1946–47 Western Kentucky State Teachers Hilltoppers basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball none 1946–47 Western Kentucky State Teachers Hilltoppers WKU Hilltoppers wordmark.png 150 Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference KIAC 25–4 6–2 Edgar Diddle 25th Ted Hornback Health & Physical Education Building SIAA ChampionKAIC Champion The 1946–47 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 1946–47 NCAA basketball season. The team was led by future Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame coach Edgar Diddle and leading scorer Odie Spears. Ruby Earl Red Towel Territory : A History of Athletics at Western Kentucky University American National Bank and Trust Co. 1979 The Hilltoppers won the Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference and Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association championships. Harrison Lowell Western Kentucky University University Press of Kentucky 1987 978-0813116204 Spears, Don "Duck" Ray, and Dee Gibson were named to the All-KIAC team, and Gibson and John Oldham made the All-SIAA team.2019–2020 WKU Basketball Media Guide retrieved 21 April 2020 Schedule Western Kentucky Men's Basketball Archive, retrieved 14 May 2020 no no no no no |- !colspan=6| 1947 Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Tournament 3/3/1947 yes no Centre Jefferson County Armory Louisville, KY KIAC First Round 63–23 19–4 3/4/1947 yes no Louisville Jefferson County Armory Louisville, KY KIAC Quarterfinal 76–52 20–4 3/5/1947 yes no Georgetown (KY) Jefferson County Armory Louisville, KY KIAC Semifinal 56–38 21–4 3/5/1947 yes no Eastern Kentucky Jefferson County Armory Louisville, KY KIAC Final 54–37 22–4 |- !colspan=6| 1947 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association Tournament 3/6/1947 no Northwest Louisiana Health & Phys Ed Building Bowling Green, KY SIAA Quarterfinal 82–50 23–4 3/7/1947 no Delta State Health & Phys Ed Building Bowling Green, KY SIAA Semifinal 62–47 24–4 3/8/1947 no Miami (FL) Health & Phys Ed Building Bowling Green, KY SIAA Final 55–46 25–4 References Category:Western Kentucky Hilltoppers basketball seasons Western Kentucky State Teachers Western Kentucky State Teachers Western Kentucky State Teachers