Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p The Western Kentucky Hilltoppers basketball team is the men's basketball team that represents Western Kentucky University (WKU) in Bowling Green, Kentucky. The Hilltoppers currently compete in the Sun Belt Conference. The team's most recent appearance in the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament was in 2013. Ray Harper became the interim coach of the Hilltoppers on January 6, 2012 after Ken McDonald was fired, with Harper being promoted to head coach on February 19, 2012.The men's basketball program has the 16th most victories in the history of the NCAA and has attained the 8th best winning percentage in NCAA history. The school made an NCAA Final Four appearance in 1971, which was later vacated, and has made three NIT Final Four appearances. The program has won numerous Ohio Valley Conference championships and is very competitive in its current conference, the Sun Belt Conference, regularly finishing near the top of the conference and competing for the conference championship. Street & Smith's publication "100 Greatest Programs", ranked WKU #31.WKU has had 30 All Americans and 56 Hilltoppers have played professionally following their collegiate careers.. }
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- WKU_Hilltoppers_basketball abstract "The Western Kentucky Hilltoppers basketball team is the men's basketball team that represents Western Kentucky University (WKU) in Bowling Green, Kentucky. The Hilltoppers currently compete in the Sun Belt Conference. The team's most recent appearance in the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament was in 2013. Ray Harper became the interim coach of the Hilltoppers on January 6, 2012 after Ken McDonald was fired, with Harper being promoted to head coach on February 19, 2012.The men's basketball program has the 16th most victories in the history of the NCAA and has attained the 8th best winning percentage in NCAA history. The school made an NCAA Final Four appearance in 1971, which was later vacated, and has made three NIT Final Four appearances. The program has won numerous Ohio Valley Conference championships and is very competitive in its current conference, the Sun Belt Conference, regularly finishing near the top of the conference and competing for the conference championship. Street & Smith's publication "100 Greatest Programs", ranked WKU #31.WKU has had 30 All Americans and 56 Hilltoppers have played professionally following their collegiate careers.".