1952–53 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team

1952–53 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball
1952–53 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	13–9 (10–8 Big Ten)
Head coach	Harold E. Foster;
Home arena	UW Fieldhouse
	Seasons ← 1951–52 1953–54 →

The 1952–53 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team represented University of Wisconsin–Madison. The head coach was Harold E. Foster, coaching his nineteenth season with the Badgers. The team played their home games at the UW Fieldhouse in Madison, Wisconsin and was a member of the Big Ten Conference.

1952–53 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 1 Indiana	17	–	1	.944	23	–	3	.885
No. 11 Illinois	14	–	4	.778	18	–	4	.818
Minnesota	11	–	7	.611	14	–	8	.636
Michigan State	11	–	7	.611	13	–	9	.591
Wisconsin	10	–	8	.556	13	–	9	.591
Iowa	9	–	9	.500	12	–	10	.545
Ohio State	7	–	11	.389	10	–	12	.455
Northwestern	5	–	13	.278	6	–	16	.273
Michigan	3	–	15	.167	6	–	16	.273
Purdue	3	–	15	.167	4	–	18	.182

Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
12/05/1952*	Marquette	W 76–55	1–0	UW Fieldhouse Madison, Wisconsin
12/08/1952*	at Loyola (LA)	W 81–60	2–0	New Orleans
12/15/1952	Iowa	W 66–47	3–0 (1–0)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, Wisconsin
12/20/1952	at Purdue	L 59–65	3–1 (1–1)	Lambert Fieldhouse West Lafayette, Indiana
12/26/1952*	California	W 64–57	4–1	UW Fieldhouse Madison, Wisconsin
12/27/1952*	vs. Oregon	L 64–66	4–2	Iowa Field House Iowa City, IA
12/29/1952	at Iowa	L 66–83	4–3 (1–2)	Iowa Field House Iowa City, IA
1/03/1953	Purdue	W 50–46	5–3 (2–2)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, Wisconsin
1/05/1953	at Minnesota	L 53–64	5–4 (2–3)	Williams Arena Minneapolis
1/10/1953	at Illinois (No. 4)	L 61–71	5–5 (2–4)	Huff Hall Champaign, Illinois
1/12/1953	Minnesota	W 76–74	6–5 (3–4)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, Wisconsin
1/17/1953	at Northwestern	W 78–56	7–5 (4–4)	Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, Illinois
1/19/1953	Ohio State	W 64–51	8–5 (5–4)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, Wisconsin
2/07/1953	Illinois (No. 6)	L 61–65	8–6 (5–5)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, Wisconsin
2/09/1953	at Indiana (No. 2)	L 48–66	8–7 (5–6)	The Fieldhouse Bloomington, Indiana
2/14/1953	Michigan	W 75–63	9–7 (6–6)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, Wisconsin
2/16/1953	Indiana (No. 2)	L 70–72	9–8 (6–7)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, Wisconsin
2/21/1953	at Michigan	W 74–52	10–8 (7–7)	Yost Field House Ann Arbor, Michigan
2/23/1953	at Michigan State	L 45–53	10–9 (7–8)	Jenison Fieldhouse East Lansing, Michigan
2/28/1953	at Ohio State	W 69–63	11–9 (8–8)	Ohio Expo Center Coliseum Columbus, Ohio
3/07/1953	Northwestern	W 74–58	12–9 (9–8)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, Wisconsin
3/09/1953	Michigan State	W 58–51	13–9 (10–8)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, Wisconsin
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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References

^ "Wisconsin Record Book" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 23, 2014. Retrieved January 8, 2016.

External links

Wisconsin Badgers Basketball History Archived 2014-04-06 at the Wayback Machine

[1] "Wisconsin Record Book" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 23, 2014. Retrieved January 8, 2016.

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