2026–27 season
Western Kentucky
Hilltoppers · CUSA
- Record
- 3–1
- Unranked in the AP poll
- Projected seed
- Out
- Outside the projected field
- Efficiency
- +3.5
- No. 121 in Division I
- Head coach
- Hank Plona
- Since 2024–25
- Home
- Bowling Green, KY
- 5,864 mi from Detroit
- National titles
- 0
- Still chasing the first
Statistical profile
Percentiles compare this team with all 365 Division I teams. 100th is best in every row, including defense, where lower raw numbers are better: green bars are the top of the country, red the bottom, blue a style (pace, three-point rate) rather than a strength. Season totals include tournament games. Opponent-adjusted efficiency and schedule strength appear after 8 games; until then they swing too much to mean anything.
Efficiency
Scoring & shooting
Possessions
Defense & roster
Strengths and weaknesses
Flagged automatically when a stat sits in the top or bottom 15% of all 365 Division I teams.
- WeaknessRarely shoots threesThree-point rate: 30.6%5th
- StrengthCleans the defensive glassDefensive rebound %: 77.2%95th
- WeaknessGives up open threesOpponent 3P %: 38.3%10th
- StrengthProtects the ballTurnover rate: 13.0%90th
Tournament history
Every NCAA tournament appearance since 2002, with who Western KY beat and who ended the run.
Each banner lists the years that round was Western KY's finish: titles all-time, the other rounds since 2002.
Appearances
7
Record
4–7
Sweet 16s
1
Final Fours
0
Titles
0
- 202415Round of 64Lost to 2 Marquette 87–69. Bracket
- 201316Round of 64Lost to 1 Kansas 64–57. Bracket
- 201216Round of 64Beat 16 Miss Valley St. Lost to 1 Kentucky 81–66. Bracket
- 200912Round of 32Beat 5 Illinois. Lost to 4 Gonzaga 83–81. Bracket
- 200812Sweet 16Beat 5 Drake, 13 San Diego. Lost to 1 UCLA 88–78. Bracket
- 200313Round of 64Lost to 4 Illinois 65–60. Bracket
- 20029Round of 64Lost to 8 Stanford 84–68. Bracket
Roster
Season per-game stats for every player who appeared.
- Leading scorer
- Teagan Moore
- 21.7 ppg
- Tallest
- Joseph Adebayo
- 6′10″
- Best at the line
- —
- —
- Longest in program
- Teagan Moore
- 4 seasons
| Player | WT | Yrs | GP | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12Armelo BooneGuard · Lexington, KY | 6′5″ | 190 | 2 | 3 | 28.3 | 10.7 | 6.3 | 3.7 | 40.0 | 25.0 | 21.2 |
| 3Sharron YoungGuard · Morgantown, WV | 6′0″ | 165 | 1 | 3 | 26.7 | 8.3 | 2.3 | 5.3 | 38.5 | 66.7 | 15.8 |
| 30Teagan MooreGuard · Dry Ridge, KY | 6′6″ | 220 | 4 | 3 | 24.0 | 21.7 | 5.7 | 1.7 | 30.0 | 84.2 | 39.2 |
| 2LJ HackmanGuard · Columbus, MS | 6′3″ | 205 | 2 | 3 | 21.0 | 8.7 | 2.3 | 1.3 | 20.0 | 94.4 | 21.1 |
| 6EJ WalkerForward · Erlanger, KY | 6′8″ | 235 | 1 | 3 | 20.0 | 5.0 | 4.3 | 0.0 | 28.6 | 60.0 | 15.0 |
| 23Trevion LaBeauxForward · Waterloo, IA | 6′5″ | 210 | 1 | 3 | 18.3 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 14.4 |
| 13Emondrek Erkins-FordForward · Chicago, IL | 6′9″ | 220 | 1 | 3 | 16.3 | 6.0 | 2.3 | 1.7 | 50.0 | 83.3 | 15.1 |
| 32Moussa Konare · Bamako, Mali | 6′10″ | 220 | 1 | 3 | 16.3 | 7.3 | 5.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 40.0 | 13.8 |
| 11Gabe Weis · Springfield, KY | 6′7″ | 215 | 1 | 3 | 15.0 | 11.3 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 45.5 | 83.3 | 24.4 |
| 24Lawson RiceGuard · Morgantown, KY | 6′6″ | 200 | 2 | 3 | 6.0 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 4.9 |
| 35Joseph Adebayo · Kotor Varos, Nigeria | 6′10″ | 230 | 1 | 2 | 6.0 | 3.0 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 11.5 |
| 5Noah NorgaardGuard · Copenhagen, Denmark | 6′2″ | 195 | 1 | 2 | 5.0 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 16.7 | 0.0 | 32.2 |
| 1Gavin Murphy · Nicholasville, KY | 5′11″ | 160 | 1 | 1 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 4Kade UnseldGuard · Bowling Green, KY | 6′5″ | 200 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Yrs = seasons with this program (transfers count from their arrival). Headshots appear once rights-cleared images are available.
Season schedule
Every game with consensus closing lines (median across sportsbooks) and against-the-spread results.
ATS overall
1–1
ATS as favorite
1–1
ATS as underdog
0–0
ATS neutral court
0–0
ATS vs. tournament teams
0–0
ATS vs. ranked teams
0–0
Over / under
1–1
| Date | Opponent | Result | Spread | Total | ATS | O/U |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2 | vsMORMorehead State | W83–58 | -17.5 | 153.5 | Cover | Under |
| Nov 5 | vsKENKentucky Wesleyan | W82–48 | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 8 | @TENTennessee Tech | L94–97 | -3.5 | 163 | Miss | Over |
| Nov 11 | vsCAMCampbellsville | W78–51 | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 16 | @TULTulsa12 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 20 | NRICRichmond | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 22 | NG WGeorge Washington10 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 27 | @ILL#3Illinois1 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 1 | vsBELBelmont | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 5 | @EVAEvansville | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 12 | vsUABUAB | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 16 | vsLIPLipscomb | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 22 | @TULTulane | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 28 | vsBETBethel (TN) | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 31 | @KSUKennesaw State14 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 2 | @JAXJacksonville State | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 7 | vsNEWNew Mexico State | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 9 | vsSAMSam Houston | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 14 | @DELDelaware | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 16 | @LIBLiberty | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 21 | vsMISMissouri State | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 23 | vsFIUFlorida International | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 30 | vsMTSUMiddle Tennessee | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 4 | @SAMSam Houston | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 6 | @NEWNew Mexico State | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 11 | vsLIBLiberty | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 13 | vsDELDelaware | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 18 | @FIUFlorida International | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 20 | @MISMissouri State | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 27 | @MTSUMiddle Tennessee | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Mar 4 | vsJAXJacksonville State | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Mar 6 | vsKSUKennesaw State14 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |