1940–41 Western Kentucky State Teachers Hilltoppers basketball team explained

Mode:	Basketball
Sex:	none
Year:	1940–41
Team:	Western Kentucky State Teachers Hilltoppers
Conference:	Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Short Conf:	KIAC
Record:	22–4
Conf Record:	5–1
Hc Year:	19th
Asst Coach1:	Ted Hornback
Stadium:	Health & Physical Education Building
Champion:	SIAA Champions

The 1940–41 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 1940-41 NCAA basketball season. The team was led by future Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame coach Edgar Diddle and All-American center Carlisle Towery.^[1] The Hilltoppers won the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association championship.^[2] Towery, Howard “Tip” Downing, and Wallace “Buck” Sydnor were selected to the All-SIAA team.^[3]

Schedule

^[4] |-!colspan=6| 1941 Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Tournament|-!colspan=6| 1941 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