1946–47 Western Kentucky State Teachers Hilltoppers basketball team
1946–47 Western Kentucky State Teachers Hilltoppers basketball | |
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SIAA Champion KAIC Champion | |
Conference | Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference |
Record | 25–4 (6–2 KIAC) |
Head coach |
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Assistant coach | Ted Hornback |
Home arena | Health & Physical Education Building |
Seasons ← 1945–46 1947–48 → |
The 1946–47 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 1946-47 NCAA basketball season. The team was led by future Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame coach Edgar Diddle and leading scorer Odie Spears.[1] The Hilltoppers won the Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference and Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association championships.[2] Spears, Don “Duck” Ray, and Dee Gibson were named to the All-KIAC team, and Gibson and John Oldham made the All-SIAA team.[3]
Schedule
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Date time, TV | Opponent | Result | Record | Site city, state | |||||||
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1947 Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Tournament | |||||||||||
3/3/1947 | vs. Centre KIAC First Round | W 63–23 | 19–4 | Jefferson County Armory Louisville, KY | |||||||
3/4/1947 | at Louisville KIAC Quarterfinal | W 76–52 | 20–4 | Jefferson County Armory Louisville, KY | |||||||
3/5/1947 | vs. Georgetown (KY) KIAC Semifinal | W 56–38 | 21–4 | Jefferson County Armory Louisville, KY | |||||||
3/5/1947 | vs. Eastern Kentucky KIAC Final | W 54–37 | 22–4 | Jefferson County Armory Louisville, KY | |||||||
1947 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association Tournament | |||||||||||
3/6/1947 | Northwest Louisiana SIAA Quarterfinal | W 82–50 | 23–4 | Health & Phys Ed Building Bowling Green, KY | |||||||
3/7/1947 | Delta State SIAA Semifinal | W 62–47 | 24–4 | Health & Phys Ed Building Bowling Green, KY | |||||||
3/8/1947 | Miami (FL) SIAA Final | W 55–46 | 25–4 | Health & Phys Ed Building Bowling Green, KY | |||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. |
References
- ^ Ruby, Earl (1979). Red Towel Territory : A History of Athletics at Western Kentucky University. American National Bank and Trust Co.
- ^ Harrison, Lowell (1987). Western Kentucky University. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 978-0813116204.
- ^ 2019-2020 WKU Basketball Media Guide retrieved 21 April 2020
- ^ Western Kentucky Men's Basketball Archive, retrieved 14 May 2020
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