1936–37 Western Kentucky State Teachers Hilltoppers basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball none 1936–37 Western Kentucky State Teachers Hilltoppers WKU Hilltoppers wordmark.png 150 Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference KIAC 21–2 5–2 Edgar Diddle 15th Health & Physical Education Building SIAA ChampionsKIAC Champions The 1936–37 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 1936-37 NCAA basketball season. The team was 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 Several games scheduled for late January had to be postponed due to flooding along the Ohio River. The Hilltoppers won the Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference and Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association championships. Harrison Lowell Western Kentucky University University Press of Kentucky 1987 978-0813116204 Ralph Dudgeon, William “Red” McCrocklin, Max Reed, and Harry Saddler were selected to the All-SIAA team. Dudgeon, McCrocklin, and Saddler, also made the All-KIAC team.2019-2020 WKU Basketball Media Guide retrieved 21 April 2020 Schedule Western Kentucky Men's Basketball Archive, retrieved 14 May 2020 no no no no no |- !colspan=6| 1937 Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Tournament 2/25/1937 yes no Eastern Kentucky Weaver Gymnasium Richmond, KY KIAC First Round 38–25 15–2 2/26/1937 yes no Kentucky Wesleyan Weaver Gymnasium Richmond, KY KIAC Quarterfinal 51–26 16–2 2/27/1937 yes no Transylvania Weaver Gymnasium Richmond, KY KIAC Semifinal 53–36 17–2 2/27/1937 yes no Murray State Weaver Gymnasium Richmond, KY KIAC Final 30–18 18–2 |- !colspan=6| 1937 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association Tournament 3/9/1937 no Mississippi College Health & Phys Ed Building Bowling Green, KY SIAA Quarterfinal 60–25 19–2 3/10/1937 no Union (TN) Health & Phys Ed Building Bowling Green, KY SIAA Semifinal 40–33 20–2 3/10/1937 no Murray State Health & Phys Ed Building Bowling Green, KY SIAA Final 37–32 21–2 References Category:Western Kentucky Hilltoppers basketball seasons Western Kentucky State Teachers Western Kentucky State Teachers Western Kentucky State Teachers