1959–60 Western Kentucky State Hilltoppers basketball team
1959–60 Western Kentucky State Hilltoppers basketball | |
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Ohio Valley Conference Champion Sugar Bowl Tournament Champion | |
NCAA Tournament, Sweet Sixteen Mideast Region 3rd Place | |
Conference | Ohio Valley Conference |
Record | 21–7 (10–2 OVC) |
Head coach |
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Assistant coach | Ted Hornback |
Home arena | Health & Physical Education Building |
Seasons ← 1958–59 1960–61 → |
The 1959–60 Western Kentucky State Hilltoppers men's basketball team represented Western Kentucky State College (now known as Western Kentucky University) during the 1959-60 NCAA University Division Basketball season. The Hilltoppers were led by future Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame coach Edgar Diddle.[1] The Hilltoppers won the Ohio Valley Conference championship, as well as the conference's automatic bid to the 1960 NCAA University Division basketball tournament, where they advanced to the Sweet Sixteen.[2] This team was very balanced, with four players being named to the All-Conference Team: Charlie Osborne, Bobby Rascoe, Al Ellison, and Don Parsons.[3]
Schedule
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Date time, TV | Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site city, state | ||||||
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Regular Season | |||||||||||
12/3/1959* | Union (TN) | W 123–71 | 1–0 | Health & Physical Education Building Bowling Green, KY | |||||||
12/5/1959* | Northwest Louisiana | W 89–60 | 2–0 | Health & Physical Education Building Bowling Green, KY | |||||||
12/10/1959* | vs. Seton Hall | W 78–69 | 3–0 | Madison Square Garden New York, NY | |||||||
12/12/1959* | at Illinois | L 80–93 | 3–1 | Huff Hall Champaign, IL | |||||||
12/15/1959 | Morehead State | W 70–68 | 4–1 (1-0) | Health & Physical Education Building Bowling Green, KY | |||||||
12/19/1959 | at East Tennessee | W 103–77 | 5–1 (2-0) | Brooks Gymnasium Johnson City, TN | |||||||
12/29/1959* | vs. Mississippi State Sugar Bowl Tournament | W 61–50 | 6–1 | Tulane Gym New Orleans, LA | |||||||
12/30/1959* | at Tulane Sugar Bowl Tournament | W 71–67 | 7–1 | Tulane Gym New Orleans, LA | |||||||
1/6/1960* | No. 18 | at DePaul | W 86–65 | 8–1 | Health & Physical Education Building Bowling Green, KY | ||||||
1/9/1960 | No. 18 | at Eastern Kentucky | L 73–80 | 8–2 (2-1) | Alumni Coliseum Richmond, KY | ||||||
1/12/1960 | No. 18 | Tennessee Tech | W 71–67 | 9–2 (3-1) | Health & Physical Education Building Bowling Green, KY | ||||||
1/16/1960 | at Murray State | L 72–87 | 9–3 (3-2) | Racer Arena Murray, KY | |||||||
1/20/1960* | at Xavier | L 66–76 | 9–4 | Schmidt Fieldhouse Cincinnati, OH | |||||||
1/23/1960* | Bowling Green | W 85–61 | 10–4 | Health & Physical Education Building Bowling Green, KY | |||||||
1/28/1960* | at Marshall | L 97–100 OT | 10–5 | Memorial Field House Huntington, WV | |||||||
1/30/1960* | at La Salle | W 76–70 | 11–5 | Convention Hall Philadelphia, PA | |||||||
2/6/1960 | at Middle Tennessee | W 109–89 | 12–5 (4-2) | Alumni Memorial Gym Murfreesboro, TN | |||||||
2/10/1960* | Xavier | L 73–82 | 12–6 | Health & Physical Education Building Bowling Green, KY | |||||||
2/13/1960 | at Morehead State | W 85–72 | 13–6 (5-2) | Wetherby Gymnasium Morehead, KY | |||||||
2/16/1960 | Eastern Kentucky | W 38–20 | 14–6 (6-2) | Health & Physical Education Building Bowling Green, KY | |||||||
2/20/1960 | Murray State | W 65–57 | 15–6 (7-2) | Health & Physical Education Building Bowling Green, KY | |||||||
2/23/1960 | at Tennessee Tech | W 85–81 | 16–6 (8-2) | Memorial Gymnasium Cookeville, TN | |||||||
2/27/1960 | Middle Tennessee | W 109–80 | 17–6 (9-2) | Health & Physical Education Building Bowling Green, KY | |||||||
2/29/1960* | Kent State | W 69–60 | 18–6 | Health & Physical Education Building Bowling Green, KY | |||||||
3/2/1960 | East Tennessee | W 83–69 | 19–6 (10-2) | Health & Physical Education Building Bowling Green, KY | |||||||
1960 NCAA University Division basketball tournament | |||||||||||
3/8/1960* | vs. No. 10 Miami (FL) Mideast Region First Round | W 107–84 | 20–6 | Memorial Coliseum Lexington, KY | |||||||
3/11/1960* | vs. No. 3 Ohio State Sweet Sixteen | L 79–98 | 20–7 | Freedom Hall Louisville, KY | |||||||
3/12/1960* | vs. Ohio Mideast Region Consolation | W 97–87 | 21–7 | Freedom Hall Louisville, KY | |||||||
*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
- ^ 2019-2020 OVC Basketball Media Guide, retrieved 4 May 2020
- ^ 1959-60 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers Schedule and Results, Sports Reference, retrieved 12 May 2020
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