1940–41 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team

1940–41 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball
Big Ten Conference Champions
NCAA Men's Division I Tournament Champions, W, 39–34 vs. Washington State
Conference	Big Ten Conference
1940–41 record	20–3 (11–1 Big Ten)
Head coach	Harold E. Foster
Assistant coach	Fred Wegner
Home arena	Wisconsin Field House

1940–41 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
	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 1940–1941 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. The team won their first and only NCAA Tournament Championship, defeating Washington State 39–34 in the championship game.

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 East Regional - Quarterfinals	W 51–50	18–3	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
3/22/1941*	Pittsburgh East Regional - Semifinals	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

External links

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

Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball

Venues	Red Gym (1904–1930) Wisconsin Field House (1930–1998) Kohl Center (1998–present)

Culture & lore	History Bucky Badger "On, Wisconsin!" Grateful Red

People	Head coaches All-Americans

Seasons	1898–99 1899–00 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 1999–00 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

Helms and Premo-Porretta national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearance in italics; NCAA championships in bolded italics

Wisconsin Badgers Men's Basketball 1940–41 NCAA Champions

Gene Englund Charlie Epperson John Kotz (MOP) Fred Rehm Ted Strain Head Coach Bud Foster

NCAA Division I Men's Basketball champions

1939: Oregon
1940: Indiana
1941: Wisconsin
1942: Stanford
1943: Wyoming
1944: Utah
1945: Oklahoma A&M
1946: Oklahoma A&M
1947: Holy Cross
1948: Kentucky
1949: Kentucky
1950: CCNY
1951: Kentucky
1952: Kansas
1953: Indiana
1954: La Salle
1955: San Francisco
1956: San Francisco
1957: North Carolina
1958: Kentucky
1959: California
1960: Ohio State
1961: Cincinnati
1962: Cincinnati
1963: Loyola (IL)
1964: UCLA
1965: UCLA
1966: Texas Western
1967: UCLA
1968: UCLA
1969: UCLA
1970: UCLA
1971: UCLA
1972: UCLA
1973: UCLA
1974: NC State
1975: UCLA
1976: Indiana
1977: Marquette
1978: Kentucky
1979: Michigan State
1980: Louisville
1981: Indiana
1982: North Carolina
1983: NC State
1984: Georgetown
1985: Villanova
1986: Louisville
1987: Indiana
1988: Kansas
1989: Michigan
1990: UNLV
1991: Duke
1992: Duke
1993: North Carolina
1994: Arkansas
1995: UCLA
1996: Kentucky
1997: Arizona
1998: Kentucky
1999: Connecticut
2000: Michigan State
2001: Duke
2002: Maryland
2003: Syracuse
2004: Connecticut
2005: North Carolina
2006: Florida
2007: Florida
2008: Kansas
2009: North Carolina
2010: Duke
2011: Connecticut
2012: Kentucky
2013: Louisville
2014: Connecticut
2015: Duke

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