1960–61 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team

1960–61
John Erickson
1960–61 John Erickson
Home arena	UW Fieldhouse
	Seasons ← 1959–60 1961–62 →

1960–61 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 1 Ohio State	14	–	0	1.000	27	–	1	.964
No. 8 Iowa	10	–	4	.714	18	–	6	.750
Purdue	10	–	4	.714	16	–	7	.696
Indiana	8	–	6	.571	15	–	9	.625
Minnesota	8	–	6	.571	10	–	13	.435
Northwestern	6	–	8	.429	10	–	12	.455
Illinois	5	–	9	.357	9	–	15	.375
Wisconsin	4	–	10	.286	7	–	17	.292
Michigan State	3	–	11	.214	7	–	17	.292
Michigan	2	–	12	.143	6	–	18	.250

Rankings from https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/conferences/big-ten/1961.html

The 1960–61

John Erickson, coaching his second 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

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Schedule

Date
time, TV Rank^# Opponent^# Result Record Site
city, state

Regular Season

12/01/1960*
at Butler L 58–73 0–1

Indianapolis, IN

12/03/1960*
Air Force W 80–67 1–1
UW Fieldhouse
Madison, WI

12/05/1960*
at Iowa State L 76–88 1–2
Iowa State Armory
Ames, IA

12/10/1960*
Marquette W 55–51 2–2
UW Fieldhouse
Madison, WI

12/17/1960*
at No. 2 Bradley L 66–88 2–3
Robertson Memorial Field House
Peoria, IL

12/20/1960*

Nevada
W 89–56 3–3
UW Fieldhouse
Madison, WI

12/28/1960*
vs. Oregon State
Far West Classic L 54–56 3–4
Memorial Coliseum
Portland, OR

12/29/1960*
vs. Portland
Far West Classic L 71–79 ^OT 3–5
Memorial Coliseum
Portland, OR

12/30/1960*
vs. Washington State
Far West Classic L 72–78 3–6
Memorial Coliseum
Portland, OR

1/07/1961
at Michigan State W 74–71 4–6 (1–0)
Jenison Fieldhouse
East Lansing, MI

1/09/1961
No. 6 Iowa L 68–76 4–7 (1–1)
UW Fieldhouse
Madison, WI

1/28/1961*
at Loyola (IL) L 79–87 4–8

Chicago, IL

1/30/1961
No. 1 Ohio State L 68–100 4–9 (1–2)
UW Fieldhouse
Madison, WI

2/04/1961
at Purdue L 58–69 4–10 (1–3)
Lambert Fieldhouse
West Lafayette, IN

2/06/1961
at Illinois L 73–77 4–11 (1–4)
Huff Hall
Champaign, IL

2/11/1961
at Northwestern L 52–54 4–12 (1–5)

Welsh-Ryan Arena
Evanston, IL

2/13/1961
at No. 9 Iowa L 61–63 4–13 (1–6)
Iowa Field House
Iowa City, IA

2/18/1961
Indiana L 84–98 4–14 (1–7)
UW Fieldhouse
Madison, WI

2/20/1961
Minnesota W 83–75 5–14 (2–7)
UW Fieldhouse
Madison, WI

2/25/1961
at No. 1 Ohio State L 74–97 5–15 (2–8)
St. John Arena
Columbus, OH

2/27/1961
Michigan W 76–68 6–15 (3–8)
UW Fieldhouse
Madison, WI

3/04/1961
Northwestern W 75–61 7–15 (4–8)
UW Fieldhouse
Madison, WI

3/06/1961
at Indiana L 69–80 7–16 (4–9)
New Fieldhouse
Bloomington, IN

3/11/1961
Purdue L 81–88 7–17 (4–10)
UW Fieldhouse
Madison, WI

*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 17, 2016.

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[1] "Wisconsin Record Book" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 23, 2014. Retrieved February 17, 2016.