1958–59 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team

1958–59 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball
1958–59 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	3–19 (1–13 Big Ten)
Head coach	Harold E. Foster;
Home arena	UW Fieldhouse
	Seasons ← 1957–58 1959–60 →

1958–59 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 7 Michigan State	12	–	2	.857	19	–	4	.826
Northwestern	8	–	6	.571	15	–	7	.682
Michigan	8	–	6	.571	15	–	7	.682
Purdue	8	–	6	.571	15	–	7	.682
Illinois	7	–	7	.500	12	–	10	.545
Indiana	7	–	7	.500	11	–	11	.500
Ohio State	7	–	7	.500	11	–	11	.500
Iowa	7	–	7	.500	10	–	12	.455
Minnesota	5	–	9	.357	8	–	14	.364
Wisconsin	1	–	13	.071	3	–	19	.136

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1958–59 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team represented University of Wisconsin–Madison. The head coach was Harold E. Foster, coaching his twentyfifth 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[edit]

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
12/02/1958*	Marquette	L 47–76	0–1	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
12/06/1958*	at Rice	L 37–78	0–2	Tudor Fieldhouse Houston, TX
12/08/1958*	at Southern Methodist	L 63–81	0–3	Moody Coliseum University Park, TX
12/13/1958*	Notre Dame	W 56–54	1–3	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
12/15/1958*	Missouri	W 68–60	2–3	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
12/19/1958*	Washington	L 48–62	2–4	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
12/20/1958*	vs. California	L 53–68	2–5	Iowa Field House Iowa City, IA
12/30/1958*	at Butler	L 55–69	2–6	Butler Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN
1/03/1959	at Minnesota	L 66–79	2–7 (0–1)	Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN
1/05/1959	Illinois	L 51–77	2–8 (0–2)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
1/10/1959	at Purdue	L 61–84	2–9 (0–3)	Lambert Fieldhouse West Lafayette, IN
1/12/1959	Michigan	L 74–84	2–10 (0–4)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
2/02/1959	No. 7 Michigan State	L 57–88	2–11 (0–5)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
2/07/1959	at Ohio State	L 72–78	2–12 (0–6)	St. John Arena Columbus, OH
2/09/1959	Purdue	W 91–86	3–12 (1–6)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
2/14/1959	Iowa	L 84–94	3–13 (1–7)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
2/16/1959	at Illinois	L 54–93	3–14 (1–8)	Huff Hall Champaign, IL
2/21/1959	Minnesota	L 50–69	3–15 (1–9)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
2/23/1959	at Michigan	L 63–87	3–16 (1–10)	Yost Fieldhouse Ann Arbor, MI
2/28/1959	Northwestern	L 82–86	3–17 (1–11)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
3/02/1959	at No. 6 Michigan State	L 73–93	3–18 (1–12)	Jenison Fieldhouse East Lansing, MI
3/07/1959	at Indiana	L 71–97	3–19 (1–13)	The Fieldhouse Bloomington, IN
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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References[edit]

^ "Wisconsin Record Book" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 23, 2014. Retrieved February 16, 2016.

External links[edit]

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

[1] "Wisconsin Record Book" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 23, 2014. Retrieved February 16, 2016.

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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
Helms and Premo-Porretta national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearance in italics; NCAA championships in bolded italics