1939–40_Western_Kentucky_State_Teachers_Hilltoppers_basketball_team

1939–40 Western Kentucky State Teachers Hilltoppers basketball team

1939–40 Western Kentucky State Teachers Hilltoppers basketball team

American college basketball season

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]

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References

  1. [1]
    Ruby, Earl (1979). Red Towel Territory : A History of Athletics at Western Kentucky University. American National Bank and Trust Co.
  2. [2]
    2019-2020 WKU Basketball Media Guide retrieved 21 April 2020
  3. [3]
    NCAA Tournament History, Sports Reference, retrieved 15 May 2020
  4. [4]
    Harrison, Lowell (1987). Western Kentucky University. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 978-0813116204.
  5. [5]
    Western Kentucky Men's Basketball Archive, retrieved 14 May 2020


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