1940–41 Western Kentucky State Teachers Hilltoppers basketball team

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.

Schedule
!colspan=6| 1941 Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Tournament

!colspan=6| 1941 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association Tournament