Wisconsin Badgers basketball
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| University | University of Wisconsin–Madison | ||
| First season | 1898–99 | ||
| All-time record | 1578–1183 (.572) | ||
| Conference | Big Ten | ||
| Location | Madison, WI | ||
| Head coach | Greg Gard (3rd year) | ||
| Arena |
Kohl Center (Capacity: 17,287) |
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| Nickname | Badgers | ||
| Student section | Grateful Red | ||
| Colors | Cardinal and White |
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| Pre-tournament Premo-Porretta champions | |||
| 1912, 1914, 1916 | |||
| Pre-tournament Helms champions | |||
| 1912, 1914, 1916 | |||
| NCAA Tournament champions | |||
| 1941 | |||
| NCAA Tournament runner-up | |||
| 2015 | |||
| NCAA Tournament Final Four | |||
| 1941, 2000, 2014, 2015 | |||
| NCAA Tournament Elite Eight | |||
| 1941, 1947, 2000, 2005, 2014, 2015 | |||
| NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen | |||
| 2000, 2003, 2005, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 | |||
| NCAA Tournament appearances | |||
| 1941, 1947, 1994, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 | |||
| Conference tournament champions | |||
| 2004, 2008, 2015 | |||
| Conference regular season champions | |||
| 1907, 1908, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1916, 1918, 1921, 1923, 1924, 1929, 1935, 1941, 1947, 2002, 2003, 2008, 2015 | |||
The Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team is a NCAA Division I college basketball team competing in the Big Ten Conference. The Badgers home games are played at the Kohl Center, located on the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus in Madison, Wisconsin.
Wisconsin Badger basketball began in December, 1898 with the formation of its first team coached by Dr. James C. Elsom. The Badgers played their first game on January 21, 1899, losing to the Milwaukee Normal Alumni 25–15 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin [1]. In 1905, Christian Steinmetz became the first Wisconsin Badger basketball player to be named All-American. In the 1906–07 season, Wisconsin won its first share of the Big Ten Championship, under the coaching of Emmett Angell. They won it again the next year in 1908.
Walter Meanwell began coaching the Badgers in 1911. In his first season, he led Wisconsin to an undefeated season (15–0), and then led them to another 15–0 season in 1913–14. Meanwell's teams would win eight Big Ten Championships during his tenure, in 1912, 1913, 1914, 1916, 1921, 1923, 1924, and 1929. Between the 1917–18 and 1919–20 seasons, Guy Lowman coached the Badgers, leading them to a 1918 Big Ten Conference Championship before Meanwell returned in 1920. Meanwell would also coach two All-Americans during his Wisconsin career, George Levis in 1916 and Harold "Bud" Foster in 1930. On December 18, 1930, the first game was played in the new Wisconsin Field House, a basketball arena with a capacity of 11,500.
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