| Mode: | Basketball |
| Sex: | none |
| Year: | 2024–25 |
| Prev Year: | 2023–24 |
| Next Year: | 2025–26 |
| Team: | Western Kentucky Hilltoppers |
| Conference: | Conference USA |
| Short Conf: | CUSA |
| Record: | 4–3 |
| Conf Record: | 0–0 |
| Hc Year: | 1st |
| Asst Coach1: | Martin Cross |
| Asst Coach2: | Tim MacAllister |
| Asst Coach3: | Eric Murphy |
| Asst Coach5: | Darryl Jackson |
The 2024–25 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers men's basketball team represents Western Kentucky University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team is led by first-year head coach Hank Plona, and play their home games at E. A. Diddle Arena in Bowling Green, Kentucky as eleventh-year members of Conference USA.
The Hilltoppers finished the 2023–24 season 22–12, 8–8 in C-USA play to finish in third place. As the No. 3 seed in the C-USA tournament, they defeated New Mexico State in the quarterfinals, Middle Tennessee in the semifinals, and UTEP to win the C-USA Championship. As an automatic qualifier in the NCAA tournament, they earned the No. 15 seed, where they lost to No. 2 seed Marquette in the first round.[1]
On April 1, 2024, Steve Lutz left the program to accept the head coaching job at Oklahoma State.[2]
A day later, on April 2, 2024, the school named Hank Plona as the new head coach to lead the Hilltoppers.[3]
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Reason for departure |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rodney Howard | 0 | F | 6'11" | 250 | 5th Year | Graduated | |
| Brandon Newman | 10 | G | 6'5" | 195 | RS Senior | Graduate transferred to Oklahoma State | |
| Dontaie Allen | 11 | G/F | 6'6" | 210 | RS Senior | Transferred to Wyoming | |
| BJ Marable | 13 | F | 6'9" | 230 | Senior | Entered transfer portal | |
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Previous school |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Braxton Bayless | 0 | G | 6'2" | 175 | Graduate Student | Niagara | |
| Blaise Keita | 1 | F/C | 6'11" | 250 | RS Senior | Nebraska[4] | |
| Cade Stinnett | 10 | G | 6'3" | 198 | Junior | Centre College | |
| Leeroy Odiahi | 21 | F/C | 6'11" | 218 | Senior | Old Dominion | |
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