1966–67 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team

1966–67 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball
1966–67 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
1966–67 record	13–11 (8–6 Big Ten)
Head coach	John Erickson;
Home arena	UW Fieldhouse
	Seasons ← 1965–66 1967–68 →

The 1966–1967 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team represented University of Wisconsin–Madison in the 1966–67 NCAA Division I men's basketball season as members of the Big Ten Conference. The head coach was John Erickson, coaching his eighth season with the Badgers. The team played their home games at the Wisconsin Field House (commonly known as the UW Fieldhouse) in Madison, Wisconsin. They finished the season 13–11, 8–6 in Big Ten play to finish in fourth place.

Schedule and results[]

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
12/03/1966*	No. 10 Cincinnati	L 70–77 ^OT	0–1	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
12/10/1966*	at Bowling Green	L 69–81	0–2	Anderson Arena Bowling Green, OH
12/13/1966*	Iowa State	W 80–73	1–2	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
12/16/1966*	vs. Fordham Milwaukee Classic	W 67–60	2–2	Milwaukee Arena Milwaukee, WI
12/17/1966*	vs. South Carolina Milwaukee Classic	W 88–84	3–2	Milwaukee Arena Milwaukee, WI
12/19/1966	at Illinois	L 74–87	3–3 (0–1)	Assembly Hall Champaign, IL
12/28/1966*	vs. No. 1 UCLA Los Angeles Classic	L 56–100	3–4	Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena Los Angeles, CA
12/29/1966*	vs. Michigan Los Angeles Classic	L 88–98	3–5	Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena Los Angeles, CA
12/30/1966*	vs. Arizona Los Angeles Classic	W 104–77	4–5	Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena Los Angeles, CA
1/04/1967*	Marquette	L 60–66	4–6	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
1/07/1967	at Purdue	W 79–76	5–6 (1–1)	Lambert Fieldhouse West Lafayette, IN
1/10/1967	Michigan	W 98–90	6–6 (2–1)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
1/25/1967*	South Dakota	W 94–53	7–6	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
1/28/1967	at Michigan State	L 61–68	7–7 (2–2)	Jenison Fieldhouse East Lansing, MI
2/04/1967	Ohio State	L 84–90 ^OT	7–8 (2–3)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
2/11/1967	at Indiana	L 81–93	7–9 (2–4)	New Fieldhouse Bloomington, IN
2/14/1967	Minnesota	W 85–75	8–9 (3–4)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
2/18/1967	at Iowa	W 96–95 ^3OT	9–9 (4–4)	Iowa Field House Iowa City, IA
2/21/1967	Northwestern	W 110–94	10–9 (5–4)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
2/25/1967	Michigan State	W 68–64	11–9 (6–4)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
2/28/1967	at Northwestern	L 82–91	11–10 (6–5)	Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL
3/04/1967	vs. Michigan	W 80–79	12–10 (7–5)	Cobo Hall Detroit, MI
3/07/1967	Iowa	L 87–90 ^OT	12–11 (7–6)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
3/11/1967	Illinois	W 102–92	13–11 (8–6)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. Source^[1]

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
Michigan State	10	–	4	.714	16	–	7	.696
Indiana	10	–	4	.714	18	–	8	.692
Iowa	9	–	5	.643	16	–	8	.667
Wisconsin	8	–	6	.571	15	–	9	.625
Purdue	7	–	7	.500	15	–	9	.625
Northwestern	7	–	7	.500	11	–	11	.500
Ohio State	6	–	8	.429	13	–	11	.542
Illinois	6	–	8	.429	12	–	12	.500
Minnesota	5	–	9	.357	9	–	15	.375
Michigan	2	–	12	.143	8	–	16	.333

Rankings from AP Poll