Murray State had several players selected all-conference prior to the school helping create the Ohio Valley Conference in the 1948-49 season. Murray State was a member of the Mississippi Valley Conference from 1928-30, the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association from 1931-41 and the Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference from 1931-48. (Information on any all-conference selections for the 1946-47 and 1947-48 seasons are unavailable.)
Source: "Twenty-one Years on the Hardwood" (D.S. Brumbaugh, 1946).
| All-Mississippi Valley Conference |
| Player |
Position |
Year |
| John Miller |
C |
1928 |
| Ty Holland |
F |
1928 |
| Jim Miller |
F |
1929 |
| Hugh May |
G |
1929 |
| Jim Miller |
F |
1930 |
| Willard Bagwell |
F |
1930 |
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| All-Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association |
| Willard Bagwell |
F |
1932 |
| Willard Bagwell |
F |
1933 |
| Jim Phillips |
G |
1936 |
| Ethridge McKeel |
C |
1937 |
| Floyd Burdette |
F |
1937 |
| Ethridge McKeel |
C |
1938 |
| Floyd Burdette |
F |
1938 |
| Ross Magruder |
F |
1938 |
| Gene Bland |
G |
1938 |
| Bill Carneal |
G |
1939 |
| Walter Murray |
G |
1940 |
| Bill Carneal |
G |
1940 |
| Leslie McKeel |
G |
1941 |
| Bob Salmons |
C |
1941 |
| Carl Steffins |
F |
1941 |
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| All-Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference |
| Willard Bagwell |
F |
1931 |
| Willard Bagwell |
F |
1933 |
| Basil Crider |
C |
1934 |
| Jim Phillips |
G |
1935 |
| Ross Magruder |
F |
1935 |
| Jim Phillips |
G |
1936 |
| Lewis Graham |
F |
1936 |
| Willard Carroll |
G |
1936 |
| Ethridge McKeel |
C |
1936 |
| Ethridge McKeel |
C |
1937 |
| Ethridge McKeel |
C |
1938 |
| Floyd Burdette |
F |
1938 |
| Ross Magruder |
F |
1938 |
| Bill Carneal |
G |
1939 |
| Bill Carneal |
G |
1940 |
| Walter Murray |
G |
1940 |
| Bob Salmons |
C |
1941 |
| Carl Steffins |
F |
1941 |
| Leslie McKeel |
G |
1941 |
| Joe Fulks |
F |
1942 |
| Hyland Grimmer |
G |
1943 |
| Joe Fulks |
F |
1943 |
| Johnny Reagan |
F |
1946 |
| Zadia "Junior" Herrold |
F |
1946 |
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