Kentucky812 .4001716  .515
UTEP713 .3501418  .438
Louisiana Tech713 .3501518  .455
UTSA416 .2001022  .313
2023 C-USA tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

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.

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