1917–18 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team

The 1917–18 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team represented University of Wisconsin–Madison. The head coach was Guy Lowman, 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 Big Ten Conference.

1917–18 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball
Big Ten Conference Champions
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	14–3 (9–3 Big Ten)
Head coach	Guy Lowman
Home arena	Red Gym

1917–18 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Wisconsin	9	–	3		.750			14	–	3		.824
Minnesota	7	–	3		.700			13	–	3		.813
Northwestern	5	–	3		.625			7	–	4		.636
Illinois	6	–	6		.500			9	–	6		.600
Chicago	6	–	6		.500			14	–	10		.583
Purdue	5	–	5		.500			11	–	5		.688
Ohio State	5	–	5		.500			12	–	7		.632
Indiana	3	–	3		.500			10	–	4		.714
Iowa	4	–	6		.400			6	–	8		.429
Michigan	0	–	10		.000			6	–	12		.333

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
12/08/1917*		Beloit (WI)	W 26–21	1–0	Red Gym  Madison, WI
12/13/1917*		Ripon (WI)	W 33–13	2–0	Red Gym  Madison, WI
12/15/1917*		North Central (IL)	W 18–13	3–0	Red Gym  Madison, WI
12/19/1917*		Marquette	W 15–14	4–0	Red Gym  Madison, WI
1/02/1918*		at Ripon (WI)	W 35–16	5–0	Ripon, WI
1/05/1918		at Northwestern	L 17–33	5–1 (0–1)	Patten Gymnasium  Evanston, IL
1/08/1918		at Iowa	W 36–22	6–1 (1–1)	Iowa Armory  Iowa City, IA
1/19/1918		at Illinois	W 22–21	7–1 (2–1)	Kenney Gym  Urbana, IL
1/21/1918		Iowa	W 34–19	8–1 (3–1)	Red Gym  Madison, WI
1/26/1918		Purdue	W 21–16	9–1 (4–1)	Red Gym  Madison, WI
2/16/1918		at Chicago	L 21–23	9–2 (4–2)	Bartlett Gymnasium  Chicago, IL
2/23/1918		Illinois	W 23–15	10–2 (5–2)	Red Gym  Madison, WI
3/02/1918		at Minnesota	W 18–17	11–2 (6–2)	Minnesota Armory  Minneapolis, MN
3/07/1918		Northwestern	W 26–18	12–2 (7–2)	Red Gym  Madison, WI
3/09/1918		Chicago	W 16–13	13–2 (8–2)	Red Gym  Madison, WI
3/13/1918		at Purdue	W 24–18	14–2 (9–2)	Memorial Gymnasium  West Lafayette, IN
3/16/1918		Minnesota	L 11–19	14–3 (9–3)	Red Gym  Madison, WI
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.