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1955–56 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record6–16 (4–10 Big Ten)
Head coach
Home arenaUW Fieldhouse
Seasons
1955–56 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 4 Iowa 13 1   .929 20 6   .769
No. 10 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 1955–56 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team represented University of Wisconsin–Madison. The head coach was Harold E. Foster, coaching his twenty-second 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
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site
city, state
Regular Season
12/01/1955*
Butler L 63–67  0–1
UW Fieldhouse 
Madison, Wisconsin
12/05/1955*
at Notre Dame W 70–66  1–1
Notre Dame Fieldhouse 
Notre Dame, Indiana
12/10/1955*
Kansas L 66–74  1–2
UW Fieldhouse 
Madison, Wisconsin
12/12/1955*
Southern Methodist L 62–75  1–3
UW Fieldhouse 
Madison, Wisconsin
12/19/1955*
Nebraska W 71–52  2–3
UW Fieldhouse 
Madison, Wisconsin
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 
Berkeley, California
12/30/1955*
at Stanford L 53–65  2–6
Stanford Pavilion 
Stanford, California
1/02/1956
Purdue L 66–78  2–7 (0–1)
UW Fieldhouse 
Madison, Wisconsin
1/07/1956
No. 13 Indiana L 71–75  2–8 (0–2)
UW Fieldhouse 
Madison, Wisconsin
1/09/1956
at No. 8 Illinois L 77–96  2–9 (0–3)
Huff Hall 
Champaign, Illinois
1/14/1956
at No. 7 Ohio State L 98–100 2OT 2–10 (0–4)
Ohio Expo Center Coliseum 
Columbus, Ohio
1/16/1956
Michigan W 69–58  3–10 (1–4)
UW Fieldhouse 
Madison, Wisconsin
2/04/1956
at Northwestern W 79–55  4–10 (2–4)
Welsh-Ryan Arena 
Evanston, Illinois
2/06/1956
No. 19 Iowa L 74–78  4–11 (2–5)
UW Fieldhouse 
Madison, Wisconsin
2/11/1956
Minnesota L 71–77  4–12 (2–6)
UW Fieldhouse 
Madison, Wisconsin
2/13/1956
at Indiana W 69–67  5–12 (3–6)
The Fieldhouse 
Bloomington, Indiana
2/18/1956
at No. 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, Wisconsin
2/25/1956
at Michigan L 68–78  5–15 (3–9)
Yost Field House 
Ann Arbor, Michigan
2/27/1956
at Michigan State L 82–89  5–16 (3–10)
Jenison Fieldhouse 
East Lansing, Michigan
3/03/1956
Northwestern W 76–70  6–16 (4–10)
UW Fieldhouse 
Madison, Wisconsin
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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References[edit]

  1. ^ "Wisconsin Record Book" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 23, 2014. Retrieved February 10, 2016.

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