1968–69 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team

1968–69 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball
1968–69 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	11–13 (5–9 Big Ten)
Head coach	John Powless;
Home arena	UW Fieldhouse
	Seasons ← 1967–68 1969–70 →

1968–69 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 6 Purdue	13	–	1	.929	23	–	5	.821
No. 20 Illinois	9	–	5	.643	19	–	5	.792
Ohio State	9	–	5	.643	17	–	7	.708
Michigan	7	–	7	.500	13	–	11	.542
Northwestern	6	–	8	.429	14	–	10	.583
Minnesota	6	–	8	.429	12	–	12	.500
Michigan State	6	–	8	.429	11	–	12	.478
Iowa	5	–	9	.357	12	–	12	.500
Wisconsin	5	–	9	.357	11	–	13	.458
Indiana	4	–	10	.286	9	–	15	.375

Rankings from AP Poll^[1]

The 1968–1969 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team represented University of Wisconsin–Madison. The head coach was John Powless, who coached his first 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.

Roster

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	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
11/30/1968*	at Nebraska	L 55–68	0–1	Nebraska Coliseum Lincoln, NE
12/03/1968*	No. 4 Kansas	W 67–62	1–1	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
12/07/1968*	North Dakota	W 94–48	2–1	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
12/11/1968*	at No. 7 Notre Dame	L 56–57	2–2	Athletic & Convocation Center Notre Dame, IN
12/14/1968*	Northern Illinois	W 69–67	3–2	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
12/21/1968*	at Florida	L 66–71	3–3	Florida Gymnasium Gainesville, FL
12/27/1968*	vs. Ohio Milwaukee Classic	W 74–68	4–3	Milwaukee Arena Milwaukee, WI
12/28/1968*	vs. Marquette Milwaukee Classic	L 56–59	4–4	Milwaukee Arena Milwaukee, WI
12/31/1968*	vs. No. 3 Kentucky	W 69–65	5–4	Chicago Stadium Chicago, IL
1/04/1969	Purdue	L 80–86	5–5 (0–1)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
1/07/1969	at Michigan State	L 67–77	5–6 (0–2)	Jenison Fieldhouse East Lansing, MI
1/11/1969	at No. 16 Ohio State	L 69–84	5–7 (0–3)	St. John Arena Columbus, OH
1/14/1969	Minnesota	W 68–61	6–7 (1–3)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
1/28/1969*	No. 16 Marquette	W 56–50	7–7	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
2/01/1969	at No. 7 Illinois	L 73–86	7–8 (1–4)	Assembly Hall Champaign, IL
2/04/1969	Indiana	L 63–65	7–9 (1–5)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
2/08/1969	No. 12 Ohio State	W 77–73	8–9 (2–5)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
2/11/1969	at Minnesota	W 69–63	9–9 (3–5)	Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN
2/15/1969	at No. 8 Purdue	L 69–87	9–10 (3–6)	Purdue Arena West Lafayette, IN
2/22/1969	Michigan State	W 76–64	10–10 (4–6)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
2/25/1969	at Indiana	L 84–101	10–11 (4–7)	New Fieldhouse Bloomington, IN
3/01/1969	at Michigan	L 79–84	10–12 (4–8)	University Events Building Ann Arbor, MI
3/04/1969	Northwestern	L 70–72	10–13 (4–9)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
3/08/1969	Iowa	W 84–74	11–13 (5–9)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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References

External links

Wisconsin Badgers Basketball History

[1] sports-reference.com 1968-69 Big Ten Conference Season Summary

[2] Wisconsin Record Book

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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
Seasons	List of seasons 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Helms and Premo-Porretta national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearance in italics; NCAA championships in bolded italics