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Designa ted as a university by the Ken_ tucky G eneral Assembly on F cbmary 6, 1966, Western now consis t..~ of six CoO l­lcg(' s: The Bow ling Green College of C011llllerCe, The College of Applied A rts and HC<l lth &'I'viccs, The College of Edu_ cation. The Ogden College of Science and Technology, The Potter College of L ilx-ra l Ar ts, "nd The Graduate Colleg£!. T he Un iversity now offers fou r fou r -year unuer gr ntlU;l\c degrees, tw o two-year undergraduate degn.'es, and nine graduate d egrees, with course offerings in thirty_ four diffe ren t depa rtment~.

The enrollment a t Western for the fall semestc,· of the 1970_11 .. eadem;e year w"s 10,960. The fi gures do not include students enrolled in the Jones-J aggers L.lbora\ory SchooL or students enrolled in e xtension eJasscs conducted away from the campus. T he enrollment show s a slight dec rease in last year's estimated 11,000 students_ a record number in Western's history.

Fou rteen years ago the Universi ty's physic,,! pl'lIlt cons isted of twenty major buildings on a campus of 128 acres with a total valu(' of $10,000,000. Since th"t time, th irty-th r('e rna j 0 r facilities have been constructed on a campus which

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Ted Horn b;lck is a veteran of 32 years on Wester n 's athletic staff, He graduated from W('stcrn in 1929 and, aft(' r a successful s t int. in Ih(' high school coaching ranks, returned to assist Hilltoppcr basketball coach E. A , Diddle in 1939. He held this position until the end of the 1963_64 season. H e w as also h c"d of W('s tern's Department of Physicll\ Education Health and Recrealion from 1947 until 1965, when he was named athletic director.

Hornback also coaches the Hilltopper tennis \('am, which has h ad phenomenal suc­cess, winning 14 Ohio Valley Conference championships while ," ... ,<,o rding four unde­fea ted seasons.

Unde r H ornback's able guidance, Western Ke ntucky has won the ove's All-Sports Trophy for five of the past six years. Bal­anced excellence and overall s trength are readily reflected by the Hilltoppcr's wining o r finishing among the leaders in Ihis com­peti tion so consis tently s ince H ornback look over direction of Wes tern's a thl('!ic program.

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Head Coach - JOHN OLDHAM

In six seasons as head coach at West-ern, John Oldh:lm has posted an im­pressive 122_35 record and has guided the Hilltoppers to a post-season tourna­ment berth (our times (three times re­presenting the Ohio Valley Conference in the NCAA and one trip to the NIT). Oldham, who coached nine seasons at Tennessee Tech, h::ls an enviable 1S-year college coaching record of 240-118, His acoomplishmellls as a college coach cap a career that has seen him excel at every level of the game- high school player. college player, professional player, high school coach and college coach.

Oldham, recognized as one of the na­tion's top basketball strategists, graduated from Western after a spectacular athletic career topped by his selection as an AlI-American in 1949. During his [our years as II member of the Western varsity, the Hilltoppcrs won 10'2 games, lost only 13 and appeared in the NIT three times.

Assistant Coach - BUCK SYDNOR

Buck Sydnor was a veteran of 15 years of successful high school coaching when he joined the Western s t.aff in the fall of 1964. Stints at Oaviess County. Hopkinsville and Bowling Green High Schools earned him a well­deserved reputation as a great teacher of sound basket­ball fundamentals. Sydnor's main responsibility is to de­velop the potcntial of the Hilltopper frcslunen. H e also fulfills other coaching, scouting and recruiting duties. He was an outstanding guard on the first two Western teams to play in the NIT, in 1942 and 1943.

Assistant Coach - JIM RICHARDS

Jim Hichards is serving his third year as an assistant coach at Western Kentucky University after compiling a brilliant high school coaching record. In eight years, his tcams at Aubum and Glasgow High Schools won 186 games. while losing only 57. His record at Glasgow. over five seasons, was almost phenomenaL Under Richards' ~,'uidance, the Scot ties fashioned .. 122-27 rccord and won the 1967 -68 Kentucky state championship. This state crown earned him recognition as Kentucky's "High School Coach-of-the-Year." Hiehards is a 1959 Western gradu .. te.

Trainer - RUSSELL MILLER

Ru!\SelJ Miller is Western's first full-time trainer. His ability to diagnose and treat the injuries .. nd aliments o[ Hilitopper a th letes has .. lready won the respect of West­e rn's coaching staff and players. He received h is M . S. degree from Indiana University and served as trainer at DePauw University for two years before coming to Western in 1969.

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Hilltoppers Started Freedom

The associat ion between Western Kentucky basketball and Freedom Hall is about as old as Freedom Hall itself: The Hilltoppers played in the first collegiate game the structure ever hosted, downing San Francisco in the building's ··Dedication Game" December 19, 1956, 61-57,

A gala occasion it was. Larry Bieck, then a Louisville COURIER-JOURNAL w riter and later president of the U. S. Basketb.~ 11 Writers Association. called the throng of 15,133 the ·'biggest erowd ever to sce a ba~ke tba ll game south of the Mason-Dixon Line."

What that huge crowd saw set a meaningful standard for basketball played at F reedom Hall, a string of hardwood ex­travaganzas that has included some of the na tion's top games ever, h ighlighted by several NCAA Finals.

The lead in that fi rst game changed hands six times and the score was tied five times. West­ern held a 25-20 lead at halftime against a team that had a na­tional record st ring of 60 straight victories broken only a few nights earlier.

The West Coast quin tet took the lead back early III the sC('ond half, but the HilllOppers' Owen Lawson sank a field goal to tic it at 29-all. then hit a free throw to give Western a lead it never relinquish ed.

The Hilhoppers speedy guards set the pace for the night, with Eric Back gelling 15 points and Lawson adding 13. Big 6-9 Art Day led the DOllS with 23.

It was a great start for West­ern in Freedom Hall. Since that time the Hilltoppers have played in the big roundhnll palace nine other times. The record over the years shows Western wilh four wins a gainst six losses.

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One of the most memorable games in Western's Freedom Hall history was a 72- 74 loss to West Virginia January 23, 1959.

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20 from Ralph Crosthwaite. Big Charlie Osborne joined Crosth­waite on the bo;u'ds to outrebound the Cadets, 51-28.

In December, 1960, the Hilltopper s were back in Free­dom Ha ll for the Bluegrass Invita tional Tournament. Despite 20 ])Oinls from Utah State's Cornell Green (now a defensive halfback with the Dallas Cowboys). the Hi!ltoppers bumped the Aggies, 86-72, in the fiTSt round . A!l-Amer ican Bobby Rascoe led the way with 22 points, fo!lowed by Osborne with 20 and Bobby Jackson with 19.

The next night, in the finals, Louisville's Cardinals stopped the Hilltoppers for the first t ime in six games that season to win the tourney title. MVP John Turner led Louisvi!le with 25 points, while Osborne had 17, Rascoe 16 and Harry Todd 16 for Western.

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Western bounced back later that same season to reverse the decision against Louiwi\le, 96-80. It was a blazing night for the Hilltoppcr gunners as they hit 60.4 percent of their shots from the floor- an amazing 81 per cent in the second half. Rascoe had 30 points, Osborne and J ack­son 20 each.

The Hilltoppers were back in the Bluegrass Tourney again in December, 1961, but lost in the first round to St. Bonaventure, 65-66, and in the consolation game, 68-78, to Texas, Western overcame a 13-point deficit to take a late lead against eventual tourney winner St. Bonnie in the first game , but couldn 't hold on.

The HiUtoppers' late and great coach, Ed Diddle, missed the tournament as he recovered from su rgery - in a Bowling Green hospital while present Western Athletic Director Ted Hornback handled the team.

The Mountaineers' Jerry West lookood as if he were goinl( to gun down the HiHtopP€rs all by himself <IS he pumped in 18 points in the first nine minutes of play. But Western came back after trailing at halftime, 35-46,

Western's Bob Daniels (88) and Ralph Crosthwaite batt le San Franl'i sco's ru gged front line for a rebound in the firs t cOlJegi'ltc b"skct ball game played in Free­dom lIall. Western siol'Pt-d the Dons, 61-57.

Western has played in Free­dom Hall only twice since that time. The HilJtoppers, al ready Ohio Valley Conference champs and headed for the NCAA Tour_ nament, were upset by Louis­vi lle, 71-88, March 7, 1962. It was one of the coldest nights ever for Western as it hi t only 20.7 per cent of its fie ld goals, even t hough Bobby Rascoe pumped in 27 points.

to take a 72-70 lead with less than three minutes to go.

West Virgi nia center Bob Cloussen tied it with a field goal at 2:37. Western tried for a final shot, but lost the bnn on a bad pass out fron!. The Mountaineers went to West, everybody's All_American for the winning shot, but the Cabin Creek whiz, ddensed by AI Ellison missed. However Cloussen was there to tip it in with three seconds left , giving the l'IIountaincers the win. West finished with 30 points,

l~~ter that s .. me season. the HJlItoppers returned to Free­dom H all to wallop Army, 94_73, behind Ellison's 22 points and

The Hilltoppers' last Freedom Hall appearance prior to tonight was on January 30, 1963. when Louisville outscored the Western quintet 20-3 in one five-minute, second-half stretch to pin a 66-81 loss on the 'Toppers, Western AU-American Darel Carrier had 22 points in tha t one, with John Reuther's 20 leading U of L ,

Tonight's battle w ith Jnck sonville fi gures to provide allo ther thrilling ch"pter in a long line of memorable F reedom Hall appearances fo!' the Hilltoppcrs.

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A basketball fan gets a thrill out of watching an All-American in action. He gets an additiona l treat in watching a talented seven-footer perform. When he sees a seven-foot All-American in a top-flight game, he might think he is in "hog heaven."

Tonight's game offers fans a unique opportunity: They get to see two-COUNT 'EM .. TWO------seven­foot All-Americans in action against each other, West­ern Kentucky's Jim McDaniels and J acksonville's Artis Gilmore (see page 16A).

McDaniels is one of the most talented big men to come down the pike in years. He is the type of player who would be outstanding even if he were six to eight inches shorter.

The reason? Mainly his shooting abil ity. He has hit well over 50 per cent of his field goal

attempts from the day he first put on a Western Ken­tucky uniform. He led the Ohio Valley Conference last year with a .570 percentage.

But, you say, it isn' t unusual for a man so big to hit a fine percentage. After all, he is so much bigger than everybody else and he spends so much time around the bucket, his shots come mostly from inside.

That's where there is a difference with "Big Mac." He is as fine a shooter, if not better than most players at the same range from which forwards and even guards must pump up their shots. While it is true that Hilltopper Coach Johnny Oldham wants Mc­Daniels around the bucket as often as possible, it is not unu su al for Mac to float in jumpers with a feathery touch from 15, 20, or even 25 feet out.

As Coach Cal Luther of arch-rival Mu rray State put it last year, "McDaniels can move as quickly as any 6-4 man and when he can't get a shot off under­neath, he simply goes outside where he's just as effective."

"Big Mac" is in the process of smashing just about every scoring and rebounding record in Western his­tory . He compiled the best single-season scorin g av­erage ever for any Hilltopper last season when he tallied 28.6 points per game (11th best in the nation) on his way to becoming the OVC Player of the Year.

He started the cunent season with a total of 1,360 career points in bis fi rst two seasons of varsity play. He needed only 321 more to break Clem Haskins' three-season mark of 1,680 and 717 (h e scored 716 last season ) to eclipse Ralph Crosthwaite's four-year record of 2,076 points.

McDaniels' total of :~05 field goals in 1969-70 set both Wcstern AND Ohio Valley Con fe rence record s. He has led the ave in scoring for each of his varsity campaigns, having rapped in 24.8 poiDts per g;:1ll1C as a sophomore in 1968-69.

Perhaps consistency has been McDan iels' finest all-around attribute. For example, he scored below 20 points only three times all last season, below 25 only six times.

"Big Mac" picked up valuable experience last summer as he captained the United States team in the World University Games in Turin, Italy .

He has seen a lot of the world. But befot'e he finishes his phenomenal basketball career, the world will have seen a lot of "Big Mack."

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Tonight's game is a classic battle: Two nationally-ranked basketball powers clashing for the second time in less than a year, one with a motive for r evenge, the other out to prove that its win in the firs t duel between the two teams was just the way things should have turned out.

Jacksonville brings a perfect 5-0 record into the till. risk ing it against a Western Kentucky quintet which lost to the Dolphins in the first round of the NCAA Tournament last March a,t Dayton, 109-96. As every basketball fan knows, Jacksonville used that opening game as a springboard to the runncrup spot in the national playoffs, finishing second only to champion UCLA.

The Dolphins' supporters say they are even stronger this year than last. The first five games of their 1970-71 scheduile has shown nothing to disprove tha t theory. They have dusted off Biscayne, 132-88; St. Peter's, 152-106; George Washington, 110-85; Florida State, 1l4-108; and Richmond, 94-69.

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7-2 center Artis Gilmore, is off to a fabulous start. averaging 35.4 points and 27.4 rebounds to dale whi le hitting 65.2 per cent of h is field goal attempts. And that's not good enough to lead the team. The Dolphins' other seven -footer, Pembrook Bur­rows. holds that distinction with a fantastic 72.5 percentage wh ile averaging 13.2 points per game. As a team, Jacksonville is hit­ting a lofty 55.2 per cent of its shots from the floor.

The Dolphins' other starters, 6-7 wingman Ernie Fleming. 6-2 w ingman Harold Fox and the 5-10 jewel of a point guard, Vaughn Wedeking. are all av­eraging in double figures. Flem­ing shows a mean of 20.6 points, Fox 16.8. and Wedeking 10.4. Reserve front-liner Greg Nelson is also a double - digit scorer a t 13.6.

The team is averaging 120.4 points while limiting their op­position to 91.2 points per outing.

Western, of course, is led again by seven- foot pivotman Jim McDaniels. the Ohio Valley Conference's P layer of the Year last season. His scoring average has been fluttering around the 30-point mar k all season (he averaged 28,6 in 1970-71) and the agile sharpshoote r is pulling in nearly 14 rebounds per game,

The Hilltoppers' 6-8 h igh post man, Clarence Glover, is giving "Big Mack" a real battle for team leadership in rebounds, av­eraging almost 13 per game.

Veteran guard Jim Rose fol_ CHIP DUBLIN lows McDaniels in scoring with a near-18-point average, while junior college transfer Jerry Dunn has averaged around 15 points a game. Another JC transfer, 6-2 Rex Bailey has been Western's starter at the point, slightly more than five points.

Western's early going has been hampered somewhat by injuries. Two-year starter Jerome Perry banged up a knee in pre-season workouts and under went surgery shortly before the Hil!toppers' opening game. He will be out for most of the season.

Last year's regular point man, 6-4 Gary Sundmacker , broke an ann in mid-October, and is just now getting back in top shape,

Western knocked off Old Dominion (96-82), University of California, Davis (88- 65), Virginia Commonwealth (96-71 ) and Duquesne (69_62), before moving into Indianapolis against a pesky Butler team Saturd ay night.

If great shooting, lots of running, rugged rebounding and tenacious defense make a great basketball game, tonight's crowd at Freedom Hall is in for a rare treat.

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Wt:STlmN 9{i , Old Dominion 82 WESTEHN 88, UC Davis 65 Wt.:5'CEltN 96, Va. Commonwealth 71 WESTERN 69, Duquesne G2 Dec. 19 Butler Away Dec. 23 J acksonville ___ _ Louisville Dec. 26-28-30 Holiday Festival. N. Y. (Western, Cornell, Holy Cross, Providence, St. John's. South Carolina, Manhattan, P ittsburgh)

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-Jan. 23 Murray ______________ Away -J an. 25 Austin P ellY Home -J an. 30 Middle Tennessee Home -Feb. 6 Middle Tennl'SSce __ Away Fl'b. 8 Dayton Away

-Feb. 13 Tennessee Tech __________ Home - Feb. 15 East Tennessee Home -Feb. 20 Morehead ____ _ _________ Away - Feb. 22 Eastern Kentucky Away -Feb. 27 Mu rray Home - Ma r. 1 Austin P eay ____________ Away

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ARTIS GILMORE Jacksonville's meteor ic r ise as a national basket­

ball power has been coincidental with the emergence of Artis Gilmore as one of the collegiate game's domi­nant figures. At seven feet, two inches in height , he is the Dolphi ns' coun terpa r t to Western's seven-foo t All-American, J im McDaniels (see page 12B).

Tw ice a junior college All-American, G il more earned the same honors in the big show last season as he led the nation in rebounding (22.2 per game ) and paced the Dolph ins to the run ner up spot behind UCLA in the NCAA Tournament. Nationa lly he was tenth in fie ld goal accuracy (.580, one pe r cent ahead of McDaniels) and his 26.5 scoring average was 21st (ten spots behind McDaniels' 28.6 average.)

While "Big A " is a prolific scorer in his own righ t, his most highly acclaimed attr ibutes have been his defense and his rebounding. He goes to the boa rds at both ends of the floor with an agility and determi­nation that are enhanced all the more by h is size and st rength .

He has been acclaimed in many circles as last season's unoff icial na t iona l leader in b locked shots, a maneuver he manages with a considerable sense of the spectacular. If anyone word can descr ibe h is defense, it is "intimidating." He vir tually cuts off all inside scoring when he is in a game, ra rely movng fa r away fro m the bucket.

A tremendous leaper with outstanding agility and cvell more impressive timing, Gilmore has caused many a team to comp letely revise it s offensive ph ilos­ophy because of the defens ive threat he poses. His defensive dominance as a collegian, perhaps, can be compa red only with that of fo rmer UCLA star Lew Alcindor.

What's more, the presence of J acksonville's "other seven-foote r." Pembroke Burrows. in the Dol phin lineup forces opposi ng coaches to "stay honest." II brings on considerable limitations as to what can be done to coun teract Gilmore's height because the team has almost as much size in another spot on the floor.

Even wi th the great season he had last year, GilmOI'C has shown definite signs of Hdded matu r ity in the early going this season. He raised eyebrows all over the country with a record 34 rebounds against S1. Peter 's in New York's Madison Square Garden. then shortly followed with 26 more in a win over highly regarded Florida State in the Sunshine Classic.

Even after only a little more thOln one fu ll sea­son, Gilmore alrcady hold s ol fistful of field goal and rebound records for the Dolphins. In fact, he already holds ALL the rebound records except the ca reer mark , and he will undoubtedly have that one as soon as he finishes his collegi:lte eligibility.

The "Big A" grades out a t an "All-A" rate on the cou r t.

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The dormitory complex fit Jackson ville Unh'crs ity (left ) rdlcds the informal :nul scmi ' lropical atmosphere preva­lent on the campus, a NO_acre t ract that is home for Ol pproximatcly 3,000 students.

Western Kentucky University The OCTO Downing Uni\'ers it ~· Center (right ), named [or Western Kentucky Unh,t'rs ily's curre llt pres ident and fini shed ollly this fa ll . is ti,e new huh of s tudent life on the Hill topper campus, w h ich h os ts nearly \1,000 stmi l' llts . It cOlltai llS a cllfdcri .. aIHI gr ill . a 750-s(',.' the;,!r ... , a browsing lihr:lrY. readinJ;: . mu sk and TV rooms, a book s tore, meeting rooms. rehearsal room . bOll'lin J;: a lleys, bi lli ard room, and o ther recreational fac ilit ies.

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HILL TOPPER BASKETBALL: WINNING Western's Hardwoorl Heritage

T his i5 the way thirllt"s looked d u ring II game in Weste rn's I'hysica l t:At ucation Hu ild ing, uow t he Ma rgie Helm Library. The " rai l sitters" had sume of the most dc,;i rable sea ts in the house,

The 1970-71 Hilltopper team is Western Kentuck y Univer­silic's 52nd basketball aggregation, For mosl.of those past 51 seasons. Western has been prominent among the nation's top tcams and the Hilltoppcr's success down through the years hlls contributed greatly to the game's heritage and its growth in popularity,

Western basketb.'dl began in 1914, when Ihe Hill toppcrs defented Bethel (Ky,) College, 38-21, wilh J . L , Arthu r ns c0.1ch, Bccnuse of W W I, Western dropped ba sketball from HJl7 until the 1921 - 22 season, when L. T. Smith co.'1ehcd the Hilitopp('Cs.

A Golden Era of Western basketb.'1l1 began in the fall of 1922, when the late E. A. Diddle began the fi l'l5t of his 42 seasons as coach of the Hili loppcrs, It was an au spicious-­and prophetic- beginning, liS his fi rst quintet opened the sea­son with thl! most lop-si ded victory in thl! school's baskl!tball history, a 103-7 triumph,

Following 149 games in the original " Little Red Barn," the Hilitoppcf'S moved into the P hysical Educa tion Building, now the Margie Helm Library, where Western was to win 336 of 374 home games over 32 seasons.

Then_ Go\, l"rnor Keel' J uhnson whispers encouragement to Co.'lch t:d Diddle on Ihe Wesle rn hench du ring the Soulhe rn In t<:rcollegiate Alhletic I\ ssocial ion (SIAI\ ) 'r ournall,ent held at Howlinl:' Green in March. 19-11. At Coach Diddle's left is the IIilhOPI)l:rS' second All-American, Carly le 'I'owe ry,

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TRADITION FOR OVER HALF·CENTURY

J ohn Oldham .... n All-Amcrican player under Diddle, took over the coaching reins in 1964 and promptly guided the HiIl­toppers to their ninth appearance in the National Invita tion Tournament.

He is carvin!: out an enviable coaching rec:ord of his own. In six seasons. his teams havl! WOIl 122 games agains t only 35 losses, a ,777 percentage. He has never had a Hilltoppl.'.f team to finish lower th;,n third in the OVC race, Undcr his guidance, thl! HilltoJlpers "hips and have aPI)l:arcd tournaments.

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thr~ OVC champion _ na lional post-Sl!lISon

His Hilltoppcrs have won more than 20 games in three seasons: 1965-66 (25.3), 1966-67 (23-3), and 1969_70 (22-3). H is learns have fin ished among the wire service national polls' Top 20 teams three t imes, among the Top 10 twice.

This was just a part of the Ihrong that waited to greet t he 1Ii1 ltQllllers upon Iheir reI urn 10 Uo wlillg GrCCIl wi lh the Naliunal In \, il :,t ion Tun rnament nmller ull Irophy in i\b rch, 1912. Wesle rn fin ished sec: llnd h)' the mosl narrow of ma rgins, drul1ll ing :) 45_47 ded s ili ll to West Virginia in the final gam e,

During the 1933-34 season, Diddle's Hililoppcrs pos ted the fi rsl of 18 seasons with 20 or more vic tories, It was, in fac t , Ihe first of ten straight 20_win years. Western's bes t-ever record came in 1937-38 when the team powered its way to 30 wins against only th ree losses, That was also the season that Ted Hornback, present 'Topper ath le tic d il'i'(: tor, becallle Coach Diddle's assistant.

Under Diddle's guidance, WC!ltern won 13 Kl!n tuck y In_ tercollegiate Athletic Conference championshi ps and eight Southern Intl!rcoilegiate Athletic Association titles, Western became a charter ml!mber of Ihe Ohio Vailey Conference in 1948. Under Diddle the 'To!ll)l:f'S won ten regula r season OVC crowns and four lea!;,'lle tOUl'llaments,

Coach Diddle retired followin g the 1963-64 season, Ihe firs t plrlyed in the Arena that bears his name, His 42 teams hrld won 759 ".ames while losing only 302, a .715 average,

Wcste m COIlTh Johnny Oldham (42), then II star IlilI topper guard. ni ls unde r the ha~ket fu r OJ layup durin.\: " 65-51 win (Iver E<ls tern Kentu ck,v, t' chnm ry 21, 1!l.t8, TI,e I::nstern Illayer t rying vainly to hluck thc shot is former Culuncl Conch J im lJaec:htold (28),

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Acad emic-Ath letic Bui lding # 1 - E. A. Diddle Are na was officially dedi­cated on Dcecmbcr 7. 1963. One of the moot moderr'i and effiei ent facilities of its kind 011 any eolJege campus in the nation, it wns the fi rs t step in a new era of ath letic faci lities for the Uni­versity,

S ince its complet ion, We s t e r n has also built new physlcal accommodations for a lmost every other inte rcollegia te spor t, Thus the Universi ty's basket_ ball a~na has become a segment of a comprehensive Athletic Complex that also includes the new Academic_ Athletic BU ilding #2 _ L. T. Smi th Stadium, which has 19,250 seats for football and nn all - weathe r track; a lighted field for varsity footb.111 practice. phYllical edueatioll activities lind intramural spor ts; a battery of lighted tennis ocu rts; and a varsity baseball diamond.

Both of thc A ca d e m i e-Athletic Buildings also contain classrooms a nd 3ctivity arC3S for the D<-partmenl of P hysical Education, Health, and Rec­reation. Academic- Athletic Bui lding #1 conta ins an Olympic-size swim_ ming pool, an auxiliary gymnasium. numerous offices nnd e qui p men t rooms, and 30 class roonu that provide fo r the needs of the Departments of :Orililary Science and Foreign Lan­guages as weU al> thOl>C of the De­partment of Physical Education.

The Arena, nalned for the latc coach who so successfully and colorfully he a d e d the HiJltoppers' basketball fortunes for forly - two seasons. has a sea ting capacity of 12,500.

The utility and versatility of Ihe Arena has been amply demonstrated. It has hosted the NCAA Tournament's Mid-E.1st Re~ional first-round games. as well as Ihe d istrict and regional tourname nts of the Kentucky High S c h 00 1 Ath letic Association, which have played to c3 paeity crowds. It has also \)cen the si te of numerous con_ certs and other types of programs, including Western 's a nn u a I spring grllduation exercises.

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WKU TRAINERS AND MANAGERS

Hilltoppe, Trainer , Russell Mille. (center) is flanked by n udent managoan and trainers II . r) Ro n Berry , Ryan Grabruck , and Bu tch Gray. Not pictured : Be nnie Beach, Jr., Charlel Fit l pl trick , and Radny Pa tche ll.

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Official Basketba ll Program

THE 1970 -71 HILL TOPPER FRESHMAN SQUAD

10 OAN~"Y BLANKENSIIIP 6-0, 114, EJiUlbeth town, Ky:

11 GARY BOWMAN 5-1 1, 155, Tompkinsville, Ky.

15 GARY RA YMONO 6· 0, ISS, McHenry, Ky.

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20 KIM F D..LWOCK 6-0, 153. Evansville. Ind.

21 TERRY MARTIN 6· 0, 155, Horse Cave, Ky.

22 MIKE LAitSON 6-5. 190, Bowling Gre-en , Ky.

!5 EO LOVE 6. 2, 173, Louisville, Ky.

33 TONY STROUD 6· 2, 168, Ch icago, m.

34 RUSSELL FLETCHER 5- 11 , 195. Leitchfield, Ky.

FRESHMAN SCHEDULE

Dec. 3-LINDSEY WILSON JC Dee. S-PADUCAH CC Dec. IG-VA. COMMONWEALTH F r osh

Dec. 14-At Vande rbilt F'wsh

Dec. 23-Bellannine Frosh (Fr~dom Hall , Louisville)

J an. IS-At Paducah CC

Jan. 23-At Murray F rosh

Jan. 25-AUSTLN PEAY FROSH

J an . 3G-MlDDLE TENN. FROSH

Feb. 6-At Middle Tenn. F'rosh

Feb. 13-TENN. TECH FROSH

Feb. IS-ELIZABETHTOWN CC

Feb. 2S-At Lindsey Wilson J C Feb. 27- MURRAY F ROSH

Ma r. i-At Austin Peay Frosh

All n orne Games a l 5:30 p.m. ( CST)

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35 JOliN RAINES 6- 1, 170, Danville, Ky.

44 SCOTT ENGSTROM 6-2, 185, WauwatOlla, Wis.

51 KAY BOWERMAN 6·9, 235, Eau Claire, Mich .

WESTERN TEXTBOOK

EXCHANGE

Located Ad jacent To The Campus

Just Below Van Meter Ha ll

"Serving the Needs

of Studen ts ..

Faculty and

the Community" _--*7-,~

A Tip of Hie Hat

To Head Coach John Oldham,

The Coaching Staff,

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Bowling Green

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Director of Spor ts

RICK DuBOSE

1970 - HILL TOPPERS - 1971

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22 CHUCK win

6-5 So. Cincinnati, Ohio

34 TONY DUKE

6-2 Jr. Shelbyville, K y.

34 JEFF ECKEL

6-0 J r. Morenci, Mich.

Official Basketb<lll Program

WESTERN ALL-OVe PERFORMERS 1949 Bob Lavoy

Johnny Oldham

1950 John Givins Bob Lavoy

195 1 Rip Gish

1952 Art Spoelstra Richard White Tom Marshall Gene Rhodes

GR EG SMITH

FOR EST ABLE

1960 Charles Osborne

196 1 Charles Osborne Bobby Rascoe

1962 Bobby Rascoe Harry Todd

1953 Tom Marshall Art Spoelslr.a

1954 Tom Marshal l An Spoelstra Jack Turner Lynn Cole

1964 Darel Carrier

1965 Clem Haskins DWight Smith

1966 Steve Cunnmgham Clem Haskins Dwight Smith Greg Smith

1967 Wayne Chapman Clem Haskins Dwight Smith Greg Smith

Western Kentucky University

1955 Forest Able Ralph Crosthwaite

1957 Owen Lawson

1958 Ralph Crosthwai te

1959 Ralph Crost hwaite

CHAR L ES OSBORN E

DICK WHITE

1968 Wayne Chapman

1969 Jim McDaniels

1970 Jim McDaniels

Jerome Perry Jim Rose

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WRUS-FI\1 Is There!

HILL TOPPER ALL-AMERICANS

WiI1 lam M~Crocklin

"" Car ly le Towuy

1940

TOM MARSHAL L

1953, 1954

John Oldham

1949

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Oran M~Klnney

1943

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1969, 1970

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"". Roy 19'8

Gibson 1948

CL EM HASKI NS

1965, 1966, 1967

no' U"S<'<'J.e

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