1956–57 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team

The 1956–57 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team represented University of Wisconsin–Madison. The head coach was Harold E. Foster, coaching his twentythird 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.

1956–57 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	5–17 (3–11 Big Ten)
Head coach	Harold E. Foster
Home arena	UW Fieldhouse
Seasons ← 1955–56 1957–58 →

1956–57 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Indiana	10	–	4		.714			14	–	8		.636
No. 11 Michigan State	10	–	4		.714			16	–	10		.615
Minnesota	9	–	5		.643			14	–	8		.636
Ohio State	9	–	5		.643			14	–	8		.636
Purdue	8	–	6		.571			15	–	7		.682
Michigan	8	–	6		.571			13	–	9		.591
Illinois	7	–	7		.500			14	–	8		.636
Iowa	4	–	10		.286			8	–	14		.364
Wisconsin	3	–	11		.214			5	–	17		.227
Northwestern	2	–	12		.143			6	–	16		.273
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
12/01/1956*		South Dakota	L 56–58 OT	0–1	UW Fieldhouse  Madison, WI
12/03/1956*		at Butler	L 50–54	0–2	Butler Fieldhouse  Indianapolis, IN
12/08/1956*		Notre Dame	L 55–75	0–3	UW Fieldhouse  Madison, WI
12/10/1956*		at Nebraska	L 51–53	0–4	Nebraska Coliseum  Lincoln, NE
12/15/1956*		Washington U. (MO)	W 41–38	1–4	UW Fieldhouse  Madison, WI
12/20/1956*		at Bradley	L 62–74	1–5	Robertson Memorial Field House  Peoria, IL
12/22/1956*		at No. 1 Kansas	L 62–83	1–6	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
12/29/1956*		Yale	W 64–46	2–6	UW Fieldhouse  Madison, WI
1/05/1957		at Northwestern	L 54–75	2–7 (0–1)	Welsh-Ryan Arena  Evanston, IL
1/07/1957		at Indiana	L 68–79	2–8 (0–2)	The Fieldhouse  Bloomington, IN
1/12/1957		No. 10 Illinois	L 63–79	2–9 (0–3)	UW Fieldhouse  Madison, WI
1/14/1957		at Michigan	L 62–71	2–10 (0–4)	Yost Fieldhouse  Ann Arbor, MI
1/19/1957		Iowa	L 47–70	2–11 (0–5)	UW Fieldhouse  Madison, WI
1/21/1957		Ohio State	L 64–67	2–12 (0–6)	UW Fieldhouse  Madison, WI
2/11/1957		Michigan	W 70–65	3–12 (1–6)	UW Fieldhouse  Madison, WI
2/16/1957		at Ohio State	L 50–63	3–13 (1–7)	St. John Arena  Columbus, OH
2/18/1957		at Minnesota	L 53–85	3–14 (1–8)	Williams Arena  Minneapolis, MN
2/23/1957		No. 11 Indiana	L 74–85	3–15 (1–9)	UW Fieldhouse  Madison, WI
2/25/1957		Michigan State	L 62–78	3–16 (1–10)	UW Fieldhouse  Madison, WI
3/02/1957		at Purdue	L 66–85	3–17 (1–11)	Lambert Fieldhouse  West Lafayette, IN
3/04/1957		Northwestern	W 82–69	4–17 (2–11)	UW Fieldhouse  Madison, WI
3/09/1957		at Iowa	W 60–59	5–17 (3–11)	Iowa Field House  Iowa City, IA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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