1939–40 Western Kentucky State Teachers Hilltoppers basketball | |
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SIAA Champions KAIC Champions | |
NCAA Tournament, Elite Eight | |
Conference | Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference |
Record | 24–6 (7–2 KIAC) |
Head coach |
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Assistant coach | Ted Hornback |
Home arena | Health & Physical Education Building |
The 1939–40 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 1939-40 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 Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference and Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association championships, and received an invitation to the 1940 NCAA basketball tournament.[2] This was the first team from Kentucky to participate in the NCAA tournament[3] Herb Ball and Howard “Tip” Downing were selected to the All-SIAA team, while Towery made the All-KIAC Team.[4]
Schedule
Date time, TV |
Opponent | Result | Record | Site city, state | |||||||
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Regular Season | |||||||||||
12/9/1939* |
Culver–Stockton | W 47–35 | 1–0 |
Health & Phys Ed Building Bowling Green, KY | |||||||
12/15/1939* |
at Bradley | L 38–39 | 1–1 |
Peoria Armory Peoria, IL | |||||||
12/18/1939* |
at St. Ambrose | W 40–32 | 2–1 |
Davenport, IA | |||||||
12/18/1939* |
at Southern Illinois | L 32–38 | 2–2 |
Davies Gym Carbondale, IL | |||||||
12/19/1939* |
at Southeast Missouri | W 39–33 | 3–2 |
Houck Field House Cape Girardeau, MO | |||||||
12/22/1939* |
Washington and Lee | L 34–44 | 3–3 |
Lexington, VA | |||||||
1/2/1940* |
Xavier | W 40–39 | 4–3 |
Health & Phys Ed Building Bowling Green, KY | |||||||
1/6/1940 |
at Cumberland (KY) | W 40–30 | 5–3 |
Williamsburg, KY | |||||||
1/8/1940* |
Evansville | W 52–45 | 6–3 |
Health & Phys Ed Building Bowling Green, KY | |||||||
1/12/1940* |
at Tennessee Tech | W 41–29 | 7–3 |
Memorial Gymnasium Cookeville, TN | |||||||
1/13/1940* |
at Middle Tennessee | W 60–26 | 8–3 |
Murfreesboro, TN | |||||||
1/17/1940 |
at Louisville | W 55–40 | 9–3 |
Belknap Gymnasium Louisville, KY | |||||||
1/20/1940 |
Murray State | W 39–30 | 10–3 |
Health & Phys Ed Building Bowling Green, KY | |||||||
1/27/1940 |
Eastern Kentucky | L 32–45 | 10–4 |
Health & Phys Ed Building Bowling Green, KY | |||||||
1/29/1940 |
Morehead State | W 44–34 | 11–4 |
Health & Phys Ed Building Bowling Green, KY | |||||||
2/2/1940 |
at Eastern Kentucky | W 53–33 | 12–4 |
Weaver Gymnasium Richmond, KY | |||||||
2/3/1940 |
at Berea | W 46–28 | 13–4 |
Berea, KY | |||||||
2/6/1940* |
Tennessee Tech | W 38–28 | 14–4 |
Health & Phys Ed Building Bowling Green, KY | |||||||
2/9/1940 |
Louisville | W 54–40 | 15–4 |
Health & Phys Ed Building Bowling Green, KY | |||||||
2/10/1940 |
at Murray State | L 30–36 | 15–5 |
Lovett Auditorium Murray, KY | |||||||
2/13/1940* |
at Evansville | W 55–36 | 16–5 |
Evansville, IN | |||||||
2/16/1940* |
Vanderbilt | W 36–25 | 17–5 |
Health & Phys Ed Building Bowling Green, KY | |||||||
2/17/1940* |
Middle Tennessee | W 76–41 | 18–5 |
Health & Phys Ed Building Bowling Green, KY | |||||||
1940 Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Tournament | |||||||||||
2/23/1940 |
vs. Union (KY) KIAC Tournament |
W 44–39 | 19–5 |
Weaver Gymnasium Richmond, KY | |||||||
2/24/1940 |
vs. Georgetown (KY) KIAC Tournament Semifinal |
W 45–39 | 20–5 |
Weaver Gymnasium Richmond, KY | |||||||
2/24/1940 |
vs. Morehead State KIAC Tournament Final |
W 36–33 | 21–5 |
Weaver Gymnasium Richmond, KY | |||||||
1940 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association Tournament | |||||||||||
3/1/1940 |
Wofford SIAA Tournament |
W 55–21 | 22–5 |
Health & Phys Ed Building Bowling Green, KY | |||||||
3/2/1940 |
Murray State SIAA Tournament Semifinal |
W 25–23 | 23–5 |
Health & Phys Ed Building Bowling Green, KY | |||||||
3/2/1940 |
Louisiana Normal SIAA Tournament Final |
W 39–33 | 24–5 |
Health & Phys Ed Building Bowling Green, KY | |||||||
1940 NCAA basketball tournament | |||||||||||
3/23/1940* |
vs. Duquesne NCAA Elite Eight |
L 29–30 | 24–6 |
Butler Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN | |||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. |
References
- ↑ Ruby, Earl (1979). Red Towel Territory : A History of Athletics at Western Kentucky University. American National Bank and Trust Co.
- ↑ 2019-2020 WKU Basketball Media Guide retrieved 21 April 2020
- ↑ NCAA Tournament History, Sports Reference, retrieved 15 May 2020
- ↑ Harrison, Lowell (1987). Western Kentucky University. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 978-0813116204.
- ↑ Western Kentucky Men's Basketball Archive, retrieved 14 May 2020