1955–56 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team

1955–56 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
	Rankings from AP Poll

1955–56 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball
1955–56 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
1955–56 record	6–16 (4–10 Big Ten)
Head coach	Harold E. Foster;
Home arena	UW Fieldhouse
	Seasons ← 1954–55 1956–57 →

The 1955–1956 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.

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

External links[]

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

[1] Wisconsin Record Book

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Helms and Premo-Porretta national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearance in italics; NCAA championships in bolded italics

1955–56 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
v t	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