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
basketball fan guy people talking
I think the way people are talking about how we're going to be is very exciting, ... And If you're a basketball fan you want to ask, 'How's this guy going to look?'
basketball best sure
Basketball is a streaky game. The best thing to do is to make sure you get what you want at your end. We went through some stretches where we didn't get that.
basketball best
Basketball is a streaky game. The best thing to do is getting something at your end and we went some stretches where we didn't do that.
basketball best
Basketball is a streaky game. The best thing to do is get something at your end and we went some stretches where we didn't do that.
advantage basketball effort energy freshman gets good guy minute passes people playing recognize takes team uplifting
People that know basketball recognize effort opportunities that a guy takes advantage of and he's done that every minute he's been on the floor. Here's a freshman that's come in an really chipped in on the glass, defensively, making good passes and playing with a lot of energy and kind of uplifting the team when he gets on the floor.
basketball kids games
I recruit hungry kids who love the game and want to get better and feel they have more questions than answers
basketball persistence perfection
I'm still waiting for perfection. In the meantime, I'll settle for persistence
basketball people fake
Shot fakes and ball fakes work. No one uses more than Wisconsin. It's amazing how many people don't use them
basketball teaching passion
I didn't get into teaching and coaching for the number of wins or the money. It was a passion for trying to help young people
coaching guys likes man player staff works
I see in him a young man that's always wanted to be a Badger, works hard, listens, makes the other guys better in practice, just does all the things a coaching staff likes to see a player do.
atmosphere bring chance energy experience fans gives high interested people program replace school students team
Over the years we've wanted to bring in high school people-not just players-but people who are interested in our team and our program that can't get tickets, they can't see us in the Kohl Center, so this is an opportunity, as well as our scrimmage on Oct. 30, the Red-White scrimmage, ... This doesn't replace that. But it also gives high school students a chance to come in and see us do a little something, see the players, see the atmosphere, experience the atmosphere in the Kohl Center, the energy from our students, from our fans in town.
hungry ready
I think they're hungry and ready to go after another one and keep playing.
conference finding good guards natural point
There are so many good guards in the conference that if you don't have one like Devin, you'll get buried. He's finding out that he's a natural for the point position.
figure figured second
We just couldn't figure things out in the first part of the second half. We figured it out, but couldn't do it physically.