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
four guys points ranked score six three
At the end there, if we score on the three or four possessions when we had a shot, we could have got it to three or four points ... who knows? When you come into a ranked opponent's gym, and you're in that kind of a position, you get it down to six or so and it's doable. You need some help, but our guys battled to that point.
fairly help hostile ncaa played season straight teams three tournament
At the end of the season here, we know we played three straight NCAA Tournament teams in fairly hostile environments. If that doesn't help you get ready, I don't know what does.
biggest guys key realize
That's been the biggest key so far. Our young guys realize it is a transition.
bit far goes good group guys hard record year
There's a lot that goes into it now, and I never know from year to year how good we're going to be as far as record and everything else, ... But I just know that these guys are working every bit as hard as any group I've ever coached.
year
You know, not every year is the same,
athletic playing quick talked worst
You can't play from behind. It's very difficult. We talked about playing possession-for-possession. We are not athletic enough or quick enough to play from behind. That was our worst nightmare.
bench filled great guys played players
Their bench players filled in great for their big guys and played better than their starters.
aggressive execute extremely guys hungry sound
These guys aren't professionals by accident, ... They're very sound fundamentally, they execute well, they're extremely hungry and aggressive in their play.
restore trying
This is all about trying to restore confidence.
happened kinds
All kinds of things could have happened there.
foul guys sitting soon trouble
The guys try to do too much too soon after sitting because of foul trouble. You get a little out of sync.
coaching college coming continue early good helps hopefully hungry played stay three
All three played in pretty good (high school) programs, and that always helps coming into a college situation. But being the first practice, it's still too early to get a read on the freshmen. They're attentive, they're hungry, they have good instincts, they've had good coaching and hopefully they'll continue to stay hungry and continue to get good coaching.
three trying
All three of us, ... are trying to have top-notch programs.
good season statement
I think they made a statement that it's been a pretty good season for such a young group.