1940–41 Western Kentucky State Teachers Hilltoppers basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball none 1940–41 Western Kentucky State Teachers Hilltoppers WKU Hilltoppers wordmark.png 150 Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference KIAC 22–4 5–1 Edgar Diddle 19th Ted Hornback Health & Physical Education Building SIAA Champions 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. Ruby Earl Red Towel Territory : A History of Athletics at Western Kentucky University American National Bank and Trust Co. 1979 The Hilltoppers won the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association championship. Harrison Lowell Western Kentucky University University Press of Kentucky 1987 978-0813116204 Towery, Howard “Tip” Downing, and Wallace “Buck” Sydnor were selected to 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| 1941 Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Tournament 2/28/1941 yes no Berea Weaver Gymnasium Richmond, KY KIAC Quarterfinal 53–33 19–3 3/1/1941 yes no Murray State Weaver Gymnasium Richmond, KY KIAC Semifinal 32–41 19–4 |- !colspan=6| 1941 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association Tournament 3/6/1941 no Delta State Health & Phys Ed Building Bowling Green, KY SIAA Quarterfinal 49–48 20–4 3/7/1941 no Louisiana Normal Health & Phys Ed Building Bowling Green, KY SIAA Semifinal 67–46 21–4 3/8/1941 no Murray State Health & Phys Ed Building Bowling Green, KY SIAA Final 45–41 22–4 References Category:Western Kentucky Hilltoppers basketball seasons Western Kentucky State Teachers Western Kentucky State Teachers Western Kentucky State Teachers