1955–56 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team

1955–56 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball
1955–56 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	6–16 (4–10 Big Ten)
Head coach	Harold E. Foster;
Home arena	UW Fieldhouse

The 1955–56 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team represented University of Wisconsin–Madison. The head coach was Harold E. Foster, coaching his twenty-second season with the Badgers. The team played their home games at the UW Fieldhouse in Madison, Wisconsin and was a member of the Big Ten Conference.

1955–56 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 4 Iowa	13	–	1	.929	20	–	6	.769
No. 10 Illinois	11	–	3	.786	18	–	4	.818
Ohio State	9	–	5	.643	16	–	6	.727
Purdue	9	–	5	.643	16	–	6	.727
Michigan State	7	–	7	.500	13	–	9	.591
Indiana	6	–	8	.429	13	–	9	.591
Minnesota	6	–	8	.429	11	–	11	.500
Michigan	4	–	10	.286	9	–	13	.409
Wisconsin	4	–	10	.286	6	–	16	.273
Northwestern	1	–	13	.071	2	–	20	.091

Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
12/01/1955*	Butler	L 63–67	0–1	UW Fieldhouse Madison, Wisconsin
12/05/1955*	at Notre Dame	W 70–66	1–1	Notre Dame Fieldhouse Notre Dame, Indiana
12/10/1955*	Kansas	L 66–74	1–2	UW Fieldhouse Madison, Wisconsin
12/12/1955*	Southern Methodist	L 62–75	1–3	UW Fieldhouse Madison, Wisconsin
12/19/1955*	Nebraska	W 71–52	2–3	UW Fieldhouse Madison, Wisconsin
12/28/1955*	at Washington	L 53–54	2–4	Hec Edmundson Pavilion Seattle, WA
12/29/1955*	at California	L 55–62	2–5	Men's Gym Berkeley, California
12/30/1955*	at Stanford	L 53–65	2–6	Stanford Pavilion Stanford, California
1/02/1956	Purdue	L 66–78	2–7 (0–1)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, Wisconsin
1/07/1956	No. 13 Indiana	L 71–75	2–8 (0–2)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, Wisconsin
1/09/1956	at No. 8 Illinois	L 77–96	2–9 (0–3)	Huff Hall Champaign, Illinois
1/14/1956	at No. 7 Ohio State	L 98–100 ^2OT	2–10 (0–4)	Ohio Expo Center Coliseum Columbus, Ohio
1/16/1956	Michigan	W 69–58	3–10 (1–4)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, Wisconsin
2/04/1956	at Northwestern	W 79–55	4–10 (2–4)	Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, Illinois
2/06/1956	No. 19 Iowa	L 74–78	4–11 (2–5)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, Wisconsin
2/11/1956	Minnesota	L 71–77	4–12 (2–6)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, Wisconsin
2/13/1956	at Indiana	W 69–67	5–12 (3–6)	The Fieldhouse Bloomington, Indiana
2/18/1956	at No. 15 Iowa	L 66–80	5–13 (3–7)	Iowa Field House Iowa City, IA
2/20/1956	Ohio State	L 71–79	5–14 (3–8)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, Wisconsin
2/25/1956	at Michigan	L 68–78	5–15 (3–9)	Yost Field House Ann Arbor, Michigan
2/27/1956	at Michigan State	L 82–89	5–16 (3–10)	Jenison Fieldhouse East Lansing, Michigan
3/03/1956	Northwestern	W 76–70	6–16 (4–10)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, Wisconsin
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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References

"Wisconsin Record Book" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 23, 2014. Retrieved February 10, 2016.

External links

Wisconsin Badgers Basketball History Archived 2014-04-06 at the Wayback Machine

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[1] "Wisconsin Record Book" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 23, 2014. Retrieved February 10, 2016.

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