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
feet good move people toughest
The toughest part for bigger-than-average people is to move your feet and to get your feet in good position,
ball game played
That was the ball game right in that stretch. They played better than we did.
anybody beyond college experience front given grow grown manhood people plays watched ways
That's what college does for people when given the opportunity, ... We've watched him grow into manhood right in front of our eyes. He has enveloped the knowledge, the experience and is a better person who can give more back than anybody I've ever coached. He has grown in so many ways beyond how he plays the game.
ball explain
When the ball doesn't go in, you can't explain it all the time.
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.
prince princess relaxed talking
We're all relaxed talking to one another. There's not a prince and princess thing working here.
close double foul gets glad good played similar teams tried ways
We played him similar to a lot of ways other teams have played him, or tried to. He's still 5-for-10 (shooting), he still gets in double figures, pretty close to a double-double. He's a good player. I was glad he got into foul trouble.
hungry ready
I think they're hungry and ready to go after another one and keep playing.
ask hearing question
Just hearing you ask that question makes me feel good.
floor guys indiana knowing maybe missing needed open points run second shots strength struggling
We needed to have those guys on the floor when we had Indiana missing shots and they were struggling for a while. We needed to have our strength out there...and maybe open it up to 10, 15 points in our favor, knowing they'd make a run in the second half.
bad entitled judge next people ready whether
We are where we are and we go to the next game. I'll let other people judge whether that's good, bad or indifferent because they're all entitled to their opinion. I'm just getting ready for Northwestern.
close good team three weaknesses
Those are three really good testers for a team to show weaknesses and show how close we are with this group.
shot
That was his shot in the 1920s and 30s.
gotta guard outside
You know what they can do outside and they can do it with so many guys. That's the dilemma. Gotta find a way to guard them.