The 1937–38 Western Kentucky State Teachers Hilltoppers men's basketball team represented Western Kentucky State Normal School and Teachers College (now known as Western Kentucky University) during the 1937-38 NCAA basketball season. The team was led by future Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame coach Edgar Diddle and the school's first player recognized as an All-American, William “Red” McCrocklin. The Hilltoppers won the Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference and Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association championships, were the first NCAA team to win 30 games in a season,E. A. Diddle CBB Records, Sports Reference, retrieved October 6, 2018 and received an invitation to the 1938 National Intercollegiate Basketball tournament;NAIA Through the Decades, NAIA.org retrieved May 20, 2020 however, the team was unable to make the trip and withdrew from the tournament.The Historical NAIA Tournament VSN (admin) Published Wednesday, July 04, 2018, retrieved May 20, 2020 The NAIA lists the game as a forfeit, but Western Kentucky does not officially recognize the contest. Ralph Dudgeon, Harry Saddlerand, and McCrocklin were selected to the All-SIAA and All-KIAC teams.2019-2020 WKU Basketball Media Guide retrieved 21 April 2020
Schedule Western Kentucky Men's Basketball Archive, retrieved 14 May 2020
!colspan=6| Regular season
!colspan=6| 1938 Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference tournament
!colspan=6| 1938 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association Tournament
!colspan=6| 1938 National Intercollegiate Basketball tournament
Western Kentucky does not recognize the NIBT game as part of their official records
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