1959–60 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team

1959–60 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball
1959–60 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
1959–60 record	8–16 (4–10 Big Ten)
Head coach	John Erickson;
Home arena	UW Fieldhouse
	Seasons ← 1958–59 1960–61 →

The 1959–1960 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team represented University of Wisconsin–Madison. The head coach was John Erickson, coaching his first 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
12/01/1959*	Butler	L 82–88	0–1	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
12/05/1959* 1:30 pm	Iowa State	L 53–71	0–2	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
12/07/1959*	at Notre Dame	L 58–78	0–3	Notre Dame Fieldhouse Notre Dame, IN
12/12/1959*	Loyola (IL)	W 85–67	1–3	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
12/14/1959*	at Missouri	L 66–78	1–4	Brewer Fieldhouse Columbia, MO
12/19/1959*	at Marquette	L 66–84	1–5	Marquette Gymnasium Milwaukee, WI
12/21/1959*	Stanford	W 61–60	2–5	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
12/26/1959*	vs. Boston College Queen City Tournament	W 95–82	3–5	Buffalo Memorial Auditorium Buffalo, NY
12/28/1959*	vs. Canisius Queen City Tournament	L 65–80	3–6	Buffalo Memorial Auditorium Buffalo, NY
1/02/1960	Michigan State	L 79–91	3–7 (0–1)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
1/04/1960	Iowa	L 64–71	3–8 (0–2)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
1/09/1960	at Purdue	L 69–99	3–9 (0–3)	Lambert Fieldhouse West Lafayette, IN
1/11/1960	Northwestern	L 69–77	3–10 (0–4)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
1/27/1960*	North Dakota	W 92–80	4–10	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
1/30/1960	at Minnesota	L 72–86	4–11 (0–5)	Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN
2/06/1960	Indiana	L 85–97	4–12 (0–6)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
2/08/1960	No. 4 Ohio State	L 69–106	4–13 (0–7)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
2/13/1960	at Indiana	L 71–91	4–14 (0–8)	The Fieldhouse Bloomington, IN
2/15/1960	at Iowa	W 63–58	5–14 (1–8)	Iowa Field House Iowa City, IA
2/20/1960	Illinois	W 75–63	6–14 (2–8)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
2/22/1960	at Michigan	W 88–82 ^OT	7–14 (3–8)	Yost Fieldhouse Ann Arbor, MI
2/27/1960	at No. 2 Ohio State	L 69–93	7–15 (3–9)	St. John Arena Columbus, OH
2/29/1960	at Northwestern	L 59–73	7–16 (3–10)	Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL
3/05/1960	Purdue	W 89–80	8–16 (4–10)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
*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
No. 3 Ohio State	13	–	1	.929	25	–	3	.893
No. 7 Indiana	11	–	3	.786	20	–	4	.833
Illinois	8	–	6	.571	16	–	7	.696
Minnesota	8	–	6	.571	12	–	12	.500
Northwestern	8	–	6	.571	11	–	12	.478
Iowa	6	–	8	.429	14	–	10	.583
Purdue	6	–	8	.429	11	–	12	.478
Michigan State	5	–	9	.357	10	–	11	.476
Wisconsin	4	–	10	.286	8	–	16	.333
Michigan	1	–	13	.071	4	–	20	.167

Rankings from https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/conferences/big-ten/1960.html