1970–71 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team

1970–71 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball
1970–71 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	9–15 (4–10 Big Ten)
Head coach	John Powless;
Home arena	UW Fieldhouse
	Seasons ← 1969–70 1971–72 →

1970–71 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 10 Ohio State	13	–	1	.929	20	–	6	.769
Michigan	12	–	2	.857	19	–	7	.731
Purdue	11	–	3	.786	18	–	7	.720
Indiana	9	–	5	.643	17	–	7	.708
Illinois	5	–	9	.357	11	–	12	.478
Minnesota	5	–	9	.357	11	–	13	.458
Michigan State	4	–	10	.286	10	–	14	.417
Iowa	4	–	10	.286	9	–	15	.375
Wisconsin	4	–	10	.286	9	–	15	.375
Northwestern	3	–	11	.214	7	–	17	.292

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1970–71 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team represented University of Wisconsin–Madison. The head coach was John Powless, coaching his third 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.

Roster[edit]

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[edit]

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
12/01/1970*	Eastern Illinois	W 102–84	1–0	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
12/05/1970*	Michigan Tech	W 114–70	2–0	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
12/08/1970*	at Pittsburgh	L 76–81	2–1	Fitzgerald Field House Pittsburgh, PA
12/12/1970*	Loyola (LA)	W 94–83	3–1	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
12/15/1970*	at Ohio	L 80–81	3–2	Convocation Center Athens, OH
12/19/1970*	Tulane	W 96–77	4–2	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
12/29/1970*	vs. Texas Milwaukee Classic	W 89–73	5–2	Milwaukee Arena Milwaukee, WI
12/30/1970*	vs. No. 3 Marquette Milwaukee Classic	L 69–72	5–3	Milwaukee Arena Milwaukee, WI
01/09/1971	Michigan	L 89–90	5–4 (0–1)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
1/12/1971	at Illinois	L 82–84	5–5 (0–2)	Assembly Hall Champaign, IL
1/16/1971	at Ohio State	L 69–83	5–6 (0–3)	St. John Arena Columbus, OH
1/19/1971	Northwestern	W 87–72	6–6 (1–3)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
2/02/1971*	at No. 1 Marquette	L 75–89	6–7	Marquette Gymnasium Milwaukee, WI
2/06/1971	Iowa	L 91–93	6–8 (1–4)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
2/09/1971*	at Southern Illinois	L 75–86	6–9	SIU Arena Carbondale, IL
2/13/1971	at Northwestern	L 91–101	6–10 (1–5)	Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL
2/16/1971	No. 20 Ohio State	L 71–79	6–11 (1–6)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
2/20/1971	at Michigan State	L 78–97	6–12 (1–7)	Jenison Fieldhouse East Lansing, MI
2/23/1971	Illinois	W 88–84	7–12 (2–7)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
2/27/1971	at Iowa	W 89–83	8–12 (3–7)	Iowa Field House Iowa City,IA
3/02/1971	No. T18 Indiana	W 94–87 ^2OT	9–12 (4–7)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
3/06/1971	at Minnesota	L 98–104	9–13 (4–8)	Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN
3/09/1971	Purdue	L 77–81	9–14 (4–9)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
3/13/1971	at Michigan	L 73–93	9–15 (4–10)	Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, MI
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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References[edit]

^ "Wisconsin Record Book" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 23, 2014. Retrieved March 4, 2016.

External links[edit]

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

[1] "Wisconsin Record Book" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 23, 2014. Retrieved March 4, 2016.

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