2017–18 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers basketball team

2017–18 Conference USA men's basketball standings
	† 2018 C-USA Tournament winner;

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers men's basketball
2017–18 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers men's basketball
Conference	Conference USA
2017–18 record	( C-USA)
Head coach	Rick Stansbury (2nd year)
Assistant coach	Ben Hansbrough
Assistant coach	Marc Hsu
Assistant coach	Nikita Johnson
Home arena	E. A. Diddle Arena
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Western Kentucky recruit Mitchell Robinson at the 2017 McDonald's All-American Boys Game.

The 2017–18 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers men's basketball team will represent Western Kentucky University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Hilltoppers will be led by head coach Rick Stansbury in his second season. They will play their home games at E. A. Diddle Arena in Bowling Green, Kentucky as fourth-year members of Conference USA.

Previous season

The Hilltoppers finished the 2016–17 season with 15–17, 9–9 in C-USA play to finish in a tie for seventh place. They lost to UTSA in the first round of the C-USA Tournament.

Offseason

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Ben Lawson	14	F/C	7'1"	235	Senior	Hitchin, England	Graduated
Anton Walters	42	F	6'7"	245	Senior	Baltimore, Maryland	Graduated
Junior Lomomba	5	G	6'5"	205	RS Senior	Montreal, Quebec	Graduated
Cleveland Thomas	12	G	6'4"	195	RS Senior	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	Graduated
Que Johnson	32	G	6'6"	205	RS Senior	Pontiac, Michigan	Graduated
Marko Stajkovski	21	G	6'7"	195	Freshman	Novi Sad, Serbia	Left for the team due to personal reasons
Willie Carmichael	24	F	6'8"	210	RS Sophomore	Apopka, Florida	Left for the team due to personal reasons
Marty Leahy	43	G	6'5"	210	Freshman	Brisbane, Australia	Left for the team due to personal reasons
Tobias Howard	1	G	6'2"	182	Freshman	Lithonia, Georgia	Left for the team due to personal reasons.
Jabari McGhee	00	F	6'7"	205	RS Sophomore	Albany, Georgia	Left for the team due to personal reasons.

Incoming transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Darius Thompson	15	G	6'4"	196	Graduate Student	Murfreesboro, Tennessee	Transferred from Virginia. Carmichael will play in the 2017–18 season.
Dwight Coleby	22	F	6'9"	240	Graduate Student	Nassau, Bahamas	Transferred from Kanasas. Coleby will play in the 2017–18 season.
Jared Savage	2	G/F	6'5"	190	Junior	Bowling Green, Kentucky	Transferred from Austin Peay. Will sit out the 2017–18 season due to NCAA transfer rules.

2017 recruiting class

Name	Home town	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Mitchell Robinson C	New Orleans, Louisiana	Chalmette High School	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Jun 29, 2016
Mitchell Robinson C	Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: ESPN grade: 95
Josh Anderson F	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	Madison Prep Academy	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Sep 20, 2016
Josh Anderson F	Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: ESPN grade: 84
Chris Duarte G	Troy, New York	Redemption Christian Academy	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	May 16, 2017
Chris Duarte G	Scout: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: ESPN: ESPN grade: 75
Taveion Hollingsworth G	Lexington, Kentucky	Paul Laurence Dunbar HS	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Nov 9, 2016
Taveion Hollingsworth G	Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: N/A ESPN grade: NR
Jake Ohmer G	Covington, Kentucky	Scott HS	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	150 lb (68 kg)	Mar 20, 2017
Jake Ohmer G	Scout: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: ESPN: N/A ESPN grade: NR
Marek Nelson F	Plano, Texas	Sunrise Christian Academy (KS)	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	May 14, 2017
Marek Nelson F	Scout: N/A Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN: N/A ESPN grade: NR
Overall recruiting rankings:
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Roster

2017–18 WKU Hilltoppers men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	High school/previous college	Home town
F	12	Moustapha Diagne	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	RS So	Northwest Florida State College	Dakar, Senegal
G	15	Darius Thompson	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	GS	Virginia	Murfreesboro, Tennessee
C		Mitchell Robinson	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Fr	Chalmette High School	New Orleans, Louisiana
F		Josh Anderson	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Fr	Madison Prep Academy	Baton Rouge, Louisiana
G		Chris Duarte	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Fr	Redemption Christian Academy	Troy, New York
G		Taveion Hollingsworth	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Fr	Paul Laurence Dunbar HS	Lexington, Kentucky
G		Jake Ohmer	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	150 lb (68 kg)	Fr	Scott HS	Covington, Kentucky
F		Marek Nelson	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Fr	Sunrise Christian Academy (KS)	Plano, Texas
G	3	Damari Parris	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	So	Evelyn Mack Academy	Bowie, Maryland
G	0	Tyler Miller	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Sr	22ft Academy	Louisville, Kentucky
F	23	Justin Johnson	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	Sr	Perry County Central High School	Hazard, Kentucky
G	1	Lamonte Bearden	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	RS Jr	Buffalo	Milwaukee, Wisconsin
G	2	Jared Savage	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Jr	Austin Peay	Bowling Green, Kentucky
F	22	Chris Duarte	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	GS	Kansas	Nassau, Bahamas

Head coach

Rick Stansbury (Campbellsville)

Assistant coach(es)

Ben Hansbrough (Notre Dame)
Marc Hsu (Cabrini College)
Nikita Johnson (West Georgia)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

Date Time, TV	Opponent^#	Site (Attendance) City, State
Exhibition
Nov 1, 2017*	Campbellsville	E.A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY
Nov 7, 2017*	Cumberland	E.A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY
Non-conference regular season
Nov 10, 2017*	Missouri State	E.A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY
Nov 15, 2017*	Kentucky Wesleyan	E.A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY
Nov 19, 2017*	Nicholls State	E.A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY
Nov 22, 2017*	vs. Villanova Battle 4 Atlantis	Imperial Arena Nassau, Bahamas
Nov 23, 2017*	vs. Purdue or Tennessee Battle 4 Atlantis	Imperial Arena Nassau, Bahamas
Nov 24, 2017*	vs. TBD Battle 4 Atlantis	Imperial Arena Nassau, Bahamas
Nov 29, 2017*	Eastern Kentucky	E.A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY
Dec 2, 2017*	Wright State	E.A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY
Dec 10, 2017*	at Ohio	Convocation Center Athens, OH
Dec 13, 2017*	at Wisconsin	Kohl Center Madison, WI
Dec 16, 2017*	Indiana State	E.A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY
Dec 19, 2017*	Belmont	E.A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY
Dec 22, 2017*	at Austin Peay	Dunn Center Clarksville, TN
Conference USA regular season
Dec 28, 2017	Louisiana Tech	E.A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY
Dec 30, 2017	Southern Miss	E.A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY
Jan 6, 2018	at Marshall	Cam Henderson Center Huntington, WV
Jan 11, 2018	at Old Dominion	Ted Constant Convocation Center Norfolk, VA
Jan 13, 2018	at Charlotte	Dale F. Halton Arena Charlotte, NC
Jan 18, 2018	UAB	E.A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY
Jan 20, 2018	Middle Tennessee	E.A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY
Jan 27, 2018	Marshall	E.A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY
Feb 1, 2018	at UTEP	Don Haskins Center El Paso, TX
Feb 3, 2018	at UTSA	Convocation Center San Antonio, TX
Feb 8, 2018	Florida Atlantic	E.A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY
Feb 10, 2018	FIU	E.A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY
Feb 15, 2018	at North Texas	The Super Pit Denton, TX
Feb 17, 2018	at Rice	Tudor Fieldhouse Houston, TX
Feb 22, 2018	Charlotte	E.A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY
Feb 24, 2018	Old Dominion	E.A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY
Mar 1, 2018	at Middle Tennessee	Murphy Center Murfreesboro, TN
Mar 3, 2018	at UAB	Bartow Arena Birmingham, AL
Conference USA Tournament
Mar 7–10, 2018	vs.	The Ford Center at The Star Frisco, TX
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time Source^[1]^[2].

References

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2017–18 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers basketball team

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Previous season

Offseason

Departures

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2017 recruiting class

Roster

Schedule and results

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2017–18 Conference USA men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Charlotte	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
FIU	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Florida Atlantic	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Louisiana Tech	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Marshall	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Middle Tennessee	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
North Texas	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Old Dominion	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Rice	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Southern Miss	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
UAB	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
UTEP	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
UTSA	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
WKU	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–


† 2018 C-USA Tournament winner