1943–44 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team

American college basketball season

1943–44 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball

Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	12–9 (9–3 Big Ten)
Head coach	Harold E. Foster
Home arena	UW Fieldhouse
Seasons ← 1942–43 1944–45 →

1943–44 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Ohio State	10	–	2	.833	14	–	7	.667
Iowa	9	–	3	.750	14	–	4	.778
Wisconsin	9	–	3	.750	12	–	9	.571
Northwestern	8	–	4	.667	12	–	7	.632
Purdue	8	–	4	.667	11	–	10	.524
Illinois	5	–	7	.417	11	–	9	.550
Michigan	5	–	7	.417	8	–	10	.444
Minnesota	2	–	10	.167	7	–	14	.333
Indiana	2	–	10	.167	7	–	15	.318
Chicago	0	–	8	.000	1	–	19	.050

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1943–44 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team represented University of Wisconsin–Madison. The head coach was Harold E. Foster, coaching his tenth 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

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
11/29/1943*	DePauw Pre-Flight	W 28–25	1–0	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
12/04/1943*	Marquette	L 43–51	1–1	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
12/11/1943*	at Notre Dame	L 31–41	1–2	Notre Dame Fieldhouse Notre Dame, IN
12/13/1943*	Camp Grant (IL)	L 40–51	1–3	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
12/18/1943*	at Marquette	W 40–37	2–3	Marquette Gymnasium Milwaukee, WI
12/31/1943*	vs. Notre Dame	W 47–45	3–3	Marquette Gymnasium Milwaukee, WI
1/03/1944	Illinois	L 43–45 ^OT	3–4 (0–1)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
1/07/1944	at Illinois	W 43–38	4–4 (1–1)	Huff Hall Champaign, IL
1/08/1944	vs. Northwestern	L 38–60	4–5 (1–2)	Chicago Stadium Chicago, IL
1/14/1944	Michigan	W 50–41	5–5 (2–2)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
1/15/1944	Michigan	W 42–31	6–5 (3–2)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
1/29/1944	at Minnesota	W 49–30	7–5 (4–2)	Minnesota Field House Minneapolis, MN
2/04/1944	Northwestern	W 50–47 ^2OT	8–5 (5–2)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
2/07/1944*	Great Lakes (IL)	L 40–63	8–6	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
2/11/1944	at Indiana	W 62–43	9–6 (6–2)	IU Fieldhouse Bloomington, IN
2/12/1944	at Indiana	W 52–31	10–6 (7–2)	IU Fieldhouse Bloomington, IN
2/19/1944	Purdue	L 50–52 ^OT	10–7 (7–3)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
2/25/1944	Minnesota	W 50–33	11–7 (8–3)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
3/03/1944*	vs. DePaul	L 35–48	11–8	Chicago Stadium Chicago, IL
3/04/1944	at Chicago	W 74–46	12–8 (9–3)	Henry Crown Field House Chicago, IL
3/05/1944*	at Great Lakes (IL)	L 47–63	12–9	Waukegan, IL
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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References

^ "Wisconsin Record Book" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 23, 2014. Retrieved March 13, 2014.

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