1961–62 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team

1961–62 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball
1961–62 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	17–7 (10–4 Big Ten)
Head coach	John Erickson;
Home arena	UW Fieldhouse

The 1961–62 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team represented University of Wisconsin–Madison. The head coach was John Erickson, coaching his third 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.

1961–62 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 1 Ohio State	13	–	1	.929	26	–	2	.929
Wisconsin	10	–	4	.714	17	–	7	.708
Purdue	9	–	5	.643	17	–	7	.708
Illinois	7	–	7	.500	15	–	8	.652
Indiana	7	–	7	.500	13	–	11	.542
Iowa	7	–	7	.500	13	–	11	.542
Minnesota	6	–	8	.429	10	–	14	.417
Michigan	5	–	9	.357	7	–	17	.292
Michigan State	3	–	11	.214	8	–	14	.364
Northwestern	3	–	11	.214	8	–	15	.348

Rankings from AP Poll[1]

Schedule

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
12/02/1961*	South Dakota	W 99–63	1–0	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
12/04/1961*	Florida State	W 64–63	2–0	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
12/09/1961*	Cincinnati	L 67–86	2–1	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
12/11/1961*	Washington U. (MO)	W 91–63	3–1	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
12/16/1961*	Pacific	W 92–68	4–1	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
12/20/1961*	at Marquette	L 75–92	4–2	Marquette Gymnasium Milwaukee, WI
12/26/1961*	vs. Providence ECAC Holiday Festival	W 95–84	5–2	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
12/28/1961*	vs. Dayton ECAC Holiday Festival	W 105–93	6–2	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
12/30/1961*	vs. No. 2 Cincinnati ECAC Holiday Festival	L 71–101	6–3	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
1/06/1962	Iowa	W 91–79	7–3 (1–0)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
1/08/1962	at Michigan State	W 83–78	8–3 (2–0)	Jenison Fieldhouse East Lansing, MI
1/23/1962*	North Dakota State	W 102–50	9–3	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
1/27/1962	Purdue	W 89–86	10–3 (3–0)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
1/29/1962	at Illinois	W 85–81	11–3 (4–0)	Huff Hall Champaign, IL
2/03/1962	at Minnesota	W 94–88	12–3 (5–0)	Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN
2/05/1962	Michigan	L 74–81	12–4 (5–1)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
2/10/1962	Michigan State	W 77–72	13–4 (6–1)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
2/12/1962	at Indiana	W 105–94	14–4 (7–1)	New Fieldhouse Bloomington, IN
2/17/1962	at Michigan	L 65–84	14–5 (7–2)	Yost Field House Ann Arbor, MI
2/19/1962	Illinois	W 103–101	15–5 (8–2)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
2/24/1962	at Northwestern	W 65–64	16–5 (9–2)	Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL
2/26/1962	Minnesota	L 90–92	16–6 (9–3)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
3/03/1962	No. 1 Ohio State	W 86–67	17–6 (10–3)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
3/10/1962	at Iowa	L 64–81	17–7 (10–4)	Iowa Field House Iowa City, IA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

[2]

References

"1961-62 Big Ten Conference Season Summary". Sports Reference.
"Wisconsin Record Book" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 23, 2014. Retrieved February 17, 2016.

External links

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

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[1] "1961-62 Big Ten Conference Season Summary". Sports Reference.

[2] "Wisconsin Record Book" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 23, 2014. Retrieved February 17, 2016.

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