1960–61 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team

The 1960–61 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team represented University of Wisconsin–Madison. The head coach was John Erickson, coaching his second 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.

1960–61 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	7–17 (4–10 Big Ten)
Head coach	John Erickson
Home arena	UW Fieldhouse
Seasons ← 1959–60 1961–62 →

1960–61 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 1 Ohio State	14	–	0		1.000			27	–	1		.964
No. 8 Iowa	10	–	4		.714			18	–	6		.750
Purdue	10	–	4		.714			16	–	7		.696
Indiana	8	–	6		.571			15	–	9		.625
Minnesota	8	–	6		.571			10	–	13		.435
Northwestern	6	–	8		.429			10	–	12		.455
Illinois	5	–	9		.357			9	–	15		.375
Wisconsin	4	–	10		.286			7	–	17		.292
Michigan State	3	–	11		.214			7	–	17		.292
Michigan	2	–	12		.143			6	–	18		.250
Rankings from https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/conferences/big-ten/1961.html

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
12/01/1960*		at Butler	L 58–73	0–1	Butler Fieldhouse  Indianapolis, IN
12/03/1960*		Air Force	W 80–67	1–1	UW Fieldhouse  Madison, WI
12/05/1960*		at Iowa State	L 76–88	1–2	Iowa State Armory  Ames, IA
12/10/1960*		Marquette	W 55–51	2–2	UW Fieldhouse  Madison, WI
12/17/1960*		at No. 2 Bradley	L 66–88	2–3	Robertson Memorial Field House  Peoria, IL
12/20/1960*		Nevada	W 89–56	3–3	UW Fieldhouse  Madison, WI
12/28/1960*		vs. Oregon State Far West Classic	L 54–56	3–4	Memorial Coliseum  Portland, OR
12/29/1960*		vs. Portland Far West Classic	L 71–79 OT	3–5	Memorial Coliseum  Portland, OR
12/30/1960*		vs. Washington State Far West Classic	L 72–78	3–6	Memorial Coliseum  Portland, OR
1/07/1961		at Michigan State	W 74–71	4–6 (1–0)	Jenison Fieldhouse  East Lansing, MI
1/09/1961		No. 6 Iowa	L 68–76	4–7 (1–1)	UW Fieldhouse  Madison, WI
1/28/1961*		at Loyola (IL)	L 79–87	4–8	Alumni Gym  Chicago, IL
1/30/1961		No. 1 Ohio State	L 68–100	4–9 (1–2)	UW Fieldhouse  Madison, WI
2/04/1961		at Purdue	L 58–69	4–10 (1–3)	Lambert Fieldhouse  West Lafayette, IN
2/06/1961		at Illinois	L 73–77	4–11 (1–4)	Huff Hall  Champaign, IL
2/11/1961		at Northwestern	L 52–54	4–12 (1–5)	Welsh-Ryan Arena  Evanston, IL
2/13/1961		at No. 9 Iowa	L 61–63	4–13 (1–6)	Iowa Field House  Iowa City, IA
2/18/1961		Indiana	L 84–98	4–14 (1–7)	UW Fieldhouse  Madison, WI
2/20/1961		Minnesota	W 83–75	5–14 (2–7)	UW Fieldhouse  Madison, WI
2/25/1961		at No. 1 Ohio State	L 74–97	5–15 (2–8)	St. John Arena  Columbus, OH
2/27/1961		Michigan	W 76–68	6–15 (3–8)	UW Fieldhouse  Madison, WI
3/04/1961		Northwestern	W 75–61	7–15 (4–8)	UW Fieldhouse  Madison, WI
3/06/1961		at Indiana	L 69–80	7–16 (4–9)	New Fieldhouse  Bloomington, IN
3/11/1961		Purdue	L 81–88	7–17 (4–10)	UW Fieldhouse  Madison, WI
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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