1927–28 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team

The 1927–28 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team represented University of Wisconsin–Madison. The head coach was Walter Meanwell, coaching his fourteenth 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.

1927–28 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	13–4 (9–3 Big Ten)
Head coach	Walter Meanwell
Home arena	Red Gym

1927–28 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Indiana	10	–	2		.833			15	–	2		.882
Purdue	10	–	2		.833			15	–	2		.882
Wisconsin	9	–	3		.750			13	–	4		.765
Northwestern	9	–	3		.750			12	–	5		.706
Michigan	7	–	5		.583			10	–	7		.588
Chicago	5	–	7		.417			8	–	9		.471
Iowa	3	–	9		.250			6	–	11		.353
Ohio State	3	–	9		.250			5	–	12		.294
Illinois	2	–	10		.167			5	–	12		.294
Minnesota	2	–	10		.167			4	–	12		.250

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
12/10/1927*		Coe (IA)	W 18–6	1–0	Red Gym  Madison, Wisconsin
12/16/1927*		Butler	W 25–18	2–0	Red Gym  Madison, Wisconsin
12/19/1927*		DePauw (IN)	W 32–17	3–0	Red Gym  Madison, Wisconsin
1/02/1928*		Oregon State	W 36–21	4–0	Red Gym  Madison, Wisconsin
1/07/1928		at Ohio State	W 30–13	5–0 (1–0)	Ohio Expo Center Coliseum  Columbus, Ohio
1/09/1928		Michigan	W 26–22	6–0 (2–0)	Red Gym  Madison, Wisconsin
1/14/1928		at Minnesota	W 35–26	7–0 (3–0)	Kenwood Armory  Minneapolis
1/16/1928		Illinois	L 33–34	7–1 (3–1)	Red Gym  Madison, Wisconsin
2/07/1928*		Notre Dame	L 14–21	7–2	Red Gym  Madison, Wisconsin
2/11/1928		Minnesota	W 38–18	8–2 (4–1)	Red Gym  Madison, Wisconsin
2/18/1928		Ohio State	W 21–18	9–2 (5–1)	Red Gym  Madison, Wisconsin
2/20/1928		at Iowa	W 31–21	10–2 (6–1)	Iowa Field House  Iowa City, IA
2/23/1928		Purdue	W 28–22	11–2 (7–1)	Red Gym  Madison, Wisconsin
2/25/1928		at Purdue	L 15–31	11–3 (7–2)	Memorial Gymnasium  West Lafayette, Indiana
3/03/1928		Iowa	W 20–17	12–3 (8–2)	Red Gym  Madison, Wisconsin
3/05/1928		at Michigan	L 19–42	12–4 (8–3)	Yost Field House  Ann Arbor, Michigan
3/09/1928		at Illinois	W 32–22	13–4 (9–3)	Huff Hall  Champaign, Illinois
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.