1958–59 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team

The 1958–59 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team represented University of Wisconsin–Madison. The head coach was Harold E. Foster, coaching his twentyfifth 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.

1958–59 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	3–19 (1–13 Big Ten)
Head coach	Harold E. Foster
Home arena	UW Fieldhouse
Seasons ← 1957–58 1959–60 →

1958–59 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 7 Michigan State	12	–	2		.857			19	–	4		.826
Northwestern	8	–	6		.571			15	–	7		.682
Michigan	8	–	6		.571			15	–	7		.682
Purdue	8	–	6		.571			15	–	7		.682
Illinois	7	–	7		.500			12	–	10		.545
Indiana	7	–	7		.500			11	–	11		.500
Ohio State	7	–	7		.500			11	–	11		.500
Iowa	7	–	7		.500			10	–	12		.455
Minnesota	5	–	9		.357			8	–	14		.364
Wisconsin	1	–	13		.071			3	–	19		.136
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
12/02/1958*		Marquette	L 47–76	0–1	UW Fieldhouse  Madison, WI
12/06/1958*		at Rice	L 37–78	0–2	Tudor Fieldhouse  Houston, TX
12/08/1958*		at Southern Methodist	L 63–81	0–3	Moody Coliseum  University Park, TX
12/13/1958*		Notre Dame	W 56–54	1–3	UW Fieldhouse  Madison, WI
12/15/1958*		Missouri	W 68–60	2–3	UW Fieldhouse  Madison, WI
12/19/1958*		Washington	L 48–62	2–4	UW Fieldhouse  Madison, WI
12/20/1958*		vs. California	L 53–68	2–5	Iowa Field House  Iowa City, IA
12/30/1958*		at Butler	L 55–69	2–6	Butler Fieldhouse  Indianapolis, IN
1/03/1959		at Minnesota	L 66–79	2–7 (0–1)	Williams Arena  Minneapolis, MN
1/05/1959		Illinois	L 51–77	2–8 (0–2)	UW Fieldhouse  Madison, WI
1/10/1959		at Purdue	L 61–84	2–9 (0–3)	Lambert Fieldhouse  West Lafayette, IN
1/12/1959		Michigan	L 74–84	2–10 (0–4)	UW Fieldhouse  Madison, WI
2/02/1959		No. 7 Michigan State	L 57–88	2–11 (0–5)	UW Fieldhouse  Madison, WI
2/07/1959		at Ohio State	L 72–78	2–12 (0–6)	St. John Arena  Columbus, OH
2/09/1959		Purdue	W 91–86	3–12 (1–6)	UW Fieldhouse  Madison, WI
2/14/1959		Iowa	L 84–94	3–13 (1–7)	UW Fieldhouse  Madison, WI
2/16/1959		at Illinois	L 54–93	3–14 (1–8)	Huff Hall  Champaign, IL
2/21/1959		Minnesota	L 50–69	3–15 (1–9)	UW Fieldhouse  Madison, WI
2/23/1959		at Michigan	L 63–87	3–16 (1–10)	Yost Fieldhouse  Ann Arbor, MI
2/28/1959		Northwestern	L 82–86	3–17 (1–11)	UW Fieldhouse  Madison, WI
3/02/1959		at No. 6 Michigan State	L 73–93	3–18 (1–12)	Jenison Fieldhouse  East Lansing, MI
3/07/1959		at Indiana	L 71–97	3–19 (1–13)	The Fieldhouse  Bloomington, IN
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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