1971–72 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team

1971–72 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball
1971–72 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	13–11 (6–8 Big Ten)
Head coach	John Powless;
Home arena	UW Fieldhouse
	Seasons ← 1970–71 1972–73 →

1971–72 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 11 Minnesota	11	–	3	.786	17	–	6	.739
No. 19 Ohio State	10	–	4	.714	18	–	6	.750
No. 17 Indiana	9	–	5	.643	17	–	8	.680
Michigan	9	–	5	.643	14	–	10	.583
Michigan State	6	–	8	.429	13	–	11	.542
Wisconsin	6	–	8	.429	13	–	11	.542
Purdue	6	–	8	.429	12	–	12	.500
Illinois	5	–	9	.357	14	–	10	.583
Iowa	5	–	9	.357	11	–	13	.458
Northwestern	3	–	11	.214	5	–	18	.217

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1971–72 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team represented University of Wisconsin–Madison. The head coach was John Powless, coaching his fourth 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.

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown

Head coach

John Powless

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Schedule

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
12/01/1971*	Michigan Tech	W 107–74	1–0	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
12/04/1971*	at Tulane	L 70–72	1–1	Devlin Fieldhouse New Orleans, LA
12/06/1971*	at Loyola (LA)	W 67–66	2–1	University Sports Complex New Orleans, LA
12/08/1971*	DePauw	W 92–69	3–1	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
12/11/1971*	Northern Michigan	W 104–65	4–1	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
12/13/1971*	Florida Tech	W 90–58	5–1	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
12/18/1971*	Pittsburgh	W 80–63	6–1	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
12/27/1971*	vs. No. 20 Marshall Milwaukee Classic	L 83–85	6–2	Milwaukee Arena Milwaukee, WI
12/28/1971*	vs. Georgetown Milwaukee Classic	W 82–62	7–2	Milwaukee Arena Milwaukee, WI
1/03/1972*	at No. 2 Marquette	L 60–72	7–3	Marquette Gymnasium Milwaukee, WI
1/08/1972	Iowa	W 81–80	8–3 (1–0)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
1/11/1972	at Michigan State	L 76–83	8–4 (1–1)	Jenison Fieldhouse East Lansing, MI
1/15/1972	at No. 17 Indiana	W 66–64 ^OT	9–4 (2–1)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
1/18/1972	No. 17 Minnesota	L 59–65	9–5 (2–2)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
2/05/1972	at No. 9 Ohio State	L 69–79	9–6 (2–3)	St. John Arena Columbus, OH
2/12/1972	Indiana	L 76–84 ^OT	9–7 (2–4)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
2/15/1972	at Purdue	W 84–65	10–7 (3–4)	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
2/19/1972	at Minnesota	L 73–76	10–8 (3–5)	Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN
2/22/1972	Purdue	W 66–60	11–8 (4–5)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
2/26/1972	at Illinois	L 86–91	11–9 (4–6)	Assembly Hall Champaign, IL
2/29/1972	Michigan State	W 101–74	12–9 (5–6)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
3/04/1972	Northwestern	L 82–90	12–10 (5–7)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
3/07/1972	at Michigan	L 70–93	12–11 (5–8)	Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, MI
3/11/1972	Illinois	W 97–84	13–11 (6–8)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
*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 March 9, 2016.

External links

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

[1] "Wisconsin Record Book" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 23, 2014. Retrieved March 9, 2016.

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