Draft:1975–76 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team

1975–76 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball
1975–76 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	10–16 (4–14 Big Ten)
Head coach	John Powless (8th season);
Home arena	UW Fieldhouse
	Seasons ← 1974–75 1976–77 →

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1975–76 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 1 Indiana	18	–	0	1.000	32	–	0	1.000
No. 9 Michigan	14	–	4	.778	25	–	7	.781
Purdue	11	–	7	.611	16	–	11	.593
Michigan State	10	–	8	.556	14	–	13	.519
Iowa	9	–	9	.500	19	–	10	.655
Minnesota	8	–	10	.444	16	–	10	.615
Illinois	7	–	11	.389	14	–	13	.519
Northwestern	7	–	11	.389	12	–	15	.444
Wisconsin	4	–	14	.222	10	–	16	.385
Ohio State	2	–	16	.111	6	–	20	.231

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1975–76 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team represented University of Wisconsin–Madison. The head coach was John Powless, coaching his eighth 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]

1975–76 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
G	33	Dean Anderson	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	So	Madison, Wisconsin
F	42	Peter Brey	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Jr	Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin
F	44	Dale Koehler	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Sr	Kewaunee, Wisconsin
C	50	Bob Johnson	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	Sr	Miami, Oklahoma
G	15	Tim Paterick	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Sr	Janesville, Wisconsin
F	32	Rick Piacenza	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Sr	Highland Park, Illinois
G	12	Bill Smith	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Jr	Fond du Lac, Wisconsin
G	13	James Smith	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	Jr	Wauwatosa, Wisconsin

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
Non-conference regular season
Nov 29, 1975*	DePauw	W 105–63	1–0	UW Fieldhouse Madison, Wisconsin
Dec 3, 1975*	North Dakota State	W 87–79	2–0	UW Fieldhouse Madison, Wisconsin
Dec 6, 1975*	Loyola (IL)	W 88–73	3–0	UW Fieldhouse Madison, Wisconsin
Dec 8, 1975*	Northern Illinois	W 97–77	4–0	UW Fieldhouse Madison, Wisconsin
Dec 13, 1975*	Northern Michigan	W 92–59	5–0	UW Fieldhouse Madison, Wisconsin
Dec 16, 1975*	at No. 7 Marquette	L 54–78	5–1	MECCA Arena Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Dec 29, 1975*	vs. Stanford Milwaukee Classic	W 70–64	6–1	MECCA Arena Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Dec 30, 1975*	at No. 4 Marquette Milwaukee Classic	L 66–82	6–2	MECCA Arena Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Big Ten regular season
Jan 3, 1976	Michigan State	W 70–63	7–2 (1–0)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, Wisconsin
Jan 5, 1976	Ohio State	W 82–81 ^OT	8–2 (2–0)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, Wisconsin
Jan 8, 1976	No. 16 Michigan	L 81–106	8–3 (2–1)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, Wisconsin
Jan 10, 1976	at Purdue	L 72–87	8–4 (2–2)	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana
Jan 12, 1976	at Illinois	L 81–106	8–5 (2–3)	Assembly Hall (6,968) Champaign, Illinois
Jan 17, 1976	Iowa	L 71–81	8–6 (2–4)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, Wisconsin
Jan 19, 1976	Minnesota	L 84–96	8–7 (2–5)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, Wisconsin
Jan 24, 1976	at Northwestern	L 60–62	8–8 (2–6)	Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, Illinois
Jan 31, 1976	at No. 1 Indiana	L 61–114	8–9 (2–7)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, Indiana
Feb 2, 1976	at No. 16 Michigan	L 86–107	8–10 (2–8)	Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, Michigan
Feb 7, 1976	Purdue	L 74–85	8–11 (2–9)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, Wisconsin
Feb 9, 1976	Illinois	L 59–70	8–12 (2–10)	UW Fieldhouse (3,883) Madison, Wisconsin
Feb 14, 1976	at Iowa	L 82–96	8–13 (2–11)	Iowa Field House Iowa City, Iowa
Feb 16, 1976	at Minnesota	L 74–98	8–14 (2–12)	Williams Arena Minneapolis, Minnesota
Feb 21, 1976	Northwestern	L 77–90	8–15 (2–13)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, Wisconsin
Feb 26, 1976	No. 1 Indiana	L 67–96	8–16 (2–14)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, Wisconsin
Mar 1, 1976	at Ohio State	W 91–79	9–16 (3–14)	St. John Arena Columbus, Ohio
Mar 6, 1976	at Michigan State	W 86–82	10–16 (4–14)	Jenison Fieldhouse East Lansing, Michigan
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

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References[edit]

^ "Wisconsin Record Book" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-03-23. Retrieved 2016-04-01.

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 2014-03-23. Retrieved 2016-04-01.

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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