1971–72 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team

The 1971–72 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team represented University of Wisconsin–Madison. The head coach was John Powless, coaching his fourth 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.

1971–72 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	13–11 (6–8 Big Ten)
Head coach	John Powless
Home arena	UW Fieldhouse
Seasons ← 1970–71 1972–73 →

1971–72 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 11 Minnesota	11	–	3		.786			17	–	6		.739
No. 19 Ohio State	10	–	4		.714			18	–	6		.750
No. 17 Indiana	9	–	5		.643			17	–	8		.680
Michigan	9	–	5		.643			14	–	10		.583
Michigan State	6	–	8		.429			13	–	11		.542
Wisconsin	6	–	8		.429			13	–	11		.542
Purdue	6	–	8		.429			12	–	12		.500
Illinois	5	–	9		.357			14	–	10		.583
Iowa	5	–	9		.357			11	–	13		.458
Northwestern	3	–	11		.214			5	–	18		.217
Rankings from AP Poll

Roster

1971–72 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown	Head coach John Powless Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on   Injured   Current redshirt

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
12/01/1971*		Michigan Tech	W 107–74	1–0	UW Fieldhouse  Madison, WI
12/04/1971*		at Tulane	L 70–72	1–1	Devlin Fieldhouse  New Orleans, LA
12/06/1971*		at Loyola (LA)	W 67–66	2–1	University Sports Complex  New Orleans, LA
12/08/1971*		DePauw	W 92–69	3–1	UW Fieldhouse  Madison, WI
12/11/1971*		Northern Michigan	W 104–65	4–1	UW Fieldhouse  Madison, WI
12/13/1971*		Florida Tech	W 90–58	5–1	UW Fieldhouse  Madison, WI
12/18/1971*		Pittsburgh	W 80–63	6–1	UW Fieldhouse  Madison, WI
12/27/1971*		vs. No. 20 Marshall Milwaukee Classic	L 83–85	6–2	Milwaukee Arena  Milwaukee, WI
12/28/1971*		vs. Georgetown Milwaukee Classic	W 82–62	7–2	Milwaukee Arena  Milwaukee, WI
1/03/1972*		at No. 2 Marquette	L 60–72	7–3	Marquette Gymnasium  Milwaukee, WI
1/08/1972		Iowa	W 81–80	8–3 (1–0)	UW Fieldhouse  Madison, WI
1/11/1972		at Michigan State	L 76–83	8–4 (1–1)	Jenison Fieldhouse  East Lansing, MI
1/15/1972		at No. 17 Indiana	W 66–64 ^OT	9–4 (2–1)	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, IN
1/18/1972		No. 17 Minnesota	L 59–65	9–5 (2–2)	UW Fieldhouse  Madison, WI
2/05/1972		at No. 9 Ohio State	L 69–79	9–6 (2–3)	St. John Arena  Columbus, OH
2/12/1972		Indiana	L 76–84 ^OT	9–7 (2–4)	UW Fieldhouse  Madison, WI
2/15/1972		at Purdue	W 84–65	10–7 (3–4)	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, IN
2/19/1972		at Minnesota	L 73–76	10–8 (3–5)	Williams Arena  Minneapolis, MN
2/22/1972		Purdue	W 66–60	11–8 (4–5)	UW Fieldhouse  Madison, WI
2/26/1972		at Illinois	L 86–91	11–9 (4–6)	Assembly Hall  Champaign, IL
2/29/1972		Michigan State	W 101–74	12–9 (5–6)	UW Fieldhouse  Madison, WI
3/04/1972		Northwestern	L 82–90	12–10 (5–7)	UW Fieldhouse  Madison, WI
3/07/1972		at Michigan	L 70–93	12–11 (5–8)	Crisler Arena  Ann Arbor, MI
3/11/1972		Illinois	W 97–84	13–11 (6–8)	UW Fieldhouse  Madison, WI
*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 9, 2016.

External links

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