Bo Ryan
Bo Ryan
William Francis "Bo" Ryan, Jr.is an American former college basketball coach and player. He was the head coach of the University of Wisconsin–Madison Badgers men's basketball team from 2001 to December 2015. Ryan served as the head men's basketball coach at the University of Wisconsin–Platteville from 1984 to 1999 and at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee from 1999 to 2001. On December 15, 2015, Ryan announced his retirement, effective immediately...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth20 December 1947
CityChester, PA
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As I've been saying all along, they just have to play a little older,
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As I've been saying all along, they have to play a little older. Each guy is going to have to mature just a little quicker. Sophomores need to play like juniors and juniors need to play like seniors. And freshmen need to play like second-semester freshmen early on.
And then you take a look at what we're returning.
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The way we were moving the ball, especially early, we had guys catching pneumonia they were so wide open. But then again, when somebody says, 'Go ahead and let them shoot that.' I've seen Brian Butch, I've seen Ray Nixon, I've seen these guys hit those shots. They're trying. One of these nights, they will (make them).
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We are not athletic or quick enough to be playing from behind. These guys know it, and the coaching staff knows it. Boy, did (Arizona) play well.
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We are not athletic or quick enough to be able to play from behind. The players know it. The coaching staff knows it. That was our worst nightmare.
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We have played three straight NCAA Tournament teams in fairly hostile environments.
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Those are three really good testers for a team to show weaknesses and show how close we are with this group.
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Going into Indianapolis, playing Indiana, I guess bring it on. It's what we've caught at the end of the year, and we've got to try to make the best of it.
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It's just a shame that it had to be played that way.
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Four turnovers. Two assists. I told him he'd have the game ball if he had taken care of the ball a little bit better.
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I recruit hungry kids who love the game and want to get better and feel they have more questions than answers
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I'm still waiting for perfection. In the meantime, I'll settle for persistence
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The best thing to do is try and make sure you're getting something at your end. We had stretches where we didn't get that.