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The official Men's Basketball page for the Western Kentucky University Hilltoppers.
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 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers have a proud basketball history that includes multiple Sweet Sixteen appearances and a Final Four berth way back in 1971. The modest, but beautiful, E.A. Diddle Arena was already around to see the glory days of Hilltopper basketball as it was constructed in 1963.
E. A. Diddle Arena is a 7,326-seat multi-purpose arena in Bowling Green, Kentucky, United States. The arena, built in 1963, is home to the Western Kentucky University Hilltoppers men's basketball team and Lady Toppers basketball and volleyball teams.
22 sty 2024 · It features an iconic red towel, an homage to the one famously used by legendary basketball coach Edgar Allen Diddle, for whom WKU’s impressive basketball arena is named. In 1922, Diddle became the head coach of what was then called the Western Kentucky State Normal School, remaining at the helm for 42 incredibly successful years.
10 kwi 2021 · The E. A. Diddle Arena, which was opened in 1963 and has a capacity of 7,326, is currently home to NCAA team Western Kentucky Hilltoppers who compete in the Conference USA.
The 2021–22 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers men's basketball team represented Western Kentucky University during the 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Hilltoppers were led by sixth-year head coach Rick Stansbury and played their home games at E. A. Diddle Arena in Bowling Green, Kentucky as eighth-year members of Conference ...
