1961–62 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team

The 1961–62 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team represented University of Wisconsin–Madison. The head coach was John Erickson, coaching his third 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.

1961–62 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	17–7 (10–4 Big Ten)
Head coach	John Erickson
Home arena	UW Fieldhouse
Seasons ← 1960–61 1962–63 →

1961–62 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 1 Ohio State	13	–	1		.929			26	–	2		.929
Wisconsin	10	–	4		.714			17	–	7		.708
Purdue	9	–	5		.643			17	–	7		.708
Illinois	7	–	7		.500			15	–	8		.652
Indiana	7	–	7		.500			13	–	11		.542
Iowa	7	–	7		.500			13	–	11		.542
Minnesota	6	–	8		.429			10	–	14		.417
Michigan	5	–	9		.357			7	–	17		.292
Michigan State	3	–	11		.214			8	–	14		.364
Northwestern	3	–	11		.214			8	–	15		.348
Rankings from AP Poll[1]

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
12/02/1961*		South Dakota	W 99–63	1–0	UW Fieldhouse  Madison, WI
12/04/1961*		Florida State	W 64–63	2–0	UW Fieldhouse  Madison, WI
12/09/1961*		Cincinnati	L 67–86	2–1	UW Fieldhouse  Madison, WI
12/11/1961*		Washington U. (MO)	W 91–63	3–1	UW Fieldhouse  Madison, WI
12/16/1961*		Pacific	W 92–68	4–1	UW Fieldhouse  Madison, WI
12/20/1961*		at Marquette	L 75–92	4–2	Marquette Gymnasium  Milwaukee, WI
12/26/1961*		vs. Providence ECAC Holiday Festival	W 95–84	5–2	Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
12/28/1961*		vs. Dayton ECAC Holiday Festival	W 105–93	6–2	Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
12/30/1961*		vs. No. 2 Cincinnati ECAC Holiday Festival	L 71–101	6–3	Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
1/06/1962		Iowa	W 91–79	7–3 (1–0)	UW Fieldhouse  Madison, WI
1/08/1962		at Michigan State	W 83–78	8–3 (2–0)	Jenison Fieldhouse  East Lansing, MI
1/23/1962*		North Dakota State	W 102–50	9–3	UW Fieldhouse  Madison, WI
1/27/1962		Purdue	W 89–86	10–3 (3–0)	UW Fieldhouse  Madison, WI
1/29/1962		at Illinois	W 85–81	11–3 (4–0)	Huff Hall  Champaign, IL
2/03/1962		at Minnesota	W 94–88	12–3 (5–0)	Williams Arena  Minneapolis, MN
2/05/1962		Michigan	L 74–81	12–4 (5–1)	UW Fieldhouse  Madison, WI
2/10/1962		Michigan State	W 77–72	13–4 (6–1)	UW Fieldhouse  Madison, WI
2/12/1962		at Indiana	W 105–94	14–4 (7–1)	New Fieldhouse  Bloomington, IN
2/17/1962		at Michigan	L 65–84	14–5 (7–2)	Yost Field House  Ann Arbor, MI
2/19/1962		Illinois	W 103–101	15–5 (8–2)	UW Fieldhouse  Madison, WI
2/24/1962		at Northwestern	W 65–64	16–5 (9–2)	Welsh-Ryan Arena  Evanston, IL
2/26/1962		Minnesota	L 90–92	16–6 (9–3)	UW Fieldhouse  Madison, WI
3/03/1962		No. 1 Ohio State	W 86–67	17–6 (10–3)	UW Fieldhouse  Madison, WI
3/10/1962		at Iowa	L 64–81	17–7 (10–4)	Iowa Field House  Iowa City, IA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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