This is season-by-season results for the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers basketball team.
Season-by-season results
https://admin.xosn.com/fls/5400//Misc%20Files/Copy%20of%202011-12%20WKU%20Men%27s%20Basketball%20Media%20Information%20Guide.pdf?DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID= 5400 BOLD indicates lead the NCAA in victories.E. A. Diddle CBB Records, Sports Reference, retrieved October 6, 2018 NCAA – National Collegiate Athletic Association NIT – National Invitation Tournament NCBT – National Campus Basketball TournamentNational Campus Basketball Tournament, retrieved May 20, 2020 NIBT – National Intercollegiate Basketball tournamentNAIA Through the Decades, NAIA.org retrieved May 20, 2020 * 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”).
1948-4935N/AN/A 1949-5078N/AN/A 1950-51 13 1951-5211 1616 1952-538171111 1953-543846 1954-5520 1956-5712 10 1957-5816 1959-6018 1960-61 19 1965-66101014 1966-673657 1967-68 16 1968-6915 14 1969-7012181517 1970-715757 1985-8619 1986-878 10 1992-9320201616 1993-9425 1994-952121 2001-02171918 2002-0319 23 2007-08 2222
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