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. On March 18, the school named Texas A&M–Corpus Christi head coach Steve Lutz the team's new head coach.

Previous season 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.

Offseason

Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Jaylen Butz 1 F 6'9" 230 RS Senior Fort Wayne, IN Graduated Josh Anderson 4 G 6'6" 190 GS Senior Baton Rouge, LA Graduated Sherman Brashear 13 G 6'5" 180 Sophomore Dallas, TX Transferred to Texas–Rio Grande Valley Bailey Conrad 32 F 6'7" 220 Sophomore Corydon, IN Walk-on; transferred to The Citadel Isaiah Cozart 50 F 6'7" 240 Junior Richmond, KY Transferred to Eastern Kentucky Camron Justice 55 G 6'3" 185 GS Senior Hindman, KY Graduated

Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School Fallou Diagne 1 F 6'11" 200 RS Sophomore Senegal, Africa Northwest Florida State College Jordan Rawls 2 G 6'1" 180 Senior Chattanooga, TN Georgia State Khristian Lander 4 G 6'2" 185 Junior Evansville, Indiana Indiana Dontaie Allen 11 G 6'6" 205 RS Junior Falmouth, KY Kentucky Emmanuel Akot 13 G 6'8" 210 GS Senior Winnipeg, MB Boise State Tyrone Marshall Jr. 24 F 6'7" 215 Junior Nashville, TN Colby CC

Recruiting classes 2022 recruiting class There were no incoming recruits for the class of 2022.

2023 recruiting class

Roster

Schedule

!colspan=12 style=| Exhibition

!colspan=12 style=| Non-conference Regular season

!colspan=12 style=| Conference USA regular season

!colspan=12 style=| Conference USA Tournament

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