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1936–37 Western Kentucky State Teachers Hilltoppers basketball team

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1936–37 Western Kentucky State Teachers Hilltoppers basketball
SIAA Champions
KIAC Champions
ConferenceKentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Record21–2 (5–2 KIAC)
Head coach
Home arenaHealth & Physical Education Building
Seasons

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]

Schedule

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Date
time, TV
Opponent Result Record Site
city, state
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

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