1922–23 Western Kentucky State Normal basketball team explained

Mode:Basketball
Sex:none
Year:1922–23
Prev Year:1921–22
Next Year:1923–24
Team:Western Kentucky State Normal
Conference:Independent
Record:12–2
Hc Year:1st
Stadium:The Red Barn

The 1922–23 Western Kentucky State Normal men's basketball team represented Western Kentucky State Normal School and Teachers College during the 1922-23 NCAA basketball season. The team was led by future Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame coach Edgar Diddle and leading scorer W. B. Owen.[1] This was the first year of Diddle's 42-year tenure at Western Kentucky and it was the best season in the program's short history.[2]

Schedule

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1/10/1923 Adairville (IN) W 103-7
1/13/1923 Cumberland (KY) W 32-20
1/17/1923 at Centre L 20-26
1/20/1923 Berea W 23-18
1/22/1923 Union (KY) W 25-22
1/25/1923 at Vanderbilt W 18-10
1/26/1923 at Cumberland (KY) L 16-24
1/27/1923 at Southern Presbyterian W 33-31
2/7/1923 Bethel (TN) W 43-17
2/18/1923 Tennessee Tech W 33-8
2/21/1923 Vanderbilt W 33-13
2/22/1923 at Eastern Kentucky W 29-17
2/22/1923 at Union (TN) W 23-18
3/3/1923 Eastern Kentucky W 33-17

Notes and References

  1. Book: Harrison, Lowell. Western Kentucky University. University Press of Kentucky. 1987. 978-0813116204 .
  2. Book: Ruby, Earl. Red Towel Territory : A History of Athletics at Western Kentucky University. American National Bank and Trust Co.. 1979.
  3. https://wkusports.com/documents/2019/10/7/2019_20_WKU_Hilltopper_Basketball_Media_Guide.pdf 2019-2020 WKU Basketball Media Guide retrieved 21 April 2020