1911–12 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team

1911–12 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball
1911–12 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball
Helms Foundation National Champions; Premo-Porretta National Champions; Western Conference Champions
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	15–0 (12–0 Big Ten)
Head coach	Walter Meanwell;
Home arena	Red Gym
	Seasons ← 1910–11 1912–13 →

1911–12 Western Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Wisconsin†	12	–	0	1.000	15	–	0	1.000
Purdue†	10	–	0	1.000	12	–	0	1.000
Chicago	7	–	5	.583	12	–	6	.667
Minnesota	6	–	6	.500	7	–	6	.538
Illinois	4	–	8	.333	8	–	8	.500
Indiana	2	–	9	.182	6	–	11	.353
Iowa	0	–	4	.000	6	–	8	.429
Northwestern	0	–	8	.000	4	–	9	.308
Ohio State	0	–	0	–	7	–	5	.583

† Conference co-championship winner

The 1911–12 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team represented University of Wisconsin–Madison. The head coach was Walter Meanwell, coaching his first season with the Badgers. The team played their home games at the Red Gym in Madison, Wisconsin and was a member of the Western Conference. The team finished the season with a 15–0 record and was retroactively named the national champion by the Helms Athletic Foundation and the Premo-Porretta Power Poll.^[1]

Schedule

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
12/09/1911*	Beloit (WI)	W 31–18	1–0	Red Gym Madison, WI
12/16/1911*	Ripon (WI)	W 54–13	2–0	Red Gym Madison, WI
12/20/1911*	at Beloit (WI)	W 20–12	3–0	Beloit, WI
1/05/1912	at Iowa	W 38–12	4–0 (1–0)	Iowa Armory Iowa City, IA
1/06/1912	at Northwestern	W 32–19	5–0 (2–0)	Patten Gymnasium Evanston, IL
1/13/1912	Illinois	W 27–10	6–0 (3–0)	Red Gym Madison, WI
1/20/1912	Minnesota	W 22–12	7–0 (4–0)	Red Gym Madison, WI
1/27/1912	at Chicago	W 18–15	8–0 (5–0)	Bartlett Gymnasium Chicago, IL
2/12/1912	Iowa	W 30–5	9–0 (6–0)	Red Gym Madison, WI
2/17/1912	Indiana	W 51–10	10–0 (7–0)	Red Gym Madison, WI
2/24/1912	Northwestern	W 46–11	11–0 (8–0)	Red Gym Madison, WI
3/02/1912	Chicago	W 34–24	12–0 (9–0)	Red Gym Madison, WI
3/09/1912	at Minnesota	W 29–26 ^OT	13–0 (10–0)	Minnesota Armory Minneapolis, MN
3/15/1912	at Illinois	W 23–15	14–0 (11–0)	Kenney Gym Urbana, IL
3/16/1912	at Indiana	W 32–21	15–0 (12–0)	Men's Gymnasium Bloomington, IN
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

^ ESPN, ed. (2009). ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. New York, NY: ESPN Books. p. 532. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.
^ "Wisconsin Record Book" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 23, 2014. Retrieved January 17, 2014.