1915–16 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team

The 1915–16 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team represented University of Wisconsin–Madison. The head coach was Walter Meanwell, coaching his fifth 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 20–1 record won the Western Conference. The team was retroactively named the national champion by the Helms Athletic Foundation and was retroactively listed as the top team of the season by the Premo-Porretta Power Poll.

1915–16 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball
Helms Foundation National Champions Western Conference Champions
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	20–1 (11–1 Big Ten)
Head coach	Walter Meanwell
Home arena	Red Gym

1915–16 Western Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Wisconsin	11	–	1		.917			20	–	1		.952
Illinois	9	–	3		.750			13	–	3		.813
Northwestern	9	–	3		.750			13	–	3		.813
Minnesota	6	–	6		.500			11	–	6		.647
Indiana	3	–	5		.375			6	–	7		.462
Chicago	4	–	8		.333			15	–	11		.577
Iowa	2	–	4		.333			11	–	4		.733
Ohio State	2	–	8		.200			9	–	13		.409
Purdue	2	–	10		.167			4	–	10		.286

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
12/10/1915*		Beloit (WI)	W 38–11	1–0	Red Gym  Madison, WI
12/15/1915*		Lawrence (WI)	W 46–16	2–0	Red Gym  Madison, WI
12/30/1915*		at Ripon (WI)	W 27–15	3–0	Ripon, WI
12/30/1915*		at Ripon (WI) Reserves	W 41–7	4–0	Ripon, WI
12/31/1915*		at Milwaukee Normals	W 51–12	5–0	Milwaukee, WI
1/01/1916*		at Milwaukee Normals Alumni	W 24–18	6–0	Milwaukee, WI
1/01/1916*		at Milwaukee Normals	W 39–8	7–0	Milwaukee, WI
1/03/1916*		Wabash (IN)	W 24–14	8–0	Red Gym  Madison, WI
1/08/1916		at Purdue	W 33–17	9–0 (1–0)	Memorial Gymnasium  West Lafayette, IN
1/10/1916		at Iowa	W 36–31 OT	10–0 (2–0)	Iowa Armory  Iowa City, IA
1/15/1916		Minnesota	W 31–11	11–0 (3–0)	Red Gym  Madison, WI
1/18/1916		Northwestern	W 22–18	12–0 (4–0)	Red Gym  Madison, WI
1/22/1916		at Illinois	L 20–27	12–1 (4–1)	Kenney Gym  Urbana, IL
1/29/1916		at Chicago	W 29–18	13–1 (5–1)	Bartlett Gymnasium  Chicago, IL
2/14/1916*		Nebraska Wesleyan	W 25–20	14–1	Red Gym  Madison, WI
2/19/1916		Illinois	W 34–14	15–1 (6–1)	Red Gym  Madison, WI
2/25/1916		Purdue	W 35–22	16–1 (7–1)	Red Gym  Madison, WI
2/28/1916		Iowa	W 39–17	17–1 (8–1)	Red Gym  Madison, WI
3/04/1916		at Minnesota	W 32–14	18–1 (9–1)	Minnesota Armory  Minneapolis, MN
3/08/1916		Chicago	W 24–12	19–1 (10–1)	Red Gym  Madison, WI
3/11/1916		at Northwestern	W 24–21	20–1 (11–1)	Patten Gymnasium  Evanston, IL
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.