1950–51 Western Kentucky State Hilltoppers basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball none 1950–51 Western Kentucky State Hilltoppers WKU Hilltoppers wordmark.png 150 Ohio Valley Conference OVC 19–10 4–4 Edgar Diddle 29th Ted Hornback Health & Physical Education Building NCBT Tournament First Round The 1950–51 Western Kentucky State Hilltoppers men's basketball team represented Western Kentucky State College (now known as Western Kentucky University) during the 1950-51 NCAA University Division Basketball season. The Hilltoppers were led by future Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame coach Edgar Diddle and All-Ohio Valley Conference player Rip Gish. Ruby Earl Red Towel Territory : A History of Athletics at Western Kentucky University American National Bank and Trust Co. 1979 Gish also made the OVC Tournament team. The team participated in the only National Campus Basketball Tournament.2019-2020 WKU Basketball Media Guide retrieved 21 April 2020 This was a new tournament hosted by Bradley University in response to the ongoing point shaving scandal. It was thought that hosting a tournament on a campus site would reduce the opportunity for such scandals.National Campus Tournament 1951 http://www.luckyshow.org/basketball/campustourney.htm 2023-11-15 www.luckyshow.org Schedule 1950-51 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers Men 's Schedule and Results https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/western-kentucky/men/1951-schedule.html 2023-11-15 College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com en no 1950-51 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings 1951 |- !colspan=6| Regular Season 11/30/1950 yes no Southeastern Louisiana Health & Phys Ed Building Bowling Green, KY 73–59 1–0 |- 12/5/1950 yes no Georgetown (KY) Health & Phys Ed Building Bowling Green, KY 93–44 2–0 12/9/1950 yes yes no Cincinnati Cincinnati Gardens Cincinnati, OH 45–70 2–1 12/12/1950 yes no West Texas State Health & Phys Ed Building Bowling Green, KY 74–46 3–1 12/14/1950 yes no Tampa Health & Phys Ed Building Bowling Green, KY 103–70 4–1 12/16/1950 yes no High Point Health & Phys Ed Building Bowling Green, KY 77–64 5–1 12/18/1950 yes no Morehead State Button Auditorium Morehead, KY 63–70 5–2 (0-1) 12/26/1950 yes yes no La Salle 16 Wister Hall Philadelphia, PA 73–63 6–2 12/28/1950 yes yes no Long Island 4 Madison Square Garden New York, NY 70–77 6–3 12/30/1950 yes yes no St. Bonaventure Memorial Auditorium Buffalo, NY 57–62 6–4 1/8/1951 yes no Xavier Health & Phys Ed Building Bowling Green, KY 79–62 7–4 1/10/1951 yes no Evansville Owensboro Sportscenter Owensboro, KY 75–63 8–4 (1-1) 1/13/1951 no Murray State Health & Phys Ed Building Bowling Green, KY 65–56 9–4 (2-1) 1/16/1951 yes no Miami Health & Phys Ed Building Bowling Green, KY 89–47 10–4 1/18/1951 yes no Evansville Evansville, IN 46–77 10–5 (2-2) 1/20/1951 yes yes no Bowling Green State Owensboro Sportscenter Owensboro, KY 69–68 11–5 1/26/1951 yes yes no Miami Miami, FL 68–64 12–5 1/27/1951 yes yes no Tampa Tampa, FL 67–64 13–5 2/3/1951 yes no Eastern Kentucky Weaver Gymnasium Richmond, KY 70–84 13–6 (2-3) 2/8/1951 yes no Cincinnati 11 Health & Phys Ed Building Bowling Green, KY 75–70 14–6 2/10/1951 yes no Murray State Carr Health Building Murray, KY 70–77 14–7 (2-4) 2/14/1951 yes no Kentucky Wesleyan Health & Phys Ed Building Bowling Green, KY 86–62 15–7 2/17/1951 no Eastern Kentucky Health & Phys Ed Building Bowling Green, KY 84–80 16–7 (3-4) 2/19/1951 no Morehead State Health & Phys Ed Building Bowling Green, KY 95–73 17–7 (4-4) |- !colspan=6| 1951 Ohio Valley Conference Tournament 2/24/1951 yes no Murray State 16 Jefferson County Armory Louisville, KY OVC Tournament Semifinal 77–78 17–8 2/24/1951 yes no Evansville Jefferson County Armory Louisville, KY OVC Tournament Consolation 72–71 18–8 |- !colspan=6| Regular Season 2/28/1951 yes yes no Xavier Schmidt Fieldhouse Cincinnati, OH 64–67 18–9 3/15/1951 yes yes no Bowling Green State Toledo, OH 78–77 19–9 |- !colspan=6| 1951 National Campus Basketball Tournament 3/27/1951 yes yes no Bradley 6 Robertson Memorial Field House Peoria, IL NCBT Quarterfinal 71–75 19–10 AP Poll References Category:Western Kentucky Hilltoppers basketball seasons Western Kentucky State Western Kentucky State Basketball, Men's Western Kentucky State Basketball, Men's Category:Long stubs with short prose