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[2] [3] WKU won the SBC championship and received a bid to the 1987 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. [4] This team was one of the most talented in school history with three players being drafted in the early rounds of the NBA draft: Frank in the 1st round, Kannard Johnson in the 2nd, and Clarence Martin in the 3rd. [5]
Big Red is the mascot of Western Kentucky University's sports teams, the "Hilltoppers" and "Lady Toppers". It is a red, furry blob created by Ralph Carey in 1979. Big Red is meant to symbolize the spirit of WKU students and alumni as well as the sports teams' nickname, the "Hilltoppers," a name chosen because the school's campus sits atop a hill 232 feet above the Barren River flowing through ...
The Western Kentucky Hilltoppers men's basketball team is the men's basketball team that represents Western Kentucky University (WKU) in Bowling Green, Kentucky. The Hilltoppers currently compete in Conference USA. The team's most recent appearance in the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament was in 2024.
The 2017–18 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers men's basketball team represented Western Kentucky University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.The Hilltoppers were led by head coach Rick Stansbury in his second season and played their home games at E. A. Diddle Arena in Bowling Green, Kentucky as fourth-year members of Conference USA.
On March 17, 2016, head coach Ray Harper resigned after three players were suspended by a university disciplinary committee. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] He finished at WKU with a record of 90–62. On March 28, the school hired Rick Stansbury as head coach.
Florida State at Tennessee: W 72–69 L 61–68 1992: NCAA Finals: Alabama vs. Tennessee vs. Maryland vs. Southwest Missouri State vs. Stanford: W 98–68 W 75–70 W 75–70 W 84–72 L 62–78 1993: Sweet Sixteen: Miami (FL) vs. Ohio State: W 78–63 L 73–86 1994: Second Round: at Rutgers at Southern Mississippi: W 84–73 L 69–72 1995 ...
The team won the Sun Belt Basketball tournament and earned the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament, where they advanced to the Sweet Sixteen. [2] Western Kentucky finished ranked 22nd in the postseason ESPN/USA Today Poll. Lee was SBC Player of the year and was joined by Tyrone Brazelton on the All SBC team.
The 1985–86 WKU Lady Toppers basketball team represented Western Kentucky University during the 1985–86 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Lady Toppers were led by head coach Paul Sanderford and Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year Lillie Mason. [ 1 ]