1946–47 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team

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.

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
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	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 ^OT	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.

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References

1. (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 23, 2014. Retrieved March 14, 2014.