1937–38 Western Kentucky State Teachers Hilltoppers basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball none 1937–38 Western Kentucky State Teachers Hilltoppers WKU Hilltoppers wordmark.png 150 Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference KIAC 30–3 9–1 Edgar Diddle 16th Health & Physical Education Building SIAA ChampionsKAIC Champions NIBT Tournament Withdrew / Forfeit The 1937–38 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 “Red” McCrocklin. Harrison Lowell Western Kentucky University University Press of Kentucky 1987 978-0813116204 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,E. A. Diddle CBB Records, Sports Reference, retrieved October 6, 2018 and received an invitation to the 1938 National Intercollegiate Basketball tournament;NAIA Through the Decades, NAIA.org retrieved May 20, 2020 however, the team was unable to make the trip and withdrew from the tournament.The Historical NAIA Tournament VSN (admin) Published Wednesday, July 04, 2018, retrieved May 20, 2020 The NAIA lists the game as a forfeit, but Western Kentucky does not officially recognize the contest. Ruby Earl Red Towel Territory : A History of Athletics at Western Kentucky University American National Bank and Trust Co. 1979 Ralph Dudgeon, Harry Saddlerand, and McCrocklin were selected to the All-SIAA and All-KIAC teams.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| Regular season 12/9/1937 yes yes no McKendree Lebanon, IL 51–33 1–0 |- 12/10/1937 yes yes no Bradley Peoria Armory Peoria, IL 33–39 1–1 12/11/1937 yes yes no Illinois College Jacksonville, IL 38–36 2–1 12/15/1937 yes no McKendree Health & Phys Ed Building Bowling Green, KY 37–28 3–1 12/16/1937 yes yes no New Albany CCC New Albany, IN 36–19 4–1 12/17/1937 yes yes no Edantide AC 34–28 5–1 12/18/1937 yes no Ft. Knox Ind Health & Phys Ed Building Bowling Green, KY 38–32 6–1 12/20/1937 yes no Beechmont AC Health & Phys Ed Building Bowling Green, KY 60–48 7–1 1/3/1938 yes yes no Southeast Missouri Houck Field House Cape Girardeau, MO 27–25 8–1 1/8/1938 yes yes no Vanderbilt Old Gymnasium Nashville, TN 39–25 9–1 1/13/1938 yes yes no Tennessee Tech Memorial Gymnasium Cookeville, TN 40–33 10–1 1/15/1938 yes no Evansville Health & Phys Ed Building Bowling Green, KY 44–30 11–1 1/19/1938 yes no Louisville Belknap Gymnasium Louisville, KY 62–42 12–1 1/22/1938 no Murray State Health & Phys Ed Building Bowling Green, KY 29–26 13–1 1/24/1938 yes no Vanderbilt Health & Phys Ed Building Bowling Green, KY 38–18 14–1 1/28/1938 no Eastern Kentucky Health & Phys Ed Building Bowling Green, KY 51–34 15–1 2/1/1938 yes no Morehead State Button Auditorium Morehead, KY 38–30 16–1 2/3/1938 no Louisville Health & Phys Ed Building Bowling Green, KY 53–32 17–1 2/5/1938 yes no Murray State Lovett Auditorium Murray, KY 18–30 17–2 2/8/1938 yes no Tennessee Tech Health & Phys Ed Building Bowling Green, KY 31–19 18–2 2/11/1938 yes no Bradley Health & Phys Ed Building Bowling Green, KY 24–32 18–3 2/12/1938 yes no Eastern Kentucky Weaver Gymnasium Richmond, KY 34–21 19–3 2/14/1938 yes no Berea Berea, KY 53–23 20–3 2/16/1938 no Morehead State Health & Phys Ed Building Bowling Green, KY 42–25 21–3 2/17/1938 yes yes no Evansville Evansville, IN 52–42 22–3 2/18/1938 no Cumberland (KY) Health & Phys Ed Building Bowling Green, KY 49–36 23–3 |- !colspan=6| 1938 Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference tournament 2/25/1938 yes no Union (KY) Weaver Gymnasium Richmond, KY KIAC Tournament 28–22 24–3 2/26/1938 yes no Morehead State Weaver Gymnasium Richmond, KY KIAC Tournament Semifinal 46–25 25–3 2/26/1938 yes no Murray State Weaver Gymnasium Richmond, KY KIAC Tournament Final 35–23 26–3 |- !colspan=6| 1938 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association Tournament 3/3/1938 no Louisiana Normal Health & Phys Ed Building Bowling Green, KY SIAA Tournament 45–30 27–3 3/4/1938 no Union (KY) Health & Phys Ed Building Bowling Green, KY SIAA Tournament Quarterfinal 49–28 28–3 3/5/1938 no Delta State Health & Phys Ed Building Bowling Green, KY SIAA Tournament Semifinal 59–40 29–3 3/5/1938 no Murray State Health & Phys Ed Building Bowling Green, KY SIAA Tournament Final 44–39 30–3 |- !colspan=6| 1938 National Intercollegiate Basketball tournament 3/8/1938 yes yes no Simpson Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, MO First Round 0–2 Forfeit * Western Kentucky does not recognize the NIBT game as part of their official records References Category:Western Kentucky Hilltoppers basketball seasons Western Kentucky State Teachers Category:Long stubs with short prose