1948–49 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team

The 1948–49 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team represented University of Wisconsin–Madison. The head coach was Harold E. Foster, coaching his fifteenth season with the Badgers. The team played their home games at the UW Fieldhouse in Madison, Wisconsin and was a member of the Big Nine Conference.

1948–49 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	12–10 (5–7 Big Ten)
Head coach	Harold E. Foster
Home arena	UW Fieldhouse

1948–49 Big Nine Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 4 Illinois	10	–	2		.833			21	–	4		.840
No. 6 Minnesota	9	–	3		.750			18	–	3		.857
Michigan	7	–	5		.583			15	–	6		.714
No. 20 Ohio State	6	–	6		.500			14	–	7		.667
Indiana	6	–	6		.500			14	–	8		.636
Purdue	6	–	6		.500			13	–	9		.591
Wisconsin	5	–	7		.417			12	–	10		.545
Iowa	3	–	9		.250			10	–	10		.500
Northwestern	2	–	10		.167			5	–	16		.238
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
12/01/1948*		Ripon (WI)	W 66–36	1–0	UW Fieldhouse  Madison, WI
12/04/1948*		Marquette	W 67–63 OT	2–0	UW Fieldhouse  Madison, WI
12/09/1948*		Missouri	W 58–42	3–0	UW Fieldhouse  Madison, WI
12/11/1948*		Loyola (IL)	L 37–40	3–1	UW Fieldhouse  Madison, WI
12/13/1948*		at Motre Dame	L 54–60	3–2	Notre Dame Fieldhouse  Notre Dame, IN
12/21/1948*		at USC	L 31–36	3–3	Shrine Auditorium  Los Angeles, CA
12/23/1948*		at UCLA	W 49–46	4–3	Men's Gym  Los Angeles, CA
12/31/1948*		at Marquette	W 60–34	5–3	Marquette Gymnasium  Milwaukee, WI
1/03/1949		at Illinois	L 50–62	5–4 (0–1)	Huff Hall  Champaign, IL
1/08/1949*		Creighton	W 75–39	6–4	UW Fieldhouse  Madison, WI
1/10/1949		at Minnesota	L 33–47	6–5 (0–2)	Minnesota Field House  Minneapolis, MN
1/15/1949		Indiana	W 58–48	7–5 (1–2)	UW Fieldhouse  Madison, WI
1/17/1949		Ohio State	L 54–57	7–6 (1–3)	UW Fieldhouse  Madison, WI
2/05/1949		Illinois	L 54–61	7–7 (1–4)	UW Fieldhouse  Madison, WI
2/07/1949		at Michigan	L 38–40	7–8 (1–5)	Yost Field House  Ann Arbor, MI
2/12/1949		vs. Northwestern	W 56–52	8–8 (2–5)	Chicago Stadium  Chicago, IL
2/14/1949		at Purdue	L 48–53	8–9 (2–6)	Lambert Fieldhouse  West Lafayette, IN
2/19/1949		at Iowa	L 60–61	8–10 (2–7)	Iowa Field House  Iowa City, IA
2/21/1949		Northwestern	W 57–46	9–10 (3–7)	UW Fieldhouse  Madison, WI
2/26/1949*		Western Ontario	W 79–45	10–10	UW Fieldhouse  Madison, WI
2/28/1949		Iowa	W 70–47	11–10 (4–7)	UW Fieldhouse  Madison, WI
3/05/1949		Minnesota	W 45–43	12–10 (5–7)	UW Fieldhouse  Madison, WI
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.