1911–12 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team

The 1911–12 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team represented University of Wisconsin–Madison. The head coach was Walter Meanwell, coaching his first season with the Badgers. The team played their home games at the Red Gym in Madison, Wisconsin and was a member of the Western Conference. The team finished the season with a 15–0 record and was retroactively named the national champion by the Helms Athletic Foundation and the Premo-Porretta Power Poll.^[1]

1911–12 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball
Helms Foundation National Champions Premo-Porretta National Champions Western Conference Champions
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	15–0 (12–0 Big Ten)
Head coach	Walter Meanwell
Home arena	Red Gym
Seasons ← 1910–11 1912–13 →

1911–12 Western Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Wisconsin	12	–	0		1.000			15	–	0		1.000
Purdue	10	–	0		1.000			12	–	0		1.000
Chicago	7	–	5		.583			12	–	6		.667
Minnesota	6	–	6		.500			7	–	6		.538
Illinois	4	–	8		.333			8	–	8		.500
Indiana	2	–	9		.182			6	–	11		.353
Iowa	0	–	4		.000			6	–	8		.429
Northwestern	0	–	8		.000			4	–	9		.308
Ohio State	0	–	0		–			7	–	5		.583
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
12/09/1911*		Beloit (WI)	W 31–18	1–0	Red Gym  Madison, WI
12/16/1911*		Ripon (WI)	W 54–13	2–0	Red Gym  Madison, WI
12/20/1911*		at Beloit (WI)	W 20–12	3–0	Beloit, WI
1/05/1912		at Iowa	W 38–12	4–0 (1–0)	Iowa Armory  Iowa City, IA
1/06/1912		at Northwestern	W 32–19	5–0 (2–0)	Patten Gymnasium  Evanston, IL
1/13/1912		Illinois	W 27–10	6–0 (3–0)	Red Gym  Madison, WI
1/20/1912		Minnesota	W 22–12	7–0 (4–0)	Red Gym  Madison, WI
1/27/1912		at Chicago	W 18–15	8–0 (5–0)	Bartlett Gymnasium  Chicago, IL
2/12/1912		Iowa	W 30–5	9–0 (6–0)	Red Gym  Madison, WI
2/17/1912		Indiana	W 51–10	10–0 (7–0)	Red Gym  Madison, WI
2/24/1912		Northwestern	W 46–11	11–0 (8–0)	Red Gym  Madison, WI
3/02/1912		Chicago	W 34–24	12–0 (9–0)	Red Gym  Madison, WI
3/09/1912		at Minnesota	W 29–26 ^OT	13–0 (10–0)	Minnesota Armory  Minneapolis, MN
3/15/1912		at Illinois	W 23–15	14–0 (11–0)	Kenney Gym  Urbana, IL
3/16/1912		at Indiana	W 32–21	15–0 (12–0)	Men's Gymnasium  Bloomington, IN
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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References

1. ESPN, ed. (2009). ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. New York, NY: ESPN Books. p. 532. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.
2. (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 23, 2014. Retrieved January 17, 2014.