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1940–41 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team

American college basketball season

Field	Value
mode	Basketball
year	1940–41
team	Wisconsin Badgers
image	1941_Wisconsin_Badgers.jpg
image_size	250px
conference	Big Ten Conference
short_conf	Big Ten
record	20–3
conf_record	11–1
head_coach	Harold E. Foster
asst_coach1	Fred Wegner
stadium	Wisconsin Field House
champion	[NCAA tournament](1941-ncaa-basketball-tournament) National champions
Big Ten regular season champions
bowl	[National Championship Game](1941-ncaa-basketball-championship-game)
bowl_result
W 39–34 vs. [Washington State](1940-41-washington-state-cougars-men-s-basketball-team)

Big Ten regular season champions W 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

|- !colspan=6 style=| Regular season |- !colspan=6 style=| NCAA tournament :Source:

Awards and honors

Gene Englund, Consensus first team All-American
John Kotz, NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player

References

"Wisconsin Record Book".

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