1940–41 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 1940–41 Wisconsin Badgers 1941_Wisconsin_Badgers.jpg 250px Big Ten Conference Big Ten 20–3 11–1 Harold E. Foster Fred Wegner Wisconsin Field House NCAA tournament National championsBig Ten regular season champions National Championship Game W Won 39–34 vs. Washington State The 1940–41 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. Wisconsin won their only NCAA title, defeating Washington State 39–34 in the championship game in Kansas City. The Badgers would not return to the National Championship game until 2015, where they lost to the Duke Blue Devils by a score of 68–63. Schedule no no no |- !colspan=6 style=Wisconsin Badgers| Regular season 12/02/1940 yes yes no Ripon (WI) Wisconsin Rapids, WI 39–20 1–0 12/07/1940 yes no Marquette UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI 38–32 2–0 12/14/1940 yes no Notre Dame UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI 44–43 3–0 12/18/1940 yes no Pittsburgh UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI 34–36 3–1 12/21/1940 yes yes no Marquette Marquette Gymnasium Milwaukee, WI 30–40 3–2 12/31/1940 yes yes no Princeton Marquette Gymnasium Milwaukee, WI 52–40 4–2 1/04/1941 yes yes no Nebraska Nebraska Coliseum Lincoln, NE 46–31 5–2 1/06/1941 yes no Minnesota Minnesota Field House Minneapolis, MN 27–44 5–3 0–1 1/11/1941 no Iowa UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI 49–35 6–3 1–1 1/13/1941 no Purdue UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI 48–42 OT 7–3 2–1 1/18/1941 yes no Michigan Yost Field House Ann Arbor, MI 40–30 8–3 3–1 1/20/1941 yes no Chicago Henry Crown Field House Chicago, IL 44–37 9–3 4–1 1/25/1941 no Ohio State UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI 46–31 10–3 5–1 2/08/1941 yes no Butler UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI 59–55 11–3 2/10/1941 yes no Northwestern Patten Gymnasium Evanston, IL 48–46 OT 12–3 6–1 2/15/1941 no Illinois UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI 46–30 13–3 7–1 2/17/1941 yes no Purdue Lambert Fieldhouse West Lafayette, IN 43–42 14–3 8–1 2/22/1941 no Chicago UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI 65–25 15–3 9–1 2/24/1941 yes no Indiana IU Fieldhouse Bloomington, IN 38–30 16–3 10–1 3/01/1941 no Minnesota UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI 42–32 17–3 11–1 |- !colspan=6 style=Wisconsin Badgers| NCAA tournament 3/21/1941 yes no Dartmouth UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI Quarterfinal 51–50 18–3 3/22/1941 yes no Pittsburgh UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI Semifinal 36–30 19–3 3/29/1941 yes yes no Washington State Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, MO Final 39–34 20–3 Source:http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/wis/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2013-14/misc_non_event/2013-14-RecordBook.pdf Wisconsin Record Book 2014-03-12 2014-03-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20140323220008/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/wis/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2013-14/misc_non_event/2013-14-RecordBook.pdf dead Awards and honors Gene Englund, Consensus first team All-American John Kotz, NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player References External links 1940–41 Men's Basketball Team: UW-Madison's First and Only NCAA Champions Category:Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball seasons Category:NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament championship seasons Category:NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament Final Four seasons Wisconsin Wisconsin Badgers Wisconsin Badger Wisconsin Badger