1937β38 Western Kentucky State Teachers Hilltoppers basketball | |
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SIAA Champions KAIC Champions | |
NIBT Tournament, Withdrew / Forfeit | |
Conference | Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference |
Record | 30β3 (9β1 KIAC) |
Head coach |
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Home arena | Health & Physical Education Building |
The 1937β38 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 1937-38 NCAA basketball season. The team was led by future Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame coach Edgar Diddle and the school's first player recognized as an All-American, William βRedβ McCrocklin. [1] The Hilltoppers won the Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference and Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association championships, were the first NCAA team to win 30 games in a season, [2] and received an invitation to the 1938 National Intercollegiate Basketball tournament; [3] however, the team was unable to make the trip and withdrew from the tournament. [4] The NAIA lists the game as a forfeit, but Western Kentucky does not officially recognize the contest. [5] Ralph Dudgeon, Harry Saddlerand, and McCrocklin were selected to the All-SIAA and All-KIAC teams. [6]
Date time, TV |
Opponent | Result | Record | Site city, state | |||||||
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Regular season | |||||||||||
12/9/1937* |
at McKendree | W 51β33 | 1β0 |
Lebanon, IL | |||||||
12/10/1937* |
at Bradley | L 33β39 | 1β1 |
Peoria Armory Peoria, IL | |||||||
12/11/1937* |
at Illinois College | W 38β36 | 2β1 |
Jacksonville, IL | |||||||
12/15/1937* |
McKendree | W 37β28 | 3β1 |
Health & Phys Ed Building Bowling Green, KY | |||||||
12/16/1937* |
at New Albany CCC | W 36β19 | 4β1 |
New Albany, IN | |||||||
12/17/1937* |
at Edantide AC | W 34β28 | 5β1 |
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12/18/1937* |
Ft. Knox Ind | W 38β32 | 6β1 |
Health & Phys Ed Building Bowling Green, KY | |||||||
12/20/1937* |
Beechmont AC | W 60β48 | 7β1 |
Health & Phys Ed Building Bowling Green, KY | |||||||
1/3/1938* |
at Southeast Missouri | W 27β25 | 8β1 |
Houck Field House Cape Girardeau, MO | |||||||
1/8/1938* |
at Vanderbilt | W 39β25 | 9β1 |
Old Gymnasium Nashville, TN | |||||||
1/13/1938* |
at Tennessee Tech | W 40β33 | 10β1 |
Memorial Gymnasium Cookeville, TN | |||||||
1/15/1938* |
Evansville | W 44β30 | 11β1 |
Health & Phys Ed Building Bowling Green, KY | |||||||
1/19/1938 |
at Louisville | W 62β42 | 12β1 |
Belknap Gymnasium Louisville, KY | |||||||
1/22/1938 |
Murray State | W 29β26 | 13β1 |
Health & Phys Ed Building Bowling Green, KY | |||||||
1/24/1938* |
Vanderbilt | W 38β18 | 14β1 |
Health & Phys Ed Building Bowling Green, KY | |||||||
1/28/1938 |
Eastern Kentucky | W 51β34 | 15β1 |
Health & Phys Ed Building Bowling Green, KY | |||||||
2/1/1938 |
at Morehead State | W 38β30 | 16β1 |
Button Auditorium Morehead, KY | |||||||
2/3/1938 |
Louisville | W 53β32 | 17β1 |
Health & Phys Ed Building Bowling Green, KY | |||||||
2/5/1938 |
at Murray State | L 18β30 | 17β2 |
Lovett Auditorium Murray, KY | |||||||
2/8/1938* |
Tennessee Tech | W 31β19 | 18β2 |
Health & Phys Ed Building Bowling Green, KY | |||||||
2/11/1938* |
Bradley | L 24β32 | 18β3 |
Health & Phys Ed Building Bowling Green, KY | |||||||
2/12/1938 |
at Eastern Kentucky | W 34β21 | 19β3 |
Weaver Gymnasium Richmond, KY | |||||||
2/14/1938 |
at Berea | W 53β23 | 20β3 |
Berea, KY | |||||||
2/16/1938 |
Morehead State | W 42β25 | 21β3 |
Health & Phys Ed Building Bowling Green, KY | |||||||
2/17/1938* |
at Evansville | W 52β42 | 22β3 |
Evansville, IN | |||||||
2/18/1938 |
Cumberland (KY) | W 49β36 | 23β3 |
Health & Phys Ed Building Bowling Green, KY | |||||||
1938 Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference tournament | |||||||||||
2/25/1938 |
vs.
Union (KY) KIAC Tournament |
W 28β22 | 24β3 |
Weaver Gymnasium Richmond, KY | |||||||
2/26/1938 |
vs. Morehead State KIAC Tournament Semifinal |
W 46β25 | 25β3 |
Weaver Gymnasium Richmond, KY | |||||||
2/26/1938 |
vs. Murray State KIAC Tournament Final |
W 35β23 | 26β3 |
Weaver Gymnasium Richmond, KY | |||||||
1938 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association Tournament | |||||||||||
3/3/1938 |
Louisiana Normal SIAA Tournament |
W 45β30 | 27β3 |
Health & Phys Ed Building Bowling Green, KY | |||||||
3/4/1938 |
Union (KY) SIAA Tournament Quarterfinal |
W 49β28 | 28β3 |
Health & Phys Ed Building Bowling Green, KY | |||||||
3/5/1938 |
Delta State SIAA Tournament Semifinal |
W 59β40 | 29β3 |
Health & Phys Ed Building Bowling Green, KY | |||||||
3/5/1938 |
Murray State SIAA Tournament Final |
W 44β39 | 30β3 |
Health & Phys Ed Building Bowling Green, KY | |||||||
1938 National Intercollegiate Basketball tournament | |||||||||||
3/8/1938* |
vs.
Simpson First Round |
L 0β2 Forfeit | * |
Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, MO | |||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from
AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
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