1972–73 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team

1972–73 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball
1972–73 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
1972–73 record	11–13 (5–9 Big Ten)
Head coach	John Powless;
Home arena	UW Fieldhouse
	Seasons ← 1971–72 1973–74 →

The 1972–1973 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team represented University of Wisconsin–Madison. The head coach was John Powless, coaching his fifth 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
11/25/1972*	at No. 1 UCLA	L 53–94	0–1	Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA
12/02/1972*	SIU-Edwardsville	W 100–74	1–1	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
12/04/1972*	at No. 12 Oral Roberts	L 76–90	1–2	Mabee Center Tulsa, OK
12/09/1972*	South Dakota	W 87–63	2–2	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
12/19/1972*	West Virginia	W 77–59	3–2	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
12/29/1972*	vs. Yale Milwaukee Classic	W 90–64	4–2	Milwaukee Arena Milwaukee, WI
12/30/1972*	vs. No. 3 Marquette Milwaukee Classic	L 73–75 ^2OT	4–3	Milwaukee Arena Milwaukee, WI
1/03/1973*	at Pittsburgh	W 72–70	5–3	Fitzgerald Field House Pittsburgh, PA
1/06/1973	No. 20 Indiana	L 64–78	5–4 (0–1)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
1/08/1973	at Illinois	L 74–76	5–5 (0–2)	Assembly Hall Champaign, IL
1/13/1973	at No. 8 Minnesota	L 54–78	5–6 (0–3)	Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN
1/20/1973	Michigan State	W 93–80	6–6 (1–3)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
1/22/1973	at No. 20 Purdue	L 59–66	6–7 (1–4)	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
1/27/1973	at Northwestern	L 73–74	6–8 (1–5)	Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL
1/29/1973	No. 9 Minnesota	L 64–81	6–9 (1–6)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
2/03/1973	Ohio State	W 84–76	7–9 (2–6)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
2/06/1973*	No. 7 Marquette	L 58–64	7–10	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
2/10/1973	Illinois	W 99–88	8–10 (3–6)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
2/17/1973	at Iowa	L 76–100	8–11 (3–7)	Iowa Field House Iowa City, IA
2/20/1973*	at Ohio	W 82–68	9–11	Convocation Center Athens, OH
2/24/1973	at No. 10 Indiana	L 55–57	9–12 (3–8)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
2/26/1973	No. 20 Purdue	W 71–63	10–12 (4–8)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
3/03/1973	Michigan	W 94–79	11–12 (5–8)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
3/10/1973	at Michigan State	L 78–79 ^OT	11–13 (5–9)	Jenison Fieldhouse East Lansing, MI
*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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Rivalries	Marquette
Culture & lore	Bucky Badger "On, Wisconsin!" Grateful Red
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
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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. 6 Indiana	11	–	3	.786	22	–	6	.786
No. 10 Minnesota	10	–	4	.714	21	–	5	.808
Purdue	8	–	6	.571	15	–	9	.625
Illinois	8	–	6	.571	14	–	10	.583
Ohio State	8	–	6	.571	14	–	10	.583
Iowa	6	–	8	.429	13	–	11	.542
Michigan	6	–	8	.429	13	–	11	.542
Michigan State	6	–	8	.429	13	–	11	.542
Wisconsin	5	–	9	.357	11	–	13	.458
Northwestern	2	–	12	.143	5	–	19	.208

Rankings from AP Poll