1942–43 Western Kentucky State Teachers Hilltoppers basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball none 1942–43 Western Kentucky State Teachers Hilltoppers WKU Hilltoppers wordmark.png 150 Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference KIAC 24–3 6–1 Edgar Diddle 21st Ted Hornback Health & Physical Education Building KAIC Champions NIT Tournament Quarterfinal The 1942–43 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 1942-43 NCAA basketball season. The team was led by future Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame coach Edgar Diddle and Helms Foundation All-American center Oran McKinney. Harrison Lowell Western Kentucky University University Press of Kentucky 1987 978-0813116204 The Hilltoppers won the Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference championship and were invited to the 1943 National Invitation Tournament.2019-2020 WKU Basketball Media Guide retrieved 21 April 2020 During this period, the NIT was considered to be the premier college basketball tournament, with the winner being recognized as the national champion.http://www.tourneytravel.com/history/index.htm NCAA Tournament History 2013-02-12 The tournament now determines the national champion, but that wasn't always the case. Until the 1950s, the NIT was just as big a tournament as the NCAA, and teams often chose to enter the NIT and bypass the NCAA tourney 2013-05-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20130514220356/http://www.tourneytravel.com/history/index.htm usurped Davies, Richard O. (2007). "Sports in American Life: A History." Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated. p. 155. 9781405106474 Dero Downing and Wallace “Buck” Sydnor were team captains and Don “Duck” Ray led the team in scoring. There were several military teams on Western Kentucky's schedule, which was not uncommon during World War II. 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 12/4/1942 yes no Western Carolina Health & Phys Ed Building Bowling Green, KY 64–35 1–0 |- 12/8/1942 yes yes no Fort Knox Fort Knox, KY 54–46 2–0 12/11/1942 yes yes no Southeast Missouri Health & Phys Ed Building Bowling Green, KY 50–33 3–0 12/12/1942 yes no Campbellsville Campbellsville, KY 55–15 4–0 12/12/1942 yes no Lindsey Wilson Columbia, KY 74–15 5–0 12/18/1942 yes yes no Southern Illinois Davies Gym Carbondale, IL 57–30 6–0 1/6/1943 yes no Fort Knox Health & Phys Ed Building Bowling Green, KY 72–24 7–0 1/9/1943 yes no Eastern Kentucky Weaver Gymnasium Richmond, KY 61–47 8–0 1/13/1943 yes no Fort Knox Company E Health & Phys Ed Building Bowling Green, KY 86–30 9–0 1/15/1943 yes yes no Tennessee Tech Memorial Gymnasium Cookeville, TN 60–24 10–0 1/20/1943 no Murray State Health & Phys Ed Building Bowling Green, KY 56–33 11–0 1/23/1943 no Eastern Kentucky Health & Phys Ed Building Bowling Green, KY 62–38 12–0 1/31/1943 yes yes no St. Bonaventure Butler Gym Allegany, NY 65–32 13–0 2/3/1943 yes yes no CCNY New York, NY 69–49 14–0 2/6/1943 yes yes no La Salle Wister Hall Philadelphia, PA 52–44 15–0 2/10/1943 no Campbellsville Health & Phys Ed Building Bowling Green, KY 86–24 16–0 2/10/1943 yes no Berry Field Health & Phys Ed Building Bowling Green, KY 79–23 17–0 2/13/1943 yes no DePaul University Auditorium Chicago, IL 40–44 17–1 2/15/1943 yes yes no Evansville Evansville, IN 52–48 18–1 2/17/1943 yes no Murray State Lovett Auditorium Murray, KY 28–41 18–2 2/20/1943 yes no Goldman Field Health & Phys Ed Building Bowling Green, KY 69–19 20–2 2/23/1943 yes no Evansville Health & Phys Ed Building Bowling Green, KY 62–39 21–2 |- !colspan=6| 1943 Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Tournament 2/26/1943 yes no Berea Weaver Gymnasium Richmond, KY KIAC Tournament Quarterfinal 54–37 22–2 2/27/1943 yes no Murray State Weaver Gymnasium Richmond, KY KIAC Tournament Semifinal 42–39 23–2 2/27/1943 yes no Morehead State Weaver Gymnasium Richmond, KY KIAC Tournament Final 46–35 24–2 |- !colspan=6| 1943 National Invitation Tournament 3/22/1943 yes yes no Fordham Madison Square Garden New York, NY NIT Quarterfinal 58–60 24–3 References Category:Western Kentucky Hilltoppers basketball seasons Western Kentucky State Teachers Western Kentucky State Teachers Category:Long stubs with short prose