1922–23 Western Kentucky State Normal basketball team

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]

1922–23 Western Kentucky State Normal basketball
ConferenceIndependent
Record12–2
Head coach
Home arenaThe Red Barn
Seasons

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

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