1913–14 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team

1913–14 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball
Helms Foundation National Champions Premo-Porretta National Champions Western Conference Champions
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	15–0 (12–0 Big Ten)
Head coach	Walter Meanwell
Home arena	Red Gym

1913–14 Western Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Wisconsin	12	–	0		1.000			15	–	0		1.000
Ohio State	5	–	1		.833			11	–	4		.733
Chicago	8	–	4		.667			19	–	9		.679
Illinois	7	–	3		.700			9	–	4		.692
Northwestern	5	–	5		.500			11	–	6		.647
Minnesota	4	–	8		.333			4	–	11		.267
Purdue	3	–	9		.250			5	–	9		.357
Iowa	1	–	5		.167			9	–	7		.563
Indiana	1	–	11		.083			2	–	12		.143

The 1913–14 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team represented University of Wisconsin–Madison. The head coach was Walter Meanwell, coaching his third season with the Badgers. The team played their home games at the Red Gym in Madison, Wisconsin and was a member of the Western Conference. The team finished the season with a 15–0 record and was retroactively named the national champion by the Helms Athletic Foundation and the Premo-Porretta Power Poll.^[1]

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
12/13/1913*		Knox (IL)	W 48–15	1–0	Red Gym  Madison, WI
12/18/1913*		Beloit (WI)	W 45–15	2–0	Red Gym  Madison, WI
1/06/1914*		Parsons (IA)	W 50–0	3–0	Red Gym  Madison, WI
1/10/1914		at Illinois	W 26–25	4–0 (1–0)	Kenney Gym  Urbana, IL
1/12/1914		at Indiana	W 57–15	5–0 (2–0)	Men's Gymnasium  Bloomington, IN
1/17/1914		Minnesota	W 28–7	6–0 (3–0)	Red Gym  Madison, WI
1/24/1914		at Chicago	W 16–14	7–0 (4–0)	Bartlett Gymnasium  Chicago, IL
2/10/1914		Northwestern	W 38–9	8–0 (5–0)	Red Gym  Madison, WI
2/13/1914		Purdue	W 25–20 ^OT	9–0 (6–0)	Red Gym  Madison, WI
2/17/1914		at Northwestern	W 33–26	10–0 (7–0)	Patten Gymnasium  Evanston, IL
2/20/1914		Illinois	W 29–16	11–0 (8–0)	Red Gym  Madison, WI
2/24/1914		Indiana	W 46–24	12–0 (9–0)	Red Gym  Madison, WI
2/28/1914		at Minnesota	W 27–9	13–0 (10–0)	Minnesota Armory  Minneapolis, MN
3/06/1914		Chicago	W 25–18	14–0 (11–0)	Red Gym  Madison, WI
3/10/1914		Purdue	W 27–13	15–0 (12–0)	Memorial Gymnasium  West Lafayette, IN
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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References

1. ESPN, ed. (2009). ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. New York, NY: ESPN Books. p. 533. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.
2. "Wisconsin Record Book" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 23, 2014. Retrieved January 17, 2014.