1922–23 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers basketball team

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers basketball
1922–23 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers basketball
Conference	Independent
1922–23 record	12–2
Head coach	Edgar Diddle (1st season);
Home arena	The Red Barn

The 1922–23 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers 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

References

Harrison, Lowell (1987). Western Kentucky University. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 978-0813116204.
Ruby, Earl (1979). Red Towel Territory : A History of Athletics at Western Kentucky University. American National Bank and Trust Co.
2019-2020 WKU Basketball Media Guide retrieved 21 April 2020

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[Harrison-1] Harrison, Lowell (1987). Western Kentucky University. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 978-0813116204.

[Ruby-2] Ruby, Earl (1979). Red Towel Territory : A History of Athletics at Western Kentucky University. American National Bank and Trust Co.

[3] 2019-2020 WKU Basketball Media Guide retrieved 21 April 2020

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers basketball
Venues	Red Barn (1920–1931) Health & Physical Education Building (1931–1963) E. A. Diddle Arena (1963–present)
Culture & lore	Big Red
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	1914–15 1915–16 1916–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21
NCAA Final Four appearance in italics