1935–36 Western Kentucky State Teachers Hilltoppers basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball none 1935–36 Western Kentucky State Teachers Hilltoppers WKU Hilltoppers wordmark.png 150 Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference KIAC 26–4 10–1 Edgar Diddle 14th Health & Physical Education Building KAIC Champions National Olympic Playoff The 1935–36 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 1935-36 NCAA basketball season. The team was led by future Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame coach Edgar Diddle and leading scorer Brad Mutchler. Harrison Lowell Western Kentucky University University Press of Kentucky 1987 978-0813116204 The Hilltoppers won the Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, led NCAA in wins for the 3rd consecutive year,E. A. Diddle CBB Records, Sports Reference, retrieved October 6, 2018 and received an invitation to the National Olympic Playoff representing the South.2019-2020 WKU Basketball Media Guide retrieved 21 April 2020 Mutchler, Max Reed, Elmo Meacham, and William “Red” McCrocklin were selected to the All-SIAA team. Mutchler, Reed, and Meacham were also named to the All-State team. Ruby Earl Red Towel Territory : A History of Athletics at Western Kentucky University American National Bank and Trust Co. 1979 Schedule Western Kentucky Men's Basketball Archive, retrieved 14 May 2020 no no no no no |- !colspan=6| Regular Season 1/6/1936 yes yes no David Lipscomb Nashville, TN 50–40 1–0 |- 1/7/1936 yes yes no Alabama State Teachers Montgomery, AL 45–41 2–0 1/8/1936 yes yes no South Georgia Teachers Statesboro, GA 44–26 3–0 1/9/1936 yes yes no Tampa Tampa, FL 40–19 4–0 1/10/1936 yes yes no Stetson DeLand, FL 24–20 5–0 1/11/1936 yes yes no Stetson DeLand, FL 25–24 6–0 1/15/1936 yes no Murray State Lovett Auditorium Murray, KY 15–31 6–1 1/17/1936 no Union (KY) Health & Phys Ed Building Bowling Green, KY 44–32 7–1 1/18/1936 yes no Louisville Belknap Gymnasium Louisville, KY 31–25 8–1 1/25/1936 no Eastern Kentucky Health & Phys Ed Building Bowling Green, KY 46–30 9–1 1/28/1936 yes no Middle Tennessee Health & Phys Ed Building Bowling Green, KY 36–14 10–1 1/30/1936 yes no Centre Danville, KY 38–31 11–1 1/31/1936 yes no Eastern Kentucky Weaver Gymnasium Richmond, KY 61–23 12–1 2/1/1936 yes no Union (KY) Barbourville, KY 52–35 13–1 2/7/1936 no Louisville Health & Phys Ed Building Bowling Green, KY 34–25 14–1 2/8/1936 yes yes no Tennessee Tech Memorial Gymnasium Cookeville, TN 42–25 15–1 2/10/1936 yes no Berea Berea, KY 40–23 16–1 2/13/1936 yes no Louisiana College Health & Phys Ed Building Bowling Green, KY 31–21 17–1 2/15/1936 no Murray State Health & Phys Ed Building Bowling Green, KY 29–23 18–1 2/18/1936 yes yes no Middle Tennessee Murfreesboro, TN 47–27 19–1 2/22/1936 no Centre Health & Phys Ed Building Bowling Green, KY 36–28 20–1 2/24/1936 yes no Tennessee Tech Health & Phys Ed Building Bowling Green, KY 48–21 21–1 |- !colspan=6| 1936 Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Tournament 2/28/1936 no Murray State Health & Phys Ed Building Bowling Green, KY KIAC Tournament 55–31 22–1 2/29/1936 no Morehead State Health & Phys Ed Building Bowling Green, KY KIAC Tournament Semifinal 74–36 23–1 2/29/1936 no Eastern Kentucky Health & Phys Ed Building Bowling Green, KY KIAC Tournament Final 34–22 24–1 |- !colspan=6| 1936 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association Tournament 3/7/1936 yes no Stetson Jackson, MS SIAA Tournament 50–36 25–1 3/9/1936 yes no Louisiana Tech Jackson, MS SIAA Tournament Semifinal 60–41 26–1 3/10/1936 yes no Murray State Jackson, MS SIAA Tournament Final 24–26 26–2 |- !colspan=6| National Olympic Playoff 3/26/1936 yes yes no Arkansas Little Rock, AR South vs Southwest 36–43 26–3 3/27/1936 yes yes no Arkansas Little Rock, AR South vs Southwest 30–38 26–4 References Category:Western Kentucky Hilltoppers basketball seasons Western Kentucky State Teachers Category:Long stubs with short prose