1940–41 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team

American college basketball season

1940–41 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball

NCAA tournament National champions Big Ten regular season champions
National Championship Game, W 39-34 vs. Washington State
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	20–3 (11–1 Big Ten)
Head coach	Harold E. Foster
Assistant coach	Fred Wegner
Home arena	Wisconsin Field House
Seasons ← 1939–40 1941–42 →

1940–41 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Wisconsin	11	–	1	.917	20	–	3	.870
Indiana	10	–	2	.833	17	–	3	.850
Illinois	7	–	5	.583	13	–	7	.650
Minnesota	7	–	5	.583	11	–	9	.550
Ohio State	7	–	5	.583	10	–	10	.500
Purdue	6	–	6	.500	13	–	7	.650
Michigan	5	–	7	.417	9	–	10	.474
Iowa	4	–	8	.333	12	–	8	.600
Northwestern	3	–	9	.250	7	–	11	.389
Chicago	0	–	12	.000	4	–	16	.200

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1940–41 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team represented the University of Wisconsin. The head coach was Bud Foster, coaching his seventh season with the Badgers and were members of the Big Ten Conference. Wisconsin won their only NCAA title, defeating Washington State 39–34 in the championship game in Kansas City.

The Badgers would not return to the National Championship game until 2015, where they lost to the Duke Blue Devils by a score of 68–63.

Schedule

Date time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
12/02/1940*	vs. Ripon (WI)	W 39–20	1–0	Wisconsin Rapids, WI
12/07/1940*	Marquette	W 38–32	2–0	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
12/14/1940*	Notre Dame	W 44–43	3–0	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
12/18/1940*	Pittsburgh	L 34–36	3–1	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
12/21/1940*	at Marquette	L 30–40	3–2	Marquette Gymnasium Milwaukee, WI
12/31/1940*	vs. Princeton	W 52–40	4–2	Marquette Gymnasium Milwaukee, WI
1/04/1941*	at Nebraska	W 46–31	5–2	Nebraska Coliseum Lincoln, NE
1/06/1941	at Minnesota	L 27–44	5–3 (0–1)	Minnesota Field House Minneapolis, MN
1/11/1941	Iowa	W 49–35	6–3 (1–1)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
1/13/1941	Purdue	W 48–42 ^OT	7–3 (2–1)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
1/18/1941	at Michigan	W 40–30	8–3 (3–1)	Yost Field House Ann Arbor, MI
1/20/1941	at Chicago	W 44–37	9–3 (4–1)	Henry Crown Field House Chicago, IL
1/25/1941	Ohio State	W 46–31	10–3 (5–1)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
2/08/1941*	Butler	W 59–55	11–3	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
2/10/1941	at Northwestern	W 48–46 ^OT	12–3 (6–1)	Patten Gymnasium Evanston, IL
2/15/1941	Illinois	W 46–30	13–3 (7–1)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
2/17/1941	at Purdue	W 43–42	14–3 (8–1)	Lambert Fieldhouse West Lafayette, IN
2/22/1941	Chicago	W 65–25	15–3 (9–1)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
2/24/1941	at Indiana	W 38–30	16–3 (10–1)	IU Fieldhouse Bloomington, IN
3/01/1941	Minnesota	W 42–32	17–3 (11–1)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
NCAA tournament
3/21/1941*	Dartmouth Quarterfinal	W 51–50	18–3	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
3/22/1941*	Pittsburgh Semifinal	W 36–30	19–3	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
3/29/1941*	vs. Washington State Final	W 39–34	20–3	Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, MO
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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Awards and honors

Gene Englund, Consensus first team All-American
John Kotz, NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player

References

^ "Wisconsin Record Book" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 23, 2014. Retrieved March 12, 2014.

External links

1940–41 Men's Basketball Team: UW-Madison's First and Only NCAA Champions

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Rivalries	Marquette
Culture & lore	Bucky Badger "On, Wisconsin!" Grateful Red
People	Head coaches NBA players Statistical leaders
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Helms and Premo-Porretta national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearance in italics; NCAA championships in bolded italics

v t e Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball 1940–41 NCAA champions
11 Bob Alwin 12 Ted Strain 14 Bob Sullivan 22 Ed Scheiwe 30 Fred Rehm 34 Warren Schrage 36 John Kotz (MOP) 37 Gene Englund 38 Charlie Epperson Bill Schroeder Head coach Bud Foster

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