List of Western Kentucky Hilltoppers basketball seasons
This is season-by-season results for the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers basketball team.

Season-by-season results

BOLD indicates lead the NCAA in victories.
NCAA – National Collegiate Athletic Association
NIT – National Invitation Tournament
NCBT – National Campus Basketball Tournament
NIBT – National Intercollegiate Basketball tournament
* 1971 NCAA appearance, including 4 tournament wins, vacated by the NCAA

Rankings

The Associated Press (AP) began publishing a national college basketball poll during the 1948–49 season.  The Coaches Poll began during the 1950–51 season.  The highest that Western Kentucky has been ranked in the AP poll is number 3 (1949, 1954, and 1967); the highest they have been ranked in the Coaches poll is 4th in 1954.  The AP poll was a top 20 poll from 1949 to 1960; a top 10 poll from 1961 to 1968; a top 20 from 1969 to 1989; and a top 25 poll since 1990. The Coaches poll started as a top 20 poll in 1950 and remained such until 1991 when it became a top 25 poll.  Below is the team's highest ranking and final season ranking for each poll (it does not include times when Western Kentucky was listed as “receiving votes”).

References

 
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Western Kentucky Hilltoppers basketball seasons