1965–66 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team

1965–66 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball
1965–66 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	11–13 (6–8 Big Ten)
Head coach	John Erickson;
Home arena	UW Fieldhouse
	Seasons ← 1964–65 1966–67 →

The 1965–66 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team represented University of Wisconsin–Madison. The head coach was John Erickson, coaching his seventh 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.

1965–66 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 9 Michigan	11	–	3	.786	18	–	8	.692
Michigan State	10	–	4	.714	15	–	7	.682
Iowa	8	–	6	.571	17	–	7	.708
Illinois	8	–	6	.571	12	–	12	.500
Minnesota	7	–	7	.500	14	–	10	.583
Northwestern	7	–	7	.500	12	–	12	.500
Wisconsin	6	–	8	.429	11	–	13	.458
Ohio State	5	–	9	.357	11	–	13	.458
Indiana	4	–	10	.286	8	–	16	.333
Purdue	4	–	10	.286	8	–	16	.333

Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
12/01/1965*	Nebraska	L 88–101	0–1	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
12/04/1965*	Notre Dame	W 97–79	1–1	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
12/11/1965*	at Houston	L 57–82	1–2	Delmar Fieldhouse Houston, TX
12/14/1965	Illinois	L 70–90	1–3 (0–1)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
12/17/1965*	vs. Washington Milwaukee Classic	L 67–81	1–4	Milwaukee Arena Milwaukee, WI
12/18/1965*	vs. West Virginia Milwaukee Classic	L 93–101	1–5	Milwaukee Arena Milwaukee, WI
12/20/1965*	Montana	W 76–72	2–5	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
12/22/1965*	at Cincinnati	L 74–87	2–6	Armory Fieldhouse Cincinnati, OH
12/29/1965*	Pennsylvania	W 84–70	3–6	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
1/03/1966*	at Marquette	W 73–72	4–6	Marquette Gymnasium Milwaukee, WI
1/08/1966	No. 7 Iowa	W 69–68	5–6 (1–1)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
1/11/1966	at Illinois	L 64–80	5–7 (1–2)	Assembly Hall Champaign, IL
1/27/1966*	Hardin–Simmons	W 83–63	6–7	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
1/29/1966	Michigan	L 67–69	6–8 (1–3)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
1/31/1966	at Ohio State	L 81–87 ^OT	6–9 (1–4)	St. John Arena Columbus, OH
2/05/1966	at Michigan State	L 65–79	6–10 (1–5)	Jenison Fieldhouse East Lansing, MI
2/07/1966	Indiana	W 79–78	7–10 (2–5)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
2/12/1966	at No. 10 Michigan	L 102–120	7–11 (2–6)	Yost Field House Ann Arbor, MI
2/19/1966	Michigan State	W 78–77	8–11 (3–6)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
2/21/1966	at Northwestern	L 65–76	8–12 (3–7)	Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL
2/26/1966	at Iowa	L 70–80	8–13 (3–8)	Iowa Field House Iowa City, IA
2/28/1966	Northwestern	W 90–62	9–13 (4–8)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
3/05/1966	Purdue	W 69–68	10–13 (5–8)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
3/07/1966	at Minnesota	W 87–74	11–13 (6–8)	Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN
*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 February 24, 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 February 24, 2016.

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