| Mode: | Basketball |
| Sex: | none |
| Year: | 1937–38 |
| Team: | Western Kentucky State Teachers Hilltoppers |
| Conference: | Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference |
| Short Conf: | KIAC |
| Record: | 30–3 |
| Conf Record: | 9–1 |
| Hc Year: | 16th |
| Stadium: | Health & Physical Education Building |
| Champion: | SIAA Champions KAIC Champions |
| Bowl: | NIBT Tournament |
| Bowl Result: | Withdrew / Forfeit |
The 1937–38 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 1937-38 NCAA basketball season. The team was led by future Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame coach Edgar Diddle and the school's first player recognized as an All-American, William “Red” McCrocklin.[1] The Hilltoppers won the Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference and Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association championships, were the first NCAA team to win 30 games in a season,[2] and received an invitation to the 1938 National Intercollegiate Basketball tournament;[3] however, the team was unable to make the trip and withdrew from the tournament.[4] The NAIA lists the game as a forfeit, but Western Kentucky does not officially recognize the contest.[5] Ralph Dudgeon, Harry Saddlerand, and McCrocklin were selected to the All-SIAA and All-KIAC teams.[6]
[7] |-!colspan=6| Regular season|- |-!colspan=6| 1938 Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference tournament|-!colspan=6| 1938 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association Tournament|-!colspan=6| 1938 National Intercollegiate Basketball tournament