1956–57 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team

1956–57 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball
1956–57 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
1956–57 record	5–17 (3–11 Big Ten)
Head coach	Harold E. Foster;
Home arena	UW Fieldhouse
	Seasons ← 1955–56 1957–58 →

The 1956–1957 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team represented University of Wisconsin–Madison. The head coach was Harold E. Foster, coaching his twentythird 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
12/01/1956*	South Dakota	L 56–58 ^OT	0–1	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
12/03/1956*	at Butler	L 50–54	0–2	Butler Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN
12/08/1956*	Notre Dame	L 55–75	0–3	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
12/10/1956*	at Nebraska	L 51–53	0–4	Nebraska Coliseum Lincoln, NE
12/15/1956*	Washington U. (MO)	W 41–38	1–4	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
12/20/1956*	at Bradley	L 62–74	1–5	Robertson Memorial Field House Peoria, IL
12/22/1956*	at No. 1 Kansas	L 62–83	1–6	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
12/29/1956*	Yale	W 64–46	2–6	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
1/05/1957	at Northwestern	L 54–75	2–7 (0–1)	Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL
1/07/1957	at Indiana	L 68–79	2–8 (0–2)	The Fieldhouse Bloomington, IN
1/12/1957	No. 10 Illinois	L 63–79	2–9 (0–3)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
1/14/1957	at Michigan	L 62–71	2–10 (0–4)	Yost Fieldhouse Ann Arbor, MI
1/19/1957	Iowa	L 47–70	2–11 (0–5)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
1/21/1957	Ohio State	L 64–67	2–12 (0–6)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
2/11/1957	Michigan	W 70–65	3–12 (1–6)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
2/16/1957	at Ohio State	L 50–63	3–13 (1–7)	St. John Arena Columbus, OH
2/18/1957	at Minnesota	L 53–85	3–14 (1–8)	Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN
2/23/1957	No. 11 Indiana	L 74–85	3–15 (1–9)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
2/25/1957	Michigan State	L 62–78	3–16 (1–10)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
3/02/1957	at Purdue	L 66–85	3–17 (1–11)	Lambert Fieldhouse West Lafayette, IN
3/04/1957	Northwestern	W 82–69	4–17 (2–11)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
3/09/1957	at Iowa	W 60–59	5–17 (3–11)	Iowa Field House Iowa City, IA
*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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hide v t Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball
Venues	Red Gym (1904–1930) Wisconsin Field House (1930–1998) Kohl Center (1998–present)
Rivalries	Marquette
Culture & lore	Bucky Badger "On, Wisconsin!" Grateful Red
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1979–80 1980–81 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1993–94 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22
Helms and Premo-Porretta national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearance in italics; NCAA championships in bolded italics


v t	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Indiana	10	–	4	.714	14	–	8	.636
No. 11 Michigan State	10	–	4	.714	16	–	10	.615
Minnesota	9	–	5	.643	14	–	8	.636
Ohio State	9	–	5	.643	14	–	8	.636
Purdue	8	–	6	.571	15	–	7	.682
Michigan	8	–	6	.571	13	–	9	.591
Illinois	7	–	7	.500	14	–	8	.636
Iowa	4	–	10	.286	8	–	14	.364
Wisconsin	3	–	11	.214	5	–	17	.227
Northwestern	2	–	12	.143	6	–	16	.273

Rankings from AP Poll