1942–43_Western_Kentucky_State_Teachers_Hilltoppers_basketball_team

1942–43 Western Kentucky State Teachers Hilltoppers basketball team

1942–43 Western Kentucky State Teachers Hilltoppers basketball team

American college basketball season

The 1942–43 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 1942-43 NCAA basketball season. The team was led by future Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame coach Edgar Diddle and Helms Foundation All-American center Oran McKinney.[1] The Hilltoppers won the Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference championship and were invited to the 1943 National Invitation Tournament.[2] During this period, the NIT was considered to be the premiere college basketball tournament, with the winner being recognized as the national champion.[3][4] Dero Downing and Wallace “Buck” Sydnor were team captains and Don “Duck” Ray led the team in scoring. There were several military teams on Western Kentucky's schedule, which was not uncommon during World War II.[5]

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References

  1. [1]
    Harrison, Lowell (1987). Western Kentucky University. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 978-0813116204.
  2. [2]
    2019-2020 WKU Basketball Media Guide retrieved 21 April 2020
  3. [3]
    "NCAA Tournament History". Archived from the original on May 14, 2013. Retrieved February 12, 2013. The tournament now determines the national champion, but that wasn't always the case. Until the 1950s, the NIT was just as big a tournament as the NCAA, and teams often chose to enter the NIT and bypass the NCAA tourney
  4. [4]
    Davies, Richard O. (2007). "Sports in American Life: A History." Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated. p. 155. ISBN 9781405106474
  5. [5]
    Ruby, Earl (1979). Red Towel Territory : A History of Athletics at Western Kentucky University. American National Bank and Trust Co.
  6. [6]
    Western Kentucky Men's Basketball Archive, retrieved 14 May 2020


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