1946–47 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team

American college basketball season

1946–47 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball

Big Ten Conference Champions
NCAA Men's Division I Tournament East Regional Third Place, W, 50–49 vs. Navy
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	16–6 (9–3 Big Ten)
Head coach	Harold E. Foster
Home arena	UW Fieldhouse
Seasons← 1945–46 1947–48 →

1946–47 Big Nine Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Wisconsin	9	–	3	.750	16	–	6	.727
Illinois	8	–	4	.667	14	–	6	.700
Indiana	8	–	4	.667	12	–	8	.600
Minnesota	7	–	5	.583	14	–	7	.667
Michigan	6	–	6	.500	12	–	8	.600
Iowa	5	–	7	.417	12	–	7	.632
Ohio State	5	–	7	.417	7	–	13	.350
Purdue	4	–	8	.333	9	–	11	.450
Northwestern	2	–	10	.167	7	–	13	.350

The 1946–47 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team represented University of Wisconsin–Madison. The head coach was Harold E. Foster, coaching his thirteenth season with the Badgers. The team played their home games at the UW Fieldhouse in Madison, Wisconsin and was a member of the Big Nine Conference.

Schedule

Date time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
12/02/1946*	Lawrence (WI)	W 61–43	1–0	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
12/07/1946*	Marquette	W 65–51	2–0	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
12/09/1946*	at Butler	W 60–52	3–0	Butler Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN
12/14/1946*	Notre Dame	W 53–49	4–0	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
12/18/1946*	Oklahoma	L 40–56	4–1	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
12/21/1946*	at Marquette	L 47–55	4–2	Marquette Gymnasium Milwaukee, WI
12/23/1946*	Southern California	W 61–56	5–2	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
1/01/1947	Illinois	W 53–47	6–2 (1–0)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
1/04/1947	at Iowa	W 63–62	7–2 (2–0)	Iowa Field House Iowa City, IA
1/11/1947	Indiana	W 70–49	8–2 (3–0)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
1/20/1947*	at Michigan State	W 58–48	9–2	Jenison Fieldhouse East Lansing, MI
1/25/1947	at Illinois	L 37–63	9–3 (3–1)	Huff Hall Champaign, IL
1/27/1947	Northwestern	W 45–44	10–3 (4–1)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
2/03/1947	Iowa	W 60–53	11–3 (5–1)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
2/08/1947	Minnesota	W 60–51	12–3 (6–1)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
2/10/1947	at Michigan	W 52–51	13–3 (7–1)	Yost Field House Ann Arbor, MI
2/15/1947	vs. Northwestern	W 54–42	14–3 (8–1)	Chicago Stadium Chicago, IL
2/22/1947	Ohio State	L 56–57	14–4 (8–2)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
2/24/1947	at Purdue	W 72–60	15–4 (9–2)	Purdue Fieldhouse West Lafayette, IN
3/01/1947	at Minnesota	L 55–58	15–5 (9–3)	Minnesota Field House Minneapolis, MN
NCAA Tournament
3/20/1947*	vs. City College of New York East Regional - Quarterfinals			Madison Square Garden New York, NY
3/22/1947*	vs. Navy East Regional - Third-place game	W 50–49	16–6	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
*Non-conference game. Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

References

"Wisconsin Record Book" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 23, 2014. Retrieved March 14, 2014.

v t e 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 NBA players 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

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