The 1940–41 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 1940-41 NCAA basketball season. The team was led by future Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame coach Edgar Diddle and All-American center Carlisle Towery. The Hilltoppers won the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association championship. Towery, Howard “Tip” Downing, and Wallace “Buck” Sydnor were selected to the All-SIAA team.2019-2020 WKU Basketball Media Guide retrieved 21 April 2020
Schedule Western Kentucky Men's Basketball Archive, retrieved 14 May 2020
!colspan=6| 1941 Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Tournament
!colspan=6| 1941 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association Tournament
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