1938–39 Western Kentucky State Teachers Hilltoppers basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball none 1938–39 Western Kentucky State Teachers Hilltoppers WKU Hilltoppers wordmark.png 150 Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference KIAC 22–3 7–0 Edgar Diddle 17th Ted Hornback Health & Physical Education Building SIAA ChampionsKIAC Champions The 1938–39 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 1938-39 NCAA basketball season. The team was led by future Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame coach Edgar Diddle. Former All-State player, Ted Hornback returned to his alma mater this season as assistant coach. He would remain in that position until Diddle's retirement in 1964, when he would be promoted to Athletic Director. Ruby Earl Red Towel Territory : A History of Athletics at Western Kentucky University American National Bank and Trust Co. 1979 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 All five starters, John Hackett, Harry Saddler, Wilson Stemm, Herb Ball, and Carlisle Towery, were selected to the All-SIAA team. Hackett, Saddler, and Towery 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| 1939 Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Tournament 2/23/1939 yes no Eastern Kentucky Weaver Gymnasium Richmond, KY KIAC First Round 50–26 16–3 2/24/1939 yes no Louisville Weaver Gymnasium Richmond, KY KIAC Quarterfinal 47–28 17–3 2/25/1939 yes no Transylvania Weaver Gymnasium Richmond, KY KIAC Semifinal 53–40 18–3 2/25/1939 yes no Morehead State Weaver Gymnasium Richmond, KY KIAC Final 37–33 19–3 |- !colspan=6| 1939 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association Tournament 3/3/1939 no Presbyterian Health & Phys Ed Building Bowling Green, KY SIAA Quarterfinal 51–27 20–3 3/4/1939 no Louisiana Normal Health & Phys Ed Building Bowling Green, KY SIAA Semifinal 44–33 21–3 3/4/1939 no Jacksonville State Health & Phys Ed Building Bowling Green, KY SIAA Final 56–43 22–3 References Category:Western Kentucky Hilltoppers basketball seasons Western Kentucky State Teachers Western Kentucky State Teachers Western Kentucky State Teachers