1968–69 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team

The 1968–69 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team represented University of Wisconsin–Madison. The head coach was John Powless, who coached his first 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.

1968–69 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	11–13 (5–9 Big Ten)
Head coach	John Powless
Home arena	UW Fieldhouse

1968–69 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 6 Purdue	13	–	1		.929			23	–	5		.821
No. 20 Illinois	9	–	5		.643			19	–	5		.792
Ohio State	9	–	5		.643			17	–	7		.708
Michigan	7	–	7		.500			13	–	11		.542
Northwestern	6	–	8		.429			14	–	10		.583
Minnesota	6	–	8		.429			12	–	12		.500
Michigan State	6	–	8		.429			11	–	12		.478
Iowa	5	–	9		.357			12	–	12		.500
Wisconsin	5	–	9		.357			11	–	13		.458
Indiana	4	–	10		.286			9	–	15		.375
Rankings from AP Poll

Roster

1968–69 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown	Head coach John Powless Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
11/30/1968*		at Nebraska	L 55–68	0–1	Nebraska Coliseum  Lincoln, NE
12/03/1968*		No. 4 Kansas	W 67–62	1–1	UW Fieldhouse  Madison, WI
12/07/1968*		North Dakota	W 94–48	2–1	UW Fieldhouse  Madison, WI
12/11/1968*		at No. 7 Notre Dame	L 56–57	2–2	Athletic & Convocation Center  Notre Dame, IN
12/14/1968*		Northern Illinois	W 69–67	3–2	UW Fieldhouse  Madison, WI
12/21/1968*		at Florida	L 66–71	3–3	Florida Gymnasium  Gainesville, FL
12/27/1968*		vs. Ohio Milwaukee Classic	W 74–68	4–3	Milwaukee Arena  Milwaukee, WI
12/28/1968*		vs. Marquette Milwaukee Classic	L 56–59	4–4	Milwaukee Arena  Milwaukee, WI
12/31/1968*		vs. No. 3 Kentucky	W 69–65	5–4	Chicago Stadium  Chicago, IL
1/04/1969		Purdue	L 80–86	5–5 (0–1)	UW Fieldhouse  Madison, WI
1/07/1969		at Michigan State	L 67–77	5–6 (0–2)	Jenison Fieldhouse  East Lansing, MI
1/11/1969		at No. 16 Ohio State	L 69–84	5–7 (0–3)	St. John Arena  Columbus, OH
1/14/1969		Minnesota	W 68–61	6–7 (1–3)	UW Fieldhouse  Madison, WI
1/28/1969*		No. 16 Marquette	W 56–50	7–7	UW Fieldhouse  Madison, WI
2/01/1969		at No. 7 Illinois	L 73–86	7–8 (1–4)	Assembly Hall  Champaign, IL
2/04/1969		Indiana	L 63–65	7–9 (1–5)	UW Fieldhouse  Madison, WI
2/08/1969		No. 12 Ohio State	W 77–73	8–9 (2–5)	UW Fieldhouse  Madison, WI
2/11/1969		at Minnesota	W 69–63	9–9 (3–5)	Williams Arena  Minneapolis, MN
2/15/1969		at No. 8 Purdue	L 69–87	9–10 (3–6)	Purdue Arena  West Lafayette, IN
2/22/1969		Michigan State	W 76–64	10–10 (4–6)	UW Fieldhouse  Madison, WI
2/25/1969		at Indiana	L 84–101	10–11 (4–7)	New Fieldhouse  Bloomington, IN
3/01/1969		at Michigan	L 79–84	10–12 (4–8)	University Events Building  Ann Arbor, MI
3/04/1969		Northwestern	L 70–72	10–13 (4–9)	UW Fieldhouse  Madison, WI
3/08/1969		Iowa	W 84–74	11–13 (5–9)	UW Fieldhouse  Madison, WI
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

External links

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