1936–37 Western Kentucky State Teachers Hilltoppers basketball team explained

Mode:	Basketball
Sex:	none
Year:	1936–37
Team:	Western Kentucky State Teachers Hilltoppers
Conference:	Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Short Conf:	KIAC
Record:	21–2
Conf Record:	5–2
Hc Year:	15th
Stadium:	Health & Physical Education Building
Champion:	SIAA Champions KIAC 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.^[1] 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.^[2] 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.^[3]

Schedule

^[4] |-!colspan=6| 1937 Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Tournament|-!colspan=6| 1937 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association Tournament

Notes and References

1. Book: Ruby, Earl. Red Towel Territory : A History of Athletics at Western Kentucky University. American National Bank and Trust Co.. 1979.
2. Book: Harrison, Lowell. Western Kentucky University. University Press of Kentucky. 1987. 978-0813116204 .
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
4. https://wkusports.com/sports/2018/4/30/mens-basketball-archive.aspx Western Kentucky Men's Basketball Archive, retrieved 14 May 2020