2020–21 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers basketball team

2020–21 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers basketball
C-USA regular season champions
C-USA East division champions
NIT, Quarterfinals
ConferenceConference USA
DivisionEast Division
Record21–8 (11–3 C-USA)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaE. A. Diddle Arena
2020–21 Conference USA men's basketball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
East
Western Kentucky113 .786218  .724
Old Dominion115 .688158  .652
Marshall95 .643157  .682
Florida Atlantic75 .5831310  .565
Charlotte511 .313915  .375
Middle Tennessee313 .188518  .217
FIU215 .118917  .346
West
Louisiana Tech124 .750248  .750
UAB135 .722227  .759
North Texas95 .6431810  .643
UTSA97 .5631511  .577
UTEP88 .5001212  .500
Rice610 .3751513  .536
Southern Miss413 .235817  .320
2021 C-USA Tournament winner

The 2020–21 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers men's basketball team represented Western Kentucky University during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Hilltoppers were led by head coach Rick Stansbury in his fifth season and played their home games at E. A. Diddle Arena in Bowling Green, Kentucky as seventh-year members of Conference USA. The team finished the season in first place in the C-USA East Division and with the best conference record overall at 18-6 . They defeated UTSA and UAB to advance to the finals where they lost to North Texas. They received a bid to the 2021 National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Saint Mary’s in the First Round before losing to fellow conference member Louisiana Tech in the quarterfinals. Center Charles Bassey was named the Conference USA Player of the Year, and Defensive Player of the Year. Taveion Hollingsworth joined Bassey on the All-Conference Team, while Josh Anderson joined him on C-USA’s All-Defensive Team, and Dayvion McKnight made the All-Freshman Team.