1950–51 Western Kentucky State Hilltoppers basketball team
1950–51 Western Kentucky State Hilltoppers basketball | |
---|---|
![]() | |
NCBT Tournament, First Round | |
Conference | Ohio Valley Conference |
Record | 19–10 (4–4 OVC) |
Head coach |
|
Assistant coach | Ted Hornback |
Home arena | Health & Physical Education Building |
Seasons |
The 1950–51 Western Kentucky State Hilltoppers men's basketball team represented Western Kentucky State College (now known as Western Kentucky University) during the 1950-51 NCAA University Division Basketball season. The Hilltoppers were led by future Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame coach Edgar Diddle and All-Ohio Valley Conference player Rip Gish.[1] Gish also made the OVC Tournament team. The team participated in the only National Campus Basketball Tournament.[2] This was a new tournament hosted by Bradley University in response to the ongoing point shaving scandal. It was thought that hosting a tournament on a campus site would reduce the opportunity for such scandals.[3]
Schedule
[4]
Date time, TV | Opponent | Result | Record | Site city, state | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Regular Season | |||||||||||
11/30/1950* | Southeastern Louisiana | W 73–59 | 1–0 | Health & Phys Ed Building Bowling Green, KY | |||||||
12/5/1950* | Georgetown (KY) | W 93–44 | 2–0 | Health & Phys Ed Building Bowling Green, KY | |||||||
12/9/1950* | at Cincinnati | L 45–70 | 2–1 | Cincinnati Gardens Cincinnati, OH | |||||||
12/12/1950* | West Texas State | W 74–46 | 3–1 | Health & Phys Ed Building Bowling Green, KY | |||||||
12/14/1950* | Tampa | W 103–70 | 4–1 | Health & Phys Ed Building Bowling Green, KY | |||||||
12/16/1950* | High Point | W 77–64 | 5–1 | Health & Phys Ed Building Bowling Green, KY | |||||||
12/18/1950 | at Morehead State | L 63–70 | 5–2 (0-1) | Button Auditorium Morehead, KY | |||||||
12/26/1950* | at No. 16 La Salle | W 73–63 | 6–2 | Wister Hall Philadelphia, PA | |||||||
12/28/1950* | vs. No. 4 Long Island | L 70–77 | 6–3 | Madison Square Garden New York, NY | |||||||
12/30/1950* | vs. St. Bonaventure | L 57–62 | 6–4 | Memorial Auditorium Buffalo, NY | |||||||
1/8/1951* | Xavier | W 79–62 | 7–4 | Health & Phys Ed Building Bowling Green, KY | |||||||
1/10/1951 | vs. Evansville | W 75–63 | 8–4 (1-1) | Owensboro Sportscenter Owensboro, KY | |||||||
1/13/1951 | Murray State | W 65–56 | 9–4 (2-1) | Health & Phys Ed Building Bowling Green, KY | |||||||
1/16/1951* | Miami | W 89–47 | 10–4 | Health & Phys Ed Building Bowling Green, KY | |||||||
1/18/1951 | at Evansville | L 46–77 | 10–5 (2-2) | Evansville, IN | |||||||
1/20/1951* | vs. Bowling Green State | W 69–68 | 11–5 | Owensboro Sportscenter Owensboro, KY | |||||||
1/26/1951* | at Miami | W 68–64 | 12–5 | Miami, FL | |||||||
1/27/1951* | at Tampa | W 67–64 | 13–5 | Tampa, FL | |||||||
2/3/1951 | at Eastern Kentucky | L 70–84 | 13–6 (2-3) | Weaver Gymnasium Richmond, KY | |||||||
2/8/1951* | No. 11 Cincinnati | W 75–70 | 14–6 | Health & Phys Ed Building Bowling Green, KY | |||||||
2/10/1951 | at Murray State | L 70–77 | 14–7 (2-4) | Carr Health Building Murray, KY | |||||||
2/14/1951* | Kentucky Wesleyan | W 86–62 | 15–7 | Health & Phys Ed Building Bowling Green, KY | |||||||
2/17/1951 | Eastern Kentucky | W 84–80 | 16–7 (3-4) | Health & Phys Ed Building Bowling Green, KY | |||||||
2/19/1951 | Morehead State | W 95–73 | 17–7 (4-4) | Health & Phys Ed Building Bowling Green, KY | |||||||
1951 Ohio Valley Conference Tournament | |||||||||||
2/24/1951 | vs. No. 16 Murray State OVC Tournament Semifinal | L 77–78 | 17–8 | Jefferson County Armory Louisville, KY | |||||||
2/24/1951 | vs. Evansville OVC Tournament Consolation | W 72–71 | 18–8 | Jefferson County Armory Louisville, KY | |||||||
Regular Season | |||||||||||
2/28/1951* | at Xavier | L 64–67 | 18–9 | Schmidt Fieldhouse Cincinnati, OH | |||||||
3/15/1951* | vs. Bowling Green State | W 78–77 | 19–9 | Toledo, OH | |||||||
1951 National Campus Basketball Tournament | |||||||||||
3/27/1951* | at No. 6 Bradley NCBT Quarterfinal | L 71–75 | 19–10 | Robertson Memorial Field House Peoria, IL | |||||||
*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.
- ^ 2019-2020 WKU Basketball Media Guide retrieved 21 April 2020
- ^ "National Campus Tournament 1951". www.luckyshow.org. Retrieved November 15, 2023.
- ^ "1950-51 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers Men 's Schedule and Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved November 15, 2023.
- v
- t
- e
- Red Barn (1920–1931)
- Health & Physical Education Building (1931–1963)
- E. A. Diddle Arena (1963–present)
- Big Red
- Head coaches
- Statistical leaders
- List of 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
- 2021–22
- 2022–23
- 2023–24
- 2024–25
![]() | This college basketball season article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- v
- t
- e
![]() | This article about a sports team in Kentucky is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- v
- t
- e