1940–41 Western Kentucky State Teachers Hilltoppers basketball team
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The 1940–41 Western Kentucky State Teachers Hilltoppers men's basketball team represented Western Kentucky State Normal School and Teachers College (now known as Western Kentucky University) during the 1940-41 NCAA basketball season. The team was led by future Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame coach Edgar Diddle and All-American center Carlisle Towery.[1] The Hilltoppers won the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association championship.[2] Towery, Howard “Tip” Downing, and Wallace “Buck” Sydnor were selected to the All-SIAA team.[3]
1940–41 Western Kentucky State Teachers Hilltoppers basketball | |
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SIAA Champions | |
Conference | Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference |
Record | 22–4 (5–1 KIAC) |
Head coach |
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Assistant coach | Ted Hornback |
Home arena | Health & Physical Education Building |
Schedule
editDate time, TV |
Opponent | Result | Record | Site city, state | |||||||
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1941 Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Tournament | |||||||||||
2/28/1941 |
vs. Berea KIAC Quarterfinal |
W 53–33 | 19–3 |
Weaver Gymnasium Richmond, KY | |||||||
3/1/1941 |
vs. Murray State KIAC Semifinal |
L 32–41 | 19–4 |
Weaver Gymnasium Richmond, KY | |||||||
1941 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association Tournament | |||||||||||
3/6/1941 |
Delta State SIAA Quarterfinal |
W 49–48 | 20–4 |
Health & Phys Ed Building Bowling Green, KY | |||||||
3/7/1941 |
Louisiana Normal SIAA Semifinal |
W 67–46 | 21–4 |
Health & Phys Ed Building Bowling Green, KY | |||||||
3/8/1941 |
Murray State SIAA Final |
W 45–41 | 22–4 |
Health & Phys Ed Building Bowling Green, KY | |||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
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References
edit- ^ Ruby, Earl (1979). Red Towel Territory : A History of Athletics at Western Kentucky University. American National Bank and Trust Co.
- ^ Harrison, Lowell (1987). Western Kentucky University. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 978-0813116204.
- ^ 2019-2020 WKU Basketball Media Guide retrieved 21 April 2020
- ^ Western Kentucky Men's Basketball Archive, retrieved 14 May 2020