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
discouraging persons
You measure a person by what it takes to discourage them.
believe brown coaches compete firmly guys james point post
When you have Dee Brown and James Augustine, two guys who have been through so much a post and a point. There's a lot of coaches who firmly believe that ... in basketball, if you have a post and a point you can compete on that day with anybody.
knows played players represent stop tendency university
The players here represent the university and they represent the players who have played here. Everyone knows that when you're part of something good, the tendency to give in or to stop working is tougher,
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We are so generic in our first practice,
competition player thinks understand win
Every player thinks he should win every game. They understand what competition is all about.
gets hard himself knows leadership needs weight works
Tucker has put himself into a leadership position, because of how hard he works in conditioning, in the weight room, in the hill, all the drills. Because of his personality, he works hard all the time, ... But he also knows that this gets done as a team, and he has his responsibilities that he needs to handle.
chance figure free games people plus shoot students win
We figure 7 p.m., people can get there of all ages, they get to the Kohl Center, they see us play some games and have some fun, ... When most people see us only during a game, where it's more intense, and they get a chance to see everybody, plus we get some students out there. They shoot half-court shots, three-point shots, free throws, a chance to win some contests.
games job people position today
We did a much better job today than other games getting in position and getting people off their feet. That's how you get to the line, and then play with the lead.
basket drives move seen shot shots
We didn't move well, but when you do get a look you've got to make something happen. We had some drives to the basket where we shot some floaters - shots that I've never seen before. You can't get those back.
early looks
Well, he looks like he's in his early 60s.
great group guys hope matter
We've got a great group of guys who are working hard. No matter who we have there, we hope he's a contributor.
conversation impact people
I don't know where we'd be without him. That's not conversation. That's a fact. He has that kind of impact on the people around him.
best finished guys league nobody season
Nobody finished the season in the two best away gyms in the league like our guys (did).
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.