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1911–12 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team

The 1911–12 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team represented University of Wisconsin–Madison. The head coach was Walter Meanwell, coaching his first season with the Badgers. The team played their home games at the Red Gym in Madison, Wisconsin and was a member of the Western Conference. The team finished the season with a 15–0 record and was retroactively named the national champion by the Helms Athletic Foundation and the Premo-Porretta Power Poll.[1]

1911–12 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball
Helms Foundation National Champions
Premo-Porretta National Champions
Western Conference Champions
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record15–0 (12–0 Big Ten)
Head coach
Home arenaRed Gym
Seasons
1911–12 Western Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Wisconsin† 12 – 0   1.000 15 – 0   1.000
Purdue† 10 – 0   1.000 12 – 0   1.000
Chicago 7 – 5   .583 12 – 6   .667
Minnesota 6 – 6   .500 7 – 6   .538
Illinois 4 – 8   .333 8 – 8   .500
Indiana 2 – 9   .182 6 – 11   .353
Iowa 0 – 4   .000 6 – 8   .429
Northwestern 0 – 8   .000 4 – 9   .308
Ohio State 0 – 0   – 7 – 5   .583
† Conference co-championship winner

Schedule

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Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site
city, state
Regular Season
12/09/1911*
 Beloit (WI) W 31–18  1–0
 Red Gym 
Madison, WI
12/16/1911*
 Ripon (WI) W 54–13  2–0
 Red Gym 
Madison, WI
12/20/1911*
 at Beloit (WI) W 20–12  3–0
  
Beloit, WI
1/05/1912
 at Iowa W 38–12  4–0 (1–0)
 Iowa Armory 
Iowa City, IA
1/06/1912
 at Northwestern W 32–19  5–0 (2–0)
 Patten Gymnasium 
Evanston, IL
1/13/1912
 Illinois W 27–10  6–0 (3–0)
 Red Gym 
Madison, WI
1/20/1912
 Minnesota W 22–12  7–0 (4–0)
 Red Gym 
Madison, WI
1/27/1912
 at Chicago W 18–15  8–0 (5–0)
 Bartlett Gymnasium 
Chicago, IL
2/12/1912
 Iowa W 30–5  9–0 (6–0)
 Red Gym 
Madison, WI
2/17/1912
 Indiana W 51–10  10–0 (7–0)
 Red Gym 
Madison, WI
2/24/1912
 Northwestern W 46–11  11–0 (8–0)
 Red Gym 
Madison, WI
3/02/1912
 Chicago W 34–24  12–0 (9–0)
 Red Gym 
Madison, WI
3/09/1912
 at Minnesota W 29–26 OT 13–0 (10–0)
 Minnesota Armory 
Minneapolis, MN
3/15/1912
 at Illinois W 23–15  14–0 (11–0)
 Kenney Gym 
Urbana, IL
3/16/1912
 at Indiana W 32–21  15–0 (12–0)
 Men's Gymnasium 
Bloomington, IN
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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References

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  1. ^ ESPN, ed. (2009). ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. New York, NY: ESPN Books. p. 532. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.
  2. ^ "Wisconsin Record Book" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 23, 2014. Retrieved January 17, 2014.
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