1949–50 Western Kentucky State Hilltoppers basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball none 1949–50 Western Kentucky State Hilltoppers WKU Hilltoppers wordmark.png 150 Ohio Valley Conference 8 OVC 25–6 8–0 Edgar Diddle 28th Ted Hornback Health & Physical Education Building Ohio Valley Conference Champion NIT Tournament Quarterfinals The 1949–50 Western Kentucky State Hilltoppers men's basketball team represented Western Kentucky State College (now known as Western Kentucky University) during the 1949-50 NCAA University Division Basketball season. The Hilltoppers were led by future Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame coach Edgar Diddle and All-American center Bob Lavoy. Ruby Earl Red Towel Territory : A History of Athletics at Western Kentucky University American National Bank and Trust Co. 1979 The team then won the Ohio Valley Conference season championship and appeared in the 1950 National Invitation Tournament.2019-2020 OVC Basketball Media Guide, retrieved 4 May 2020 During this period, the NIT was considered to be on par with the NCAA tournament.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. Lavoy and Johnny Givens were named to the All-Conference team, Lavoy was also selected to the OVC All-Tournament team.2019-2020 WKU Basketball Media Guide retrieved 21 April 2020 Schedule Western Kentucky Men's Basketball Archive, retrieved 14 May 2020 1949-50 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings 1950 |- !colspan=6| Regular Season 12/3/1949 yes Morehead State Button Auditorium Morehead, KY 58–47 1–0 (1-0) |- 12/5/1949 yes Kentucky Wesleyan Health & Phys Ed Building Bowling Green, KY 89–45 2–0 12/8/1949 yes yes Bowling Green State Jefferson County Armory Louisville, KY 78–57 3–0 12/10/1949 yes yes Xavier Cincinnati Gardens Cincinnati, OH 59–57 4–0 12/13/1949 yes Georgetown (KY) Health & Phys Ed Building Bowling Green, KY 67–48 5–0 12/17/1949 yes yes Cincinnati Cincinnati Gardens Cincinnati, OH 54–55 5–1 12/26/1949 yes yes Canisius Buffalo, NY 74–61 6–1 12/29/1948 yes yes Long Island Madison Square Garden New York, NY 66–73 6–2 1/2/1950 yes yes La Salle Wister Hall Philadelphia, PA 69–80 6–3 1/7/1950 Eastern Kentucky Health & Phys Ed Building Bowling Green, KY 86–61 7–3 (2-0) 1/9/1950 yes Xavier Health & Phys Ed Building Bowling Green, KY 63–51 8–3 1/11/1950 yes yes 14 Louisville Jefferson County Armory Louisville, KY 59–70 8–4 1/14/1950 yes 14 Murray State Carr Health Building Murray, KY 58–52 9–4 (3-0) 1/16/1950 yes 14 Cincinnati 12 Health & Phys Ed Building Bowling Green, KY 84–59 10–4 1/18/1950 yes 17 Evansville Evansville, IN 73–69 11–4 (4-0) 1/21/1950 yes 17 Eastern Kentucky Weaver Gymnasium Richmond, KY 69–51 12–4 (5-0) 1/27/1950 yes yes 17 Miami Miami, FL 66–61 13–4 1/28/1950 yes yes 17 Miami Miami, FL 78–61 14–4 1/30/1950 yes yes 17 Tampa Tampa, FL 79–59 15–4 1/31/1950 yes 14 Louisville 15 Health & Phys Ed Building Bowling Green, KY 84–62 16–4 2/7/1950 11 Morehead State Health & Phys Ed Building Bowling Green, KY 77–65 17–4 (6-0) 2/9/1950 yes yes 11 Bowling Green State Cleveland Arena Cleveland, OH 103–87 18–4 2/11/1950 11 Murray State Health & Phys Ed Building Bowling Green, KY 54–50 19–4 (7-0) 2/15/1950 yes 9 Miami Health & Phys Ed Building Bowling Green, KY 79–57 20–4 2/16/1950 yes 9 Miami Health & Phys Ed Building Bowling Green, KY 83–47 21–4 2/18/1950 9 Evansville Health & Phys Ed Building Bowling Green, KY 81–56 22–4 (8-0) |- !colspan=6| 1950 Ohio Valley Conference Tournament 2/24/1950 yes 9 Tennessee Tech Jefferson County Armory Louisville, KY OVC Tournament 79–60 23–4 2/25/1950 yes 9 Murray State Jefferson County Armory Louisville, KY OVC Tournament Semifinal 58–54 24–4 2/26/1950 yes 7 Eastern Kentucky Jefferson County Armory Louisville, KY OVC Tournament Final 50–62 24–5 |- !colspan=6| 1950 National Invitation Tournament 3/11/1950 yes yes 8 Niagara Madison Square Garden New York, NY NIT 79–72 25–5 3/13/1950 yes yes 8 St. John's (NY) 9 Madison Square Garden New York, NY NIT Quarterfinal 60–69 25–6 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