1916–17 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team

The 1916–17 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team represented University of Wisconsin–Madison. The head coach was Walter Meanwell, coaching his sixth 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.

1916–17 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	15–3 (9–3 Big Ten)
Head coach	Walter Meanwell
Home arena	Red Gym

1916–17 Western Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Minnesota	10	–	2		.833			17	–	2		.895
Illinois	10	–	2		.833			13	–	3		.813
Purdue	7	–	2		.778			11	–	3		.786
Wisconsin	9	–	3		.750			15	–	3		.833
Indiana	3	–	5		.375			13	–	6		.684
Chicago	4	–	8		.333			13	–	15		.464
Ohio State	3	–	9		.250			15	–	11		.577
Northwestern	2	–	10		.167			3	–	11		.214
Iowa	1	–	8		.111			7	–	9		.438

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
12/09/1916*		Beloit (WI)	W 58–11	1–0	Red Gym  Madison, WI
12/13/1916*		Ripon (WI)	W 30–17	2–0	Red Gym  Madison, WI
12/16/1916*		North Central (IL)	W 50–21	3–0	Red Gym  Madison, WI
12/20/1916*		Lawrence (WI)	W 41–14	4–0	Red Gym  Madison, WI
12/21/1916*		at Milwaukee M Club	W 35–23	5–0	Milwaukee, WI
1/03/1917*		at Ripon (WI)	W 24–20	6–0	Ripon, WI
1/06/1917		at Ohio State	W 30–22	7–0 (1–0)	Ohio State Armory  Columbus, OH
1/08/1917		at Northwestern	W 29–21 OT	8–0 (2–0)	Patten Gymnasium  Evanston, IL
1/13/1917		at Minnesota	L 25–33	8–1 (2–1)	Minnesota Armory  Minneapolis, MN
1/20/1917		Illinois	W 24–14	9–1 (3–1)	Red Gym  Madison, WI
1/26/1917		Chicago	L 13–21	9–2 (3–2)	Red Gym  Madison, WI
2/12/1917		Northwestern	W 23–21	10–2 (4–2)	Red Gym  Madison, WI
2/17/1917		Ohio State	W 40–15	11–2 (5–2)	Red Gym  Madison, WI
2/24/1917		at Illinois	L 17–20	11–3 (5–3)	Kenney Gym  Urbana, IL
3/03/1917		at Chicago	W 25–16	12–3 (6–3)	Bartlett Gymnasium  Chicago, IL
3/06/1917		Indiana	W 29–14	13–3 (7–3)	Red Gym  Madison, WI
3/10/1917		Minnesota	W 16–13	14–3 (8–3)	Red Gym  Madison, WI
3/15/1917		at Indiana	W 18–16	15–3 (9–3)	Men's Gymnasium  Bloomington, IN
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.