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Western Kentucky

Season: 2026 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017
Also known as: Western Kentucky Hilltoppers, Western Kentucky
Program History
Coach: Hank Plona

2026 Team Stats (29 games)

80.4
PPG
75.8
Opp
+4.6
Margin
42.0%
FG%
34.3%
3P%
76.4%
FT%
38.6
RPG
13.6
APG
10.3
TO
83.6
Pace

Model Outputs

2025-2026
Catalog

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

Model Output Notes
Bradley-Terry Recency Bradley-Terry Recency Static Bradley-Terry with exponential recency weights on newer games. HCA +109 elo More → 989 (#514) HCA +109 elo
Margin Recency Margin Recency Margin regression with exponential recency weights on newer games. HCA +2.5 More → +16.0 (#134) HCA +2.5
Points Off/Def Recency Points Off/Def Recency Off/def points regression with exponential recency weights. AdjO 78.6 | AdjD 74.3 More → 0.598 (#122) AdjO 78.6 | AdjD 74.3
Core Ensemble Core Ensemble Equal-logit blend of Elo, recency BT, recency margin, log-adjusted pyth, and points off/def. Blend of Elo, BT, Margin, PythLog, PtsOD More → 0.791 (#139) Blend of Elo, BT, Margin, PythLog, PtsOD
Recency Ensemble Recency Ensemble Equal-logit blend of Elo, recency BT, recency margin, log-adjusted pyth, and recency points off/def. Blend of Elo, BT, Margin, PythLog, PtsOD More → 0.755 (#139) Blend of Elo, BT, Margin, PythLog, PtsOD
Dynamic Bradley-Terry Dynamic Bradley-Terry Time-evolving paired-comparison model with latent team strength drift. RD 133 | GP 29 More → 1085 (#153) RD 133 | GP 29

2026 Schedule & Results

Date Vs/At Opponent Result Score
2025-11-03 vs Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles W 82 - 70
2025-11-10 @ Eastern Kentucky Colonels W 87 - 79
2025-11-16 vs Tennessee State Tigers W 95 - 82
2025-11-18 vs Bethel (TN) Wildcats W 97 - 67
2025-11-26 vs Vanderbilt Commodores L 78 - 83
2025-11-27 vs South Florida Bulls L 91 - 97
2025-11-28 vs Wichita State Shockers W 75 - 70
2025-12-15 vs Campbellsville Tigers W 102 - 59
2025-12-19 vs Tulsa Golden Hurricane L 81 - 82
2025-12-29 @ Jacksonville State Gamecocks L 67 - 78
2026-01-02 vs Sam Houston Bearkats W 102 - 91
2026-01-04 vs Louisiana Tech Bulldogs W 66 - 61
2026-01-08 @ New Mexico State Aggies L 64 - 80
2026-01-10 @ UTEP Miners W 68 - 56
2026-01-14 vs Missouri State Bears W 87 - 72
2026-01-21 vs Liberty Flames L 69 - 76
2026-01-24 @ Sam Houston Bearkats L 58 - 73
2026-01-28 @ Kennesaw State Owls L 69 - 72
2026-01-31 @ Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders W 65 - 60
2026-02-05 vs Jacksonville State Gamecocks L 66 - 71
2026-02-07 vs Florida International Panthers W 80 - 70
2026-02-14 vs Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders W 82 - 80
2026-02-18 @ Delaware Blue Hens W 88 - 87
2026-02-21 @ Liberty Flames W 94 - 73
2026-02-26 vs New Mexico State Aggies W 93 - 70
2026-02-28 vs UTEP Miners W 97 - 65
2026-03-05 @ Missouri State Bears L 74 - 87
2026-03-07 @ Florida International Panthers L 67 - 92
2026-03-12 vs Kennesaw State Owls L 87 - 96

2026 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%
T. Moore T. Moore - 24 29.2 19.7 5.7 2.0 1.1 0.4 1.8 11.2 15.9 19 2.1 9.4 53.9 46.2 79.7 0.5 66.9 59.5
G. Newell G. Newell - 29 26.1 13.6 4.7 1.0 0.4 0.5 0.9 10.3 9.0 14 1.1 6.7 41.1 36.9 76.4 0.48 55.9 50.3
A. Boone A. Boone - 26 25.3 11.5 6.2 2.0 1.5 0.4 1.8 11.2 8.7 82 4.1 10.2 39.3 24.7 68.9 0.35 46.3 42.8
R. Myers R. Myers G 29 22.0 10.3 2.1 1.6 0.5 0.0 1.1 7.8 5.5 24 1.1 2.9 39.2 39.7 90.9 0.49 58.2 52.4
L. Hackman L. Hackman - 29 21.3 8.2 2.8 1.6 1.1 0.0 1.1 6.0 6.8 9 0.8 7.0 39.1 29.5 78.7 0.07 53.9 44.3
B. Selebangue B. Selebangue F 7 19.0 7.4 6.7 0.4 0.4 0.7 1.0 5.4 9.3 38 4.2 12.7 57.9 0 47.1 0.31 57.2 57.9
T. Murdix T. Murdix - 23 24.1 5.8 3.4 4.3 1.9 0.0 1.7 5.3 8.6 7 0.9 14.9 34.7 30.0 81.0 0.48 45.7 36.0
C. Haffner C. Haffner - 25 12.9 4.4 1.2 0.6 0.3 0.0 0.4 4.4 1.7 -18 -0.9 -3.6 33.9 31.5 100.0 -0.5 48.6 46.8
K. Unseld K. Unseld - 20 12.2 3.5 1.9 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.3 4.2 1.8 -26 -2.9 -66.2 30.1 27.4 50.0 -0.03 42.3 42.2
L. Semona L. Semona - 7 8.4 3.1 1.1 0.7 0.7 0.0 0.3 1.6 3.9 0 0.0 0.0 63.6 66.7 100.0 -0.15 92.6 90.9
B. Keita B. Keita - 28 13.4 2.7 4.0 0.4 0.6 0.2 0.5 1.8 5.7 54 2.6 13.9 53.1 0 67.6 0.3 58.6 53.1
N. Boyde N. Boyde - 20 10.8 2.5 2.7 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.5 1.6 4.0 -2 -0.1 -0.6 54.5 0 40.5 -0.56 51.7 54.5
L. Odiahi L. Odiahi F 27 10.0 2.3 1.1 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.3 1.2 2.4 -7 -0.3 -2.0 66.7 0 81.0 0.01 72.2 66.7
C. Stinnett C. Stinnett - 15 7.0 1.5 1.2 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 1.0 1.8 -5 -2.5 -363.6 33.3 25.0 90.9 -0.07 55.4 40.0
J. Edelen J. Edelen G 25 7.7 1.2 0.7 0.9 0.2 0.0 0.5 1.5 1.1 -52 -2.6 -14.9 23.7 16.7 90.0 -0.81 35.4 27.6
Lawson Rice Lawson Rice G 0 - 0.0 0.0 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