Western Kentucky Lady Toppers basketball

The Western Kentucky Lady Toppers basketball team represents Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, Kentucky. The team currently competes in the NCAA Division I as a member of Conference USA. Greg Collins is entering his seventh season as the head coach of the Lady Toppers in 2024–25 after previously serving as the team's associate head coach under Michelle Clark-Heard.

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Postseason

Western Kentucky University's women's basketball team has appeared in 33 national postseason tournaments, all since 1984.

NCAA tournament results

The Lady Toppers have appeared in the NCAA tournament 20 times, with a record of 17–20. They were NCAA runners-up in 1992 and made Final Four appearances in 1985 and 1986.

1985	Final Four	Middle Tennessee Texas Mississippi vs. Georgia	W 77–55 W 92–90 W 72–68 L 78–91
1986	Final Four	St. Joseph’s vs. James Madison vs. Rutgers vs. Texas	W 74–65 W 72–51 W 89–74 L 65–90
1987	First Round	at USC	L 69–81
1988	First Round	at Georgia	L 66–84
1989	First Round	West Virginia	L 57–66
1990	First Round	at DePaul	L 63–73
1991	Sweet Sixteen	Florida State at Tennessee	W 72–69 L 61–68
1992	NCAA Finals	Alabama vs. Tennessee vs. Maryland vs. Southwest Missouri State vs. Stanford	W 98–68 W 75–70 W 75–70 W 84–72 L 62–78
1993	Sweet Sixteen	Miami vs. Ohio State	W 78–63 L 73–86
1994	Second Round	at Rutgers at Southern Mississippi	W 84–73 L 69–72
1995	Sweet Sixteen	Toledo Oregon State at Tennessee	W 77–63 W 85–78 L 67–87
1997	First Round	vs. Arizona	L 54–76
1998	Second Round	vs. Stephen F. Austin at Tennessee	W 88–76 L 62–82
2000	Second Round	vs. Marquette at Duke	W 68–65 L 70–90
2003	First Round	vs. Rutgers	L 52–64
2008	First Round	vs. UTEP	L 60–92
2014	First Round	at Baylor	L 74–87
2015	First Round	vs. Texas	L 64–66
2017	First Round	vs. Ohio State	L 63–70
2018	First Round	vs. Oregon State	L 58–82

WNIT results

The Lady Toppers have appeared in the Women's National Invitation Tournament 13 times, with an overall record of 18-15. They made the semifinals of the tournament in 2006 and 2007.

1984*	Third Round	vs. California vs. Vanderbilt vs. Clemson	W 82–76 L 68–79 L 106–110
1996*	Third Round	vs. Arizona vs. Princeton vs. UC Santa Barbara	L 72–80 W 74–41 L 61–77
2001	Quarterfinals	Mississippi Indiana Ohio State	W 95–92 W 64–63 L 61–70
2002	First Round	at Illinois	L 84–91
2004	Quarterfinals	Cincinnati Memphis at UNLV	W 80–78 W 104–87 L 75–78
2005	First Round	Xavier	L 85–87
2006	Semifinals	Tennessee Tech Charlotte at Villanova at Kansas State	W 83–66 W 81–68 W 94–81 L 56–57
2007	Semifinals	Minnesota Mississippi State Hofstra at Wisconsin	W 73–57 W 56–53 W 72–54 L 72–79
2010	First Round	Illinois	L 51–68
2013	Second Round	East Carolina at Auburn	W 88–77 L 66–84
2016	Quarterfinals	Dayton Tennessee-Martin at Saint Louis at South Dakota	W 89–72 W 64–57 W 78–76 L 54–68
2019	Third Round	at Miami Morehead State at Ohio	W 67–63 W 68–65 L 60–68
2023	First Round	at Kansas	L 72–86

Note: Appearances were in the National Women's Invitational Tournament, prior to the start of the WNIT.

Rivalries

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Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders

Games played	First meeting	Last meeting	WKU wins	WKU losses	Win %
78	1924–25	January 23, 2021	33	45

Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters

Games played	First meeting	Last meeting	WKU wins	WKU losses	Win %
50	December 3, 1983	January 9, 2021	23	27

Louisville Cardinals

Games played	First meeting	Last meeting	WKU wins	WKU losses	Win %
47	1921–22	November 5, 2019	25	22

Coaches

J. L. Author 1–0 record in 2 seasons as head coach
No Team 1916–21
Josephine Cherry and W.J. Craig 4–0 record in 1 season as co-head coaches
Edgar Diddle 11–6 record in 2 seasons as head coach
Jane Culbert 3–6 record in 1 season as head coach
Nell Robbins 3–6 record in 1 season as head coach
Elizabeth Dabbs 20–11 record in 4 seasons as head coach
No Team
Pam Dickson 4–7 record in 1 season as head coach
Dr. Carol Hughes 22–20 record in 2 seasons as head coach
Julia Yeater 44–18 in 2 seasons as head coach
Eileen Canty 50–62 in 4 seasons as head coach
Paul Sanderford 365–120 in 15 seasons as head coach
Steve Small 88–40 in 4 seasons as head coach
Shawn Campbell 14–12 in 1 season as head coach
Marti Whitmore 2–2 in 1 season as head coach
Mary Taylor Cowles 199–119 in 10 seasons as head coach
Michelle Clark-Heard 154–48 in 6 seasons as head coach
Greg Collins 49–38 in 3 seasons as head coach