1955–56 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team

1955–56 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball

Conference	Big Ten Conference
1955–56 record	6–16 (4–10 Big Ten)
Head coach	Harold E. Foster
Home arena	UW Fieldhouse

1955–56 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#4 Iowa	13	–	1	.929	20	–	6	.769
#7 Illinois	11	–	3	.786	18	–	4	.818
Ohio State	9	–	5	.643	16	–	6	.727
Purdue	9	–	5	.643	16	–	6	.727
Michigan State	7	–	7	.500	13	–	9	.591
Indiana	6	–	8	.429	13	–	9	.591
Minnesota	6	–	8	.429	11	–	11	.500
Michigan	4	–	10	.286	9	–	13	.409
Wisconsin	4	–	10	.286	6	–	16	.273
Northwestern	1	–	13	.071	2	–	20	.091

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1955–1956 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team represented University of Wisconsin–Madison. The head coach was Harold E. Foster, coaching his twentysecond 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	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site City, State
Regular Season
12/01/1955*	Butler	L 63–67	0–1	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
12/05/1955*	at Notre Dame	W 70–66	1–1	Notre Dame Fieldhouse Notre Dame, IN
12/10/1955*	Kansas	L 66–74	1–2	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
12/12/1955*	Southern Methodist	L 62–75	1–3	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
12/19/1955*	Nebraska	W 71–52	2–3	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
12/28/1955*	at Washington	L 53–54	2–4	Hec Edmundson Pavilion Seattle, WA
12/29/1955*	at California	L 55–62	2–5	Men's Gym Berkley, CA
12/30/1955*	at Stanford	L 53–65	2–6	Stanford Pavilion Stanford, CA
1/02/1956	Purdue	L 66–78	2–7 (0–1)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
1/07/1956	#13 Indiana	L 71–75	2–8 (0–2)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
1/09/1956	at #8 Illinois	L 77–96	2–9 (0–3)	Huff Hall Champaign, IL
1/14/1956	at #7 Ohio State	L 98–100 ^2OT	2–10 (0–4)	Ohio Expo Center Coliseum Columbus, OH
1/16/1956	Michigan	W 69–58	3–10 (1–4)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
2/04/1956	at Northwestern	W 79–55	4–10 (2–4)	Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL
2/06/1956	#19 Iowa	L 74–78	4–11 (2–5)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
2/11/1956	Minnesota	L 71–77	4–12 (2–6)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
2/13/1956	at Indiana	W 69–67	5–12 (3–6)	The Fieldhouse Bloomington, IN
2/18/1956	at #15 Iowa	L 66–80	5–13 (3–7)	Iowa Field House Iowa City, IA
2/20/1956	Ohio State	L 71–79	5–14 (3–8)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
2/25/1956	at Michigan	L 68–78	5–15 (3–9)	Yost Fieldhouse Ann Arbor, MI
2/27/1956	at Michigan State	L 82–89	5–16 (3–10)	Jenison Fieldhouse East Lansing, MI
3/03/1956	Northwestern	W 76–70	6–16 (4–10)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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References

↑ Wisconsin Record Book

External links

Wisconsin Badgers Basketball History

Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball

Venues	Red Gym (1904–1930) Wisconsin Field House (1930–1998) Kohl Center (1998–present)

Culture & lore	History Bucky Badger "On, Wisconsin!" Grateful Red

People	Head coaches All-Americans

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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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