1960–61 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team

1960–61 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball
1960–61 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
1960–61 record	7–17 (4–10 Big Ten)
Head coach	John Erickson;
Home arena	UW Fieldhouse
	Seasons ← 1959–60 1961–62 →

The 1960–1961 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team represented University of Wisconsin–Madison. The head coach was John Erickson, coaching his 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
12/01/1960*	at Butler	L 58–73	0–1	Butler Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN
12/03/1960*	Air Force	W 80–67	1–1	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
12/05/1960*	at Iowa State	L 76–88	1–2	Iowa State Armory Ames, IA
12/10/1960*	Marquette	W 55–51	2–2	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
12/17/1960*	at No. 2 Bradley	L 66–88	2–3	Robertson Memorial Field House Peoria, IL
12/20/1960*	Nevada	W 89–56	3–3	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
12/28/1960*	vs. Oregon State Far West Classic	L 54–56	3–4	Memorial Coliseum Portland, OR
12/29/1960*	vs. Portland Far West Classic	L 71–79 ^OT	3–5	Memorial Coliseum Portland, OR
12/30/1960*	vs. Washington State Far West Classic	L 72–78	3–6	Memorial Coliseum Portland, OR
1/07/1961	at Michigan State	W 74–71	4–6 (1–0)	Jenison Fieldhouse East Lansing, MI
1/09/1961	No. 6 Iowa	L 68–76	4–7 (1–1)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
1/28/1961*	at Loyola (IL)	L 79–87	4–8	Alumni Gym Chicago, IL
1/30/1961	No. 1 Ohio State	L 68–100	4–9 (1–2)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
2/04/1961	at Purdue	L 58–69	4–10 (1–3)	Lambert Fieldhouse West Lafayette, IN
2/06/1961	at Illinois	L 73–77	4–11 (1–4)	Huff Hall Champaign, IL
2/11/1961	at Northwestern	L 52–54	4–12 (1–5)	Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL
2/13/1961	at No. 9 Iowa	L 61–63	4–13 (1–6)	Iowa Field House Iowa City, IA
2/18/1961	Indiana	L 84–98	4–14 (1–7)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
2/20/1961	Minnesota	W 83–75	5–14 (2–7)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
2/25/1961	at No. 1 Ohio State	L 74–97	5–15 (2–8)	St. John Arena Columbus, OH
2/27/1961	Michigan	W 76–68	6–15 (3–8)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
3/04/1961	Northwestern	W 75–61	7–15 (4–8)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
3/06/1961	at Indiana	L 69–80	7–16 (4–9)	New Fieldhouse Bloomington, IN
3/11/1961	Purdue	L 81–88	7–17 (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. 1 Ohio State	14	–	0	1.000	27	–	1	.964
No. 8 Iowa	10	–	4	.714	18	–	6	.750
Purdue	10	–	4	.714	16	–	7	.696
Indiana	8	–	6	.571	15	–	9	.625
Minnesota	8	–	6	.571	10	–	13	.435
Northwestern	6	–	8	.429	10	–	12	.455
Illinois	5	–	9	.357	9	–	15	.375
Wisconsin	4	–	10	.286	7	–	17	.292
Michigan State	3	–	11	.214	7	–	17	.292
Michigan	2	–	12	.143	6	–	18	.250

Rankings from https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/conferences/big-ten/1961.html