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1936–37 Western Kentucky State Teachers Hilltoppers basketball team
The 1936–37 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 1936-37 NCAA basketball season. The team was led by future Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame coach Edgar Diddle.[1] Several games scheduled for late January had to be postponed due to flooding along the Ohio River. The Hilltoppers won the Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference and Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association championships.[2] Ralph Dudgeon, William “Red” McCrocklin, Max Reed, and Harry Saddler were selected to the All-SIAA team. Dudgeon, McCrocklin, and Saddler, also made the All-KIAC team.[3]
| 1936–37 Western Kentucky State Teachers Hilltoppers basketball | |
|---|---|
SIAA Champions KIAC Champions | |
| Conference | Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference |
| Record | 21–2 (5–2 KIAC) |
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| Home arena | Health & Physical Education Building |
Seasons | |
Schedule edit
| Date time, TV | Opponent | Result | Record | Site city, state | |||||||
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| 1937 Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Tournament | |||||||||||
| 2/25/1937 | at Eastern Kentucky KIAC First Round | W 38–25 | 15–2 | Weaver Gymnasium Richmond, KY | |||||||
| 2/26/1937 | vs. Kentucky Wesleyan KIAC Quarterfinal | W 51–26 | 16–2 | Weaver Gymnasium Richmond, KY | |||||||
| 2/27/1937 | vs. Transylvania KIAC Semifinal | W 53–36 | 17–2 | Weaver Gymnasium Richmond, KY | |||||||
| 2/27/1937 | vs. Murray State KIAC Final | W 30–18 | 18–2 | Weaver Gymnasium Richmond, KY | |||||||
| 1937 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association Tournament | |||||||||||
| 3/9/1937 | Mississippi College SIAA Quarterfinal | W 60–25 | 19–2 | Health & Phys Ed Building Bowling Green, KY | |||||||
| 3/10/1937 | Union (TN) SIAA Semifinal | W 40–33 | 20–2 | Health & Phys Ed Building Bowling Green, KY | |||||||
| 3/10/1937 | Murray State SIAA Final | W 37–32 | 21–2 | Health & Phys Ed Building Bowling Green, KY | |||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. | |||||||||||
References edit
- ^ Ruby, Earl (1979). Red Towel Territory : A History of Athletics at Western Kentucky University. American National Bank and Trust Co.
- ^ Harrison, Lowell (1987). Western Kentucky University. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 978-0813116204.
- ^ 2019-2020 WKU Basketball Media Guide retrieved 21 April 2020
- ^ Western Kentucky Men's Basketball Archive, retrieved 14 May 2020