1940–41 Western Kentucky State Teachers Hilltoppers basketball team

1940–41 Western Kentucky State Teachers Hilltoppers basketball
1940–41 Western Kentucky State Teachers Hilltoppers basketball
SIAA Champions
Conference	Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Record	22–4 (5–1 KIAC)
Head coach	Edgar Diddle (19th season);
Assistant coach	Ted Hornback
Home arena	Health & Physical Education Building
	Seasons ← 1939–40 1941–42 →

The 1940–41 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 1940-41 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 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association championship.^[2] Towery, Howard “Tip” Downing, and Wallace “Buck” Sydnor were selected to the All-SIAA team.^[3]

Schedule

Date time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site city, state
1941 Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Tournament
2/28/1941	vs. Berea KIAC Quarterfinal	W 53–33	19–3	Weaver Gymnasium Richmond, KY
3/1/1941	vs. Murray State KIAC Semifinal	L 32–41	19–4	Weaver Gymnasium Richmond, KY
1941 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association Tournament
3/6/1941	Delta State SIAA Quarterfinal	W 49–48	20–4	Health & Phys Ed Building Bowling Green, KY
3/7/1941	Louisiana Normal SIAA Semifinal	W 67–46	21–4	Health & Phys Ed Building Bowling Green, KY
3/8/1941	Murray State SIAA Final	W 45–41	22–4	Health & Phys Ed Building Bowling Green, KY
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

^ 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

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