| Sport: | Basketball |
| Sex: | none |
| Year: | 2023–24 |
| Team: | Western Kentucky Hilltoppers |
| Conference: | Conference USA |
| Short Conf: | C-USA |
| Record: | 22–12 |
| Conf Record: | 8–8 |
| Hc Year: | 1st |
| Asst Coach1: | Martin Cross |
| Asst Coach2: | Robert Guster |
| Asst Coach3: | Darryl Jackson |
| Asst Coach4: | Tim MacAllister |
| Champion: | CUSA tournament champions |
| Tourney Result: | First Round |
The 2023–24 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers men's basketball team represented Western Kentucky University during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Hilltoppers, led by first year head coach Steve Lutz, played their home games at E. A. Diddle Arena in Bowling Green, Kentucky as tenth-year members of Conference USA.
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 decided 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]
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Reason for departure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darrius Miles | 0 | C | 6'10" | 250 | Junior | Transferred to UT Arlington | ||
| Jordan Rawls | 2 | G | 6'1" | 185 | Senior | Graduated | ||
| Jarius Hamilton | 3 | F | 6'8" | 230 | RS Senior | Graduated | ||
| Noah Stansbeury | 5 | G | 6'0" | 170 | RS Sophomore | Walk-on; transferred to Memphis | ||
| Elijah Hughey | 10 | G | 6'4" | 200 | RS Freshman | Transferred to Southeastern Oklahoma State | ||
| 13 | G | 6'8" | 215 | RS Senior | Graduated/signed to play professionally in Netherlands with Heroes Den Bosch | |||
| Luke Frampton | 14 | G | 6'5" | 205 | RS Senior | Graduated | ||
| Dayvion McKnight | 20 | G | 6'1" | 195 | Junior | Transferred to Xavier | ||
| 33 | C | 7'5" | 235 | Senior | Graduate transferred to Ole Miss |
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Previous School | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rodney Howard | 0 | C | 6'10" | 250 | GS Senior | Georgia Tech | ||
| Don McHenry | 2 | G | 6'2" | 175 | Junior | Indian Hills CC | ||
| Jalen Jackson | 3 | G | 5'11" | 180 | GS Senior | Texas A&M–Corpus Christi | ||
| Babacar Faye | 5 | F | 6'8" | 210 | Junior | Charleston | ||
| Brandon Newman | 10 | G | 6'5" | 200 | RS Senior | Purdue | ||
| Terrion Murdix | 12 | G | 6'1" | 170 | GS Senior | Texas A&M–Corpus Christi | ||
| BJ Marable | 13 | F/C | 6'9" | Junior | Triton College | |||
| Enoch Kalambay | 23 | G | 6'6" | 200 | Junior | Indian Hills CC |
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