| Sport: | Basketball |
| Sex: | none |
| Year: | 2022–23 |
| Team: | Western Kentucky Hilltoppers |
| Conference: | Conference USA |
| Short Conf: | C-USA |
| Record: | 17–16 |
| Conf Record: | 8–12 |
| Hc Year: | 7th |
| Asst Coach1: | Martin Cross |
| Asst Coach2: | Marcus Grant |
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.
On March 11, 2023, the school announced that head coach Rick Stansbury had resigned.[1] On March 18, the school named Texas A&M–Corpus Christi head coach Steve Lutz the team's new head coach.[2]
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.
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Reason for departure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jaylen Butz | 1 | F | 6'9" | 230 | RS Senior | Graduated | ||
| Josh Anderson | 4 | G | 6'6" | 190 | GS Senior | Graduated | ||
| Sherman Brashear | 13 | G | 6'5" | 180 | Sophomore | Transferred to Texas–Rio Grande Valley | ||
| Bailey Conrad | 32 | F | 6'7" | 220 | Sophomore | Walk-on; transferred to The Citadel | ||
| 50 | F | 6'7" | 240 | Junior | Transferred to Eastern Kentucky | |||
| Camron Justice | 55 | G | 6'3" | 185 | GS Senior | Graduated |
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Previous School | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fallou Diagne | 1 | F | 6'11" | 200 | RS Sophomore | Northwest Florida State College | ||
| Jordan Rawls | 2 | G | 6'1" | 180 | Senior | Georgia State | ||
| 4 | G | 6'2" | 185 | Junior | Indiana | |||
| Dontaie Allen | 11 | G | 6'6" | 205 | RS Junior | Kentucky | ||
| 13 | G | 6'8" | 210 | GS Senior | Boise State | |||
| Tyrone Marshall, Jr. | 24 | F | 6'7" | 215 | Junior | Colby CC |
There were no incoming recruits for the class of 2022.
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