1922–23 Western Kentucky State Normal basketball team

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

The 1922–23 Western Kentucky State Normal 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

[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

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Western Kentucky Hilltoppers basketball
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NCAA Final Four appearance in italics