2024–25 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers basketball team

The 2024–25 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers men's basketball team represents Western Kentucky University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.

The team is led by first-year head coach Hank Plona, and play their home games at E. A. Diddle Arena in Bowling Green, Kentucky as eleventh-year members of Conference USA (C-USA).

3 seed in the C-USA tournament, they defeated New Mexico State in the quarterfinals,[1] Middle Tennessee in the semifinals,[2] and UTEP in the finals to win the C-USA championship.

[4][5] On April 1, 2024, Steve Lutz left the program to accept the head coaching job at Oklahoma State.

[6] A day later, on April 2, 2024, the school named Hank Plona as the new head coach to lead the Hilltoppers.