1965–66 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team

The 1965–66 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team represented University of Wisconsin–Madison. The head coach was John Erickson, coaching his seventh 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.

1965–66 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	11–13 (6–8 Big Ten)
Head coach	John Erickson
Home arena	UW Fieldhouse
Seasons ← 1964–65 1966–67 →

1965–66 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 9 Michigan	11	–	3		.786			18	–	8		.692
Michigan State	10	–	4		.714			15	–	7		.682
Iowa	8	–	6		.571			17	–	7		.708
Illinois	8	–	6		.571			12	–	12		.500
Minnesota	7	–	7		.500			14	–	10		.583
Northwestern	7	–	7		.500			12	–	12		.500
Wisconsin	6	–	8		.429			11	–	13		.458
Ohio State	5	–	9		.357			11	–	13		.458
Indiana	4	–	10		.286			8	–	16		.333
Purdue	4	–	10		.286			8	–	16		.333
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
12/01/1965*		Nebraska	L 88–101	0–1	UW Fieldhouse  Madison, WI
12/04/1965*		Notre Dame	W 97–79	1–1	UW Fieldhouse  Madison, WI
12/11/1965*		at Houston	L 57–82	1–2	Delmar Fieldhouse  Houston, TX
12/14/1965		Illinois	L 70–90	1–3 (0–1)	UW Fieldhouse  Madison, WI
12/17/1965*		vs. Washington Milwaukee Classic	L 67–81	1–4	Milwaukee Arena  Milwaukee, WI
12/18/1965*		vs. West Virginia Milwaukee Classic	L 93–101	1–5	Milwaukee Arena  Milwaukee, WI
12/20/1965*		Montana	W 76–72	2–5	UW Fieldhouse  Madison, WI
12/22/1965*		at Cincinnati	L 74–87	2–6	Armory Fieldhouse  Cincinnati, OH
12/29/1965*		Pennsylvania	W 84–70	3–6	UW Fieldhouse  Madison, WI
1/03/1966*		at Marquette	W 73–72	4–6	Marquette Gymnasium  Milwaukee, WI
1/08/1966		No. 7 Iowa	W 69–68	5–6 (1–1)	UW Fieldhouse  Madison, WI
1/11/1966		at Illinois	L 64–80	5–7 (1–2)	Assembly Hall  Champaign, IL
1/27/1966*		Hardin–Simmons	W 83–63	6–7	UW Fieldhouse  Madison, WI
1/29/1966		Michigan	L 67–69	6–8 (1–3)	UW Fieldhouse  Madison, WI
1/31/1966		at Ohio State	L 81–87 OT	6–9 (1–4)	St. John Arena  Columbus, OH
2/05/1966		at Michigan State	L 65–79	6–10 (1–5)	Jenison Fieldhouse  East Lansing, MI
2/07/1966		Indiana	W 79–78	7–10 (2–5)	UW Fieldhouse  Madison, WI
2/12/1966		at No. 10 Michigan	L 102–120	7–11 (2–6)	Yost Field House  Ann Arbor, MI
2/19/1966		Michigan State	W 78–77	8–11 (3–6)	UW Fieldhouse  Madison, WI
2/21/1966		at Northwestern	L 65–76	8–12 (3–7)	Welsh-Ryan Arena  Evanston, IL
2/26/1966		at Iowa	L 70–80	8–13 (3–8)	Iowa Field House  Iowa City, IA
2/28/1966		Northwestern	W 90–62	9–13 (4–8)	UW Fieldhouse  Madison, WI
3/05/1966		Purdue	W 69–68	10–13 (5–8)	UW Fieldhouse  Madison, WI
3/07/1966		at Minnesota	W 87–74	11–13 (6–8)	Williams Arena  Minneapolis, MN
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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References

1. "Wisconsin Record Book" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 23, 2014. Retrieved February 24, 2016.

External links

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