1949–50 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team

1949–50 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball
1949–50 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
AP	No. 16
Record	17–5 (9–3 Big Ten)
Head coach	Harold E. Foster;
Home arena	UW Fieldhouse
	Seasons ← 1948–49 1950–51 →

1949–50 Big Nine Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 2 Ohio State	11	–	1	.917	22	–	4	.846
No. 16 Wisconsin	9	–	3	.750	17	–	5	.773
No. 20 Indiana	7	–	5	.583	17	–	5	.773
Illinois	7	–	5	.583	14	–	8	.636
Iowa	6	–	6	.500	15	–	7	.682
Minnesota	4	–	8	.333	13	–	9	.591
Michigan	4	–	8	.333	11	–	11	.500
Northwestern	3	–	9	.250	10	–	12	.455
Purdue	3	–	9	.250	9	–	13	.409

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1949–50 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team represented University of Wisconsin–Madison. The head coach was Harold E. Foster, coaching his sixteenth 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
12/03/1949*		Marquette	W 63–48	1–0	UW Fieldhouse Madison, Wisconsin
12/06/1949*		Kansas State	W 56–48	2–0	UW Fieldhouse Madison, Wisconsin
12/08/1949*		Oregon State	L 36–49	2–1	UW Fieldhouse Madison, Wisconsin
12/10/1949*		at Loyola (IL)	W 68–55	3–1	Alumni Gym Chicago
12/13/1949*		Motre Dame	W 56–48	4–1	UW Fieldhouse Madison, Wisconsin
12/17/1949*		at Marquette	W 62–45	5–1	Marquette Gymnasium Milwaukee
12/20/1949*		at Missouri	L 48–50	5–2	Brewer Fieldhouse Columbia, Missouri
12/28/1949*		vs. Rutgers	W 68–55	6–2	Iowa Field House Iowa City, IA
12/30/1949*		UCLA	W 54–52	7–2	UW Fieldhouse Madison, Wisconsin
1/02/1950		Illinois	W 59–50	8–2 (1–0)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, Wisconsin
1/07/1950	No. 15	at Indiana	L 59–61	8–3 (1–1)	IU Fieldhouse Bloomington, Indiana
1/14/1950		Michigan	W 53–41	9–3 (2–1)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, Wisconsin
1/16/1950		Minnesota	W 57–54	10–3 (3–1)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, Wisconsin
2/04/1950	No. 17	at Ohio State	L 47–61	10–4 (3–2)	Ohio Expo Center Coliseum Columbus, Ohio
2/06/1950*		at Michigan State	W 66–47	11–4	Jenison Fieldhouse East Lansing, Michigan
2/11/1950		vs. Northwestern	W 66–59	12–4 (4–2)	Chicago Stadium Chicago
2/13/1950		at Iowa	W 66–62 ^OT	13–4 (5–2)	Iowa Field House Iowa City, IA
2/18/1950		Iowa	W 53–44	14–4 (6–2)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, Wisconsin
2/20/1950		Purdue	W 56–45	15–4 (7–2)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, Wisconsin
2/25/1950		at Illinois	L 58–76	15–5 (7–3)	Huff Hall Champaign, Illinois
2/27/1950		Northwestern	W 67–53	16–5 (8–3)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, Wisconsin
3/04/1950		at Minnesota	W 60–54	17–5 (9–3)	Minnesota Field House Minneapolis
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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Rankings

References

^ "Wisconsin Record Book" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 23, 2014. Retrieved March 28, 2014.

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[1] "Wisconsin Record Book" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 23, 2014. Retrieved March 28, 2014.

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v t e Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball
Venues	Red Gym (1904–1930) Wisconsin Field House (1930–1998) Kohl Center (1998–present)
Rivalries	Marquette
Culture & lore	Bucky Badger "On, Wisconsin!" Grateful Red
People	Head coaches NBA players Statistical leaders
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Helms and Premo-Porretta national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearance in italics; NCAA championships in bolded italics