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Western Kentucky

Also known as: Western Kentucky Hilltoppers, Western Kentucky
Program History

2025 Team Stats (7 games)

80.4
PPG
75.8
Opp
+2.4
Margin
43.7%
FG%
34.9%
3P%
70.4%
FT%
39.6
RPG
13.1
APG
12.3
TO
86.6
Pace

Model Outputs

2025-2026 latest available
Catalog

No materialized model snapshot for 2025 yet, so this section is showing the latest available team-model rows.

Output is shown as model rating with league rank in parentheses when available.

Model Output Notes
Elo Elo Streaming paired-comparison rating with recency baked into sequential updates. More → 966 (#206) -
Bradley-Terry Bradley-Terry Static logistic paired-comparison model with one team strength parameter. More → 1008 (#174) -
Bradley-Terry Recency Bradley-Terry Recency Static Bradley-Terry with exponential recency weights on newer games. More → 985 (#201) -
Margin Margin Linear team-strength model fit on point differential instead of binary wins. More → +2.2 (#138) -
Margin Recency Margin Recency Margin regression with exponential recency weights on newer games. More → +2.1 (#138) -
Pythagorean Pythagorean Pythagorean win expectation from raw points scored and allowed. More → 0.597 (#123) -
Points Off/Def Points Off/Def Raw points regression with separate offensive and defensive team parameters. More → 0.548 (#136) -
Points Off/Def Recency Points Off/Def Recency Off/def points regression with exponential recency weights. More → 0.526 (#135) -
Dynamic Bradley-Terry Dynamic Bradley-Terry Time-evolving paired-comparison model with latent team strength drift. More → 1011 (#176) -

2025 Schedule & Results

Date Vs/At Opponent Result Score
2024-11-12 vs Campbellsville Tigers W 104 - 76
2024-11-17 vs Lipscomb Bisons W 66 - 61
2024-11-20 vs Jackson State Tigers W 79 - 62
2024-11-26 @ Kentucky Wildcats L 68 - 87
2024-11-30 vs Marshall Thundering Herd W 90 - 82
2024-12-07 @ Evansville Purple Aces W 79 - 65
2024-12-10 vs Tennessee State Tigers W 84 - 60
2024-12-14 vs Murray State Racers W 81 - 76
2024-12-17 vs Seattle U Redhawks W 86 - 73
2024-12-29 @ Michigan Wolverines L 64 - 112
2025-01-02 @ Liberty Flames W 71 - 70
2025-01-04 @ Florida International Panthers L 66 - 85

2025 Roster

Minutes by Position

The surface stays filled across the five on-court roles. Use the labels or legend to isolate how each player absorbs guard-to-big minutes.

Player Pos GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TO FGA Numbers PM PM/G PM/40 FG% 3P% FT% RAPM TS% eFG%
D. McHenry D. McHenry G 12 28.1 15.9 2.9 1.8 1.9 0.0 1.5 14.0 7.1 -34 -1.1 -1.5 39.9 32.4 87.2 0.35 51.6 46.7
B. Faye B. Faye F 8 26.9 14.4 7.8 0.6 1.2 0.8 0.8 9.2 14.8 69 6.9 9.7 52.7 41.7 88.9 0.71 64.0 56.1
J. Thedford J. Thedford G 12 23.1 12.7 3.8 1.0 0.7 0.2 1.2 9.5 7.7 -87 -6.2 -16.9 42.1 33.3 61.3 -0.02 53.8 50.0
K. Lander K. Lander G 10 24.8 10.8 3.5 1.5 1.1 0.2 1.3 9.4 6.4 -5 -0.2 -0.4 38.3 41.9 78.3 0.42 51.9 47.9
T. Marshall Jr. T. Marshall Jr. F 12 27.2 8.9 6.4 1.2 1.1 0.9 1.4 7.2 9.8 238 7.4 9.4 46.0 34.1 63.2 1.8 56.1 54.6
E. Kalambay E. Kalambay G 12 21.3 7.0 4.6 1.8 0.7 0.1 1.8 6.0 6.3 -66 -3.1 -6.1 41.7 26.9 81.0 -0.58 51.7 46.5
B. Bayless B. Bayless G 12 20.9 6.2 2.8 1.7 1.1 0.0 2.1 4.9 4.8 -6 -0.2 -0.3 47.5 36.4 65.2 -0.11 54.3 50.8
J. Jackson J. Jackson G 12 18.3 3.2 1.6 2.2 1.5 0.2 1.2 2.7 4.9 23 0.4 0.5 43.8 0.0 55.0 0.57 47.8 43.8
J. Edelen J. Edelen G 10 11.0 2.9 0.6 1.1 0.4 0.0 0.7 2.1 2.2 -56 -2.4 -12.6 47.6 46.7 40.0 0.07 62.5 64.3
L. Odiahi L. Odiahi F 12 10.4 1.8 2.1 0.0 0.1 0.7 0.3 1.2 3.1 -31 -1.1 -3.7 64.3 0 75.0 -0.15 66.6 64.3
B. Keita B. Keita - 7 6.0 1.7 1.7 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.9 1.3 1.4 -25 -1.0 -4.4 66.7 0 0 0.14 66.7 66.7
T. Olden T. Olden - 5 1.0 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.2 4 1.3 25.0 33.3 33.3 0 -1.15 50.0 50.0
J. Dorsey J. Dorsey - 5 2.4 0.4 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.8 0.4 -15 -1.4 -8.5 0.0 0.0 100.0 -0.33 20.5 0.0

Numbers/Game vs RAPM

X-axis = Numbers/Game (PTS+REB+AST+STL+BLK-TO-FGA), Y-axis = RAPM.

Advanced: Numbers = PTS+REB+AST+STL+BLK-TO-FGA, PM = total +/-, PM/G = per game, PM/40 = per 40 minutes, RAPM = Regularized Adj Plus-Minus, TS% = True Shooting, eFG% = Effective FG