1939–40 Western Kentucky State Teachers Hilltoppers basketball team
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 |
Seasons |
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
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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
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