1953–54 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team

American college basketball season

1953–54 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball

Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	12–10 (6–8 Big Ten)
Head coach	Harold E. Foster
Home arena	UW Fieldhouse
Seasons← 1952–53 1954–55 →

1953–54 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 4 Indiana	12	–	2	.857	20	–	4	.833
No. 13 Iowa	11	–	3	.786	17	–	5	.773
No. 19 Illinois	10	–	4	.714	17	–	5	.773
Minnesota	10	–	4	.714	17	–	5	.773
Wisconsin	6	–	8	.429	12	–	10	.545
Northwestern	6	–	8	.429	9	–	13	.409
Ohio State	5	–	9	.357	11	–	11	.500
Michigan State	4	–	10	.286	9	–	13	.409
Michigan	3	–	11	.214	9	–	13	.409
Purdue	3	–	11	.214	9	–	13	.409

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1953–54 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team represented University of Wisconsin–Madison. The head coach was Harold E. Foster, coaching his twentieth 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	Rank	Opponent	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
12/01/1953*		Butler	W 70–54	1–0	UW Fieldhouse Madison, Wisconsin
12/04/1953*		at Marquette	W 64–56	2–0	Marquette Gymnasium Milwaukee
12/07/1953*		at Loyola (IL)	W 75–54	3–0	Alumni Gym Chicago
12/12/1953*		Missouri	W 64–53	4–0	UW Fieldhouse Madison, Wisconsin
12/14/1953*		Oklahoma	L 65–69	4–1	UW Fieldhouse Madison, Wisconsin
12/19/1953*		at LSU	W 82–66	5–1	John M. Parker Agricultural Coliseum Baton Rouge, Louisiana
12/21/1953*	No. 18	at Tulane	L 55–57	5–2	Tulane Gym New Orleans
12/28/1953*		Denver	W 67–48	6–2	UW Fieldhouse Madison, Wisconsin
1/02/1954		Purdue	W 66–57	7–2 (1–0)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, Wisconsin
1/04/1954		at Indiana	L 67–70	7–3 (1–1)	The Fieldhouse Bloomington, Indiana
1/09/1954		at Iowa	L 54–71	7–4 (1–2)	Iowa Field House Iowa City, IA
1/11/1954		Northwestern	W 64–47	8–4 (2–2)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, Wisconsin
1/16/1954		Indiana	L 74–90	8–5 (2–3)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, Wisconsin
1/18/1954		at Michigan State	W 57–53	9–5 (3–3)	Jenison Fieldhouse East Lansing, Michigan
2/06/1954		at Ohio State	W 79–73	10–5 (4–3)	Ohio Expo Center Coliseum Columbus, Ohio
2/13/1954		Illinois	L 64–70	10–6 (4–4)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, Wisconsin
2/15/1954		Minnesota	L 68–78	10–7 (4–5)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, Wisconsin
2/20/1954		Michigan	W 77–56	11–7 (5–5)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, Wisconsin
2/22/1954		at Illinois	L 64–66	11–8 (5–6)	Huff Hall Champaign, Illinois
2/27/1954		at Purdue	L 66–71	11–9 (5–7)	Lambert Fieldhouse West Lafayette, Indiana
3/01/1954		Michigan State	W 79–56	12–9 (6–7)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, Wisconsin
3/06/1954		at Minnesota	L 73–78	12–10 (6–8)	Williams Arena Minneapolis
*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 January 11, 2016.

External links

Wisconsin Badgers Basketball History Archived 2014-04-06 at the Wayback Machine

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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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