1938–39 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team

1938–39 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball
1938–39 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	10–10 (4–8 Big Ten)
Head coach	Harold E. Foster;
Home arena	UW Fieldhouse
	Seasons ← 1937–38 1939–40 →

1938–39 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Ohio State	10	–	2	.833	16	–	7	.696
Indiana	9	–	3	.750	17	–	3	.850
Illinois	8	–	4	.667	14	–	5	.737
Minnesota	7	–	5	.583	14	–	6	.700
Purdue	6	–	6	.500	12	–	7	.632
Northwestern	5	–	7	.417	7	–	13	.350
Michigan	4	–	8	.333	11	–	9	.550
Wisconsin	4	–	8	.333	10	–	10	.500
Chicago	4	–	8	.333	9	–	11	.450
Iowa	3	–	9	.250	8	–	11	.421

The 1938–39 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team represented University of Wisconsin–Madison. The head coach was Harold E. Foster, coaching his fifth 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.

Schedule

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
12/02/1938*	Beloit (WI)	W 41–26	1–0	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
12/05/1938*	Marquette	W 27–26	2–0	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
12/10/1938*	Notre Dame	W 45–39	3–0	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
12/17/1938*	at Marquette	L 27–46	3–1	Marquette Gymnasium Milwaukee, WI
12/19/1938*	at Butler	L 21–24	3–2	Butler Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN
12/20/1938*	at Xavier	W 27–26	4–2	Schmidt Field House Cincinnati, OH
1/02/1939*	Detroit	W 34–27	5–2	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
1/07/1939	Iowa	W 28–24	6–2 (1–0)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
1/09/1939	Chicago	L 18–28	6–3 (1–1)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
1/14/1939	at Indiana	L 19–43	6–4 (1–2)	IU Fieldhouse Bloomington, IN
1/16/1939	at Michigan	W 42–39	7–4 (2–2)	Yost Field House Ann Arbor, MI
1/21/1939	Illinois	L 34–37	7–5 (2–3)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
2/04/1939*	Michigan State	W 39–37	8–5	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
2/06/1939	at Purdue	L 31–39	8–6 (2–4)	Lambert Fieldhouse West Lafayette, IN
2/13/1939	at Northwestern	L 27–37	8–7 (2–5)	Patten Gymnasium Evanston, IL
2/18/1939	Purdue	W 32–30 ^OT	9–7 (3–5)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
2/20/1939	at Minnesota	L 32–34	9–8 (3–6)	Minnesota Field House Minneapolis, MN
2/25/1939	Ohio State	L 38–46	9–9 (3–7)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
2/27/1939	Minnesota	W 35–25	10–9 (4–7)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
3/04/1939	at Chicago	L 33–39	10–10 (4–8)	Henry Crown Field House Chicago, IL
*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 March 12, 2014.

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

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v t e Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball
Venues	Red Gym (1904–1930) Wisconsin Field House (1930–1998) Kohl Center (1998–present)
Rivalries	Marquette
Culture & lore	Bucky Badger "On, Wisconsin!" Grateful Red
People	Head coaches NBA players Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Helms and Premo-Porretta national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearance in italics; NCAA championships in bolded italics