1959–60 Western Kentucky State Hilltoppers basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball none 1959–60 Western Kentucky State Hilltoppers WKU Hilltoppers wordmark.png 150 Ohio Valley Conference OVC 21–7 10–2 Edgar Diddle 38th Ted Hornback Health & Physical Education Building Ohio Valley Conference ChampionSugar Bowl Tournament Champion NCAA Tournament Sweet SixteenMideast Region 3rd Place The 1959–60 Western Kentucky State Hilltoppers men's basketball team represented Western Kentucky State College (now known as Western Kentucky University) during the 1959-60 NCAA University Division Basketball season. The Hilltoppers were led by future Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame coach Edgar Diddle. Ruby Earl Red Towel Territory : A History of Athletics at Western Kentucky University American National Bank and Trust Co. 1979 The Hilltoppers won the Ohio Valley Conference championship, as well as the conference's automatic bid to the 1960 NCAA University Division basketball tournament, where they advanced to the Sweet Sixteen.2019-2020 WKU Basketball Media Guide retrieved 21 April 2020 This team was very balanced, with four players being named to the All-Conference Team: Charlie Osborne, Bobby Rascoe, Al Ellison, and Don Parsons.2019-2020 OVC Basketball Media Guide, retrieved 4 May 2020 Schedule 1959-60 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers Schedule and Results, Sports Reference, retrieved 12 May 2020 1959-60 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings 1960 |- !colspan=6| Regular Season 12/3/1959 yes Union (TN) Health & Physical Education Building Bowling Green, KY 123–71 1–0 |- 12/5/1959 yes Northwest Louisiana Health & Physical Education Building Bowling Green, KY 89–60 2–0 12/10/1959 yes yes Seton Hall Madison Square Garden New York, NY 78–69 3–0 12/12/1959 yes yes Illinois Huff Hall Champaign, IL 80–93 3–1 12/15/1959 Morehead State Health & Physical Education Building Bowling Green, KY 70–68 4–1 (1-0) 12/19/1959 yes East Tennessee Brooks Gymnasium Johnson City, TN 103–77 5–1 (2-0) 12/29/1959 yes yes Mississippi State Tulane Gym New Orleans, LA Sugar Bowl Tournament 61–50 6–1 12/30/1959 yes yes Tulane Tulane Gym New Orleans, LA Sugar Bowl Tournament 71–67 7–1 1/6/1960 yes yes 18 DePaul Health & Physical Education Building Bowling Green, KY 86–65 8–1 1/9/1960 yes 18 Eastern Kentucky Alumni Coliseum Richmond, KY 73–80 8–2 (2-1) 1/12/1960 18 Tennessee Tech Health & Physical Education Building Bowling Green, KY 71–67 9–2 (3-1) 1/16/1960 yes Murray State Racer Arena Murray, KY 72–87 9–3 (3-2) 1/20/1960 yes yes Xavier Schmidt Fieldhouse Cincinnati, OH 66–76 9–4 1/23/1960 yes Bowling Green Health & Physical Education Building Bowling Green, KY 85–61 10–4 1/28/1960 yes yes Marshall Memorial Field House Huntington, WV 97–100 OT 10–5 1/30/1960 yes yes La Salle Convention Hall Philadelphia, PA 76–70 11–5 2/6/1960 yes Middle Tennessee Alumni Memorial Gym Murfreesboro, TN 109–89 12–5 (4-2) 2/10/1960 yes Xavier Health & Physical Education Building Bowling Green, KY 73–82 12–6 2/13/1960 yes Morehead State Wetherby Gymnasium Morehead, KY 85–72 13–6 (5-2) 2/16/1960 Eastern Kentucky Health & Physical Education Building Bowling Green, KY 38–20 14–6 (6-2) 2/20/1960 Murray State Health & Physical Education Building Bowling Green, KY 65–57 15–6 (7-2) 2/23/1960 yes Tennessee Tech Memorial Gymnasium Cookeville, TN 85–81 16–6 (8-2) 2/27/1960 Middle Tennessee Health & Physical Education Building Bowling Green, KY 109–80 17–6 (9-2) 2/29/1960 yes Kent State Health & Physical Education Building Bowling Green, KY 69–60 18–6 3/2/1960 East Tennessee Health & Physical Education Building Bowling Green, KY 83–69 19–6 (10-2) |- !colspan=6| 1960 NCAA University Division basketball tournament 3/8/1960 yes yes Miami (FL) 10 Memorial Coliseum Lexington, KY Mideast Region First Round 107–84 20–6 3/11/1960 yes yes Ohio State 3 Freedom Hall Louisville, KY Sweet Sixteen 79–98 20–7 3/12/1960 yes yes Ohio Freedom Hall Louisville, KY Mideast Region Consolation 97–87 21–7 AP Poll References Category:Western Kentucky Hilltoppers basketball seasons Western Kentucky State Western Kentucky State Western Kentucky State Basketball, Men's Western Kentucky State Basketball, Men's Category:Long stubs with short prose