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

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coach

Edgar Diddle Edgar Allen Diddle (March 12, 1895 – January 2, 1970) was an American college men's basketball coach. He is known for coaching at Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, Kentucky from 1922 to 1964. Diddle became the first coach in history ...

and leading scorer W. B. Owen. 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.

Schedule

2019-2020 WKU Basketball Media Guide retrieved 21 April 2020
/ref> 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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