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Ryan to enter college basketball Hall of Fame

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Former Wisconsin basketball coaching legend Bo Ryan will be inducted into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame on Sunday.  Wisconsin’s staff and players are expected to attend the ceremony Sunday night (7:30).

The Badgers will face Baylor on Monday night in the Hall of Fame Classic at the Sprint Center in Kansas City.  Creighton and UCLA will play in the first game with the winners and losers to play on Tuesday.

The 69-year-old Ryan went 364-130 in 14-plus seasons at Wisconsin.  He finished 172-68 in Big Ten play.

Under Ryan, the Badgers won four Big Ten regular-season titles and never finished outside the top four of the Big Ten standings.  Ryan led the Badgers to the NCAA Tournament all 14 seasons and was named the Big Ten Coach of the Year four times.

Joining Ryan in the 2017 class is Scott May, Indiana; Tim Duncan, Wake Forest; Rick Mount, Purdue; Jay Williams, Duke; John Stockton, Gonzaga; Paul Silas, Creighton; and Cleo Hill, Winston-Salem.

Badgers draw Baylor in Hall of Fame Classic

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Bo Ryan

The Wisconsin men’s basketball team will face Baylor in the semifinals of the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame Classic in Kansas City.  The two teams will meet in the second semifinal on November 20 at 8:30 p.m. on ESPN2.

UCLA and Creighton will meet in the first semifinal at 6 p.m. on ESPNU.

Wisconsin and Baylor have met just once before, in the Sweet 16 of the 2014 NCAA Tournament.  The Badgers pulled out a 69-52 win.

Bo Ryan coached that Wisconsin team.  He will be inducted into the NCB Hall of Fame one day earlier at the Arvest Bank Theatre at The Midland in Kansas City.

Ryan inducted into College Basketball Hall of Fame

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Bo Ryan

Former Wisconsin head men’s basketball coach Bo Ryan will take his place among the legends of college basketball this fall when he is inducted into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame.

Ryan is one of eight individuals that make up the Class of 2017, joining Wake Forest’s Tim Duncan, Winston-Salem State’s Cleo Hill, Indiana’s Scott May, Purdue’s Rick Mount, Creighton’s Paul Silas, Gonzaga’s John Stockton and Duke’s Jay Williams.

The 2017 Hall of Fame Induction Celebration will take place on Sunday, Nov. 19 at the Arvest Bank Theatre at the Midland in Kansas City, Missouri.  The Wisconsin men’s basketball team will then participate in the Hall of Fame Classic over the next two days, along with Baylor, Creighton and UCLA.

With a remarkable 27 postseason appearances on his resume, Ryan took basketball to new heights in the state of Wisconsin.  Ryan’s head coaching career began at UW-Platteville, where he won 353 games from 1984 through 1999 and guided the program to four NCAA Division III national titles. [Read more…]

Ryan, Moncrief named finalists for basketball Hall of Fame

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Bo Ryan – (Photo by David Stluka)

Former Milwaukee Bucks star Sidney Moncrief and former Wisconsin men’s basketball coach Bo Ryan were named finalists for the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame.

The announcement came in New Orleans during the NBA all-star weekend.  Moncrief was named a finalist for the first time.  It’s the third time for Ryan.

Moncrief was a two-time NBA defensive player of the year with the Bucks and five-time all-star.  He was the Bucks first round draft pick in 1979 and played 10 seasons.

Ryan spent 32 seasons as a collegiate head coach before retiring in December 2015.  He finished his career 26th on the NCAA’s all-time victory list with 747.  He went 364-130 in 14-plus seasons at Wisconsin.

Moncrief and Ryan are among 14 finalists named for consideration in the 2017 class.  The final class will be announced April 3, before the NCAA Championship game.

 

Gard wins Coach of the Year honor

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Greg Gard

Greg Gard

Wisconsin Badger head men’s basketball coach Greg Gard has been selected as the 2016 Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year, announced on Monday by CollegeInsider.com.

The Phelan award, which is presented annually to the nation’s top Division I men’s basketball coach, is named in honor of the legendary coach who spent his entire career at Mount Saint Mary’s University.  Phelan led the Mountaineers to the 1962 NCAA Men’s Division II Basketball Championship.  After coaching 49 years, he retired in 2003 having amassed 830 career wins.

Gard took over as interim head coach at Wisconsin following the Dec. 15 retirement of long-time head coach Bo Ryan.  Gard turned the Badgers around and guided them to a 12-6 Big Ten record and a fourth-place finish in the conference.

The Badgers finished 22-13, including a 15-8 record under Gard.  Wisconsin earned its 18th-straight berth in the NCAA tournament.  Gard became the first coach in NCAA history to lead his team to the Sweet 16 in his inaugural season as head coach since Xavier’s Chris Mack in 2010.

Bo Ryan won the award back in 2008.

Badgers add Krabbenhoft to assistant coaching staff

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Bucky Badger logoWisconsin head basketball coach Greg Gard has added former Badger standout Joe Krabbenhoft to his assistant coaching staff.

Krabbenhoft has served as an assistant at South Dakota State for the past three seasons.  He played for the Badgers from 2005 through 2009.  The former Badger served as the video coordinator on Bo Ryan’s staff at Wisconsin during the 2012-’13 season and then moved on to South Dakota State.

Krabbenhoft appeared in 136 games, with 70 starts for Wisconsin.  He helped the Badgers to a record of 100-36 and four NCAA tournament appearances during his four seasons.

Gard and Krabbenhoft are expected to meet with reporters on Tuesday afternoon in Madison.

Ryan missed out on Naismith HOF, again!

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Bo Ryan (Photo by David Stluka)

Bo Ryan (Photo by David Stluka)

Bo Ryan won’t be a part of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame’s 2016 class.  The ten-member class was announced on Monday in Houston at the Final Four.

Ryan had been one of 14 finalists announced back in February.  The 68-year-old Ryan was a finalist in 2015 after leading the Wisconsin Badgers to the final four for the second straight season.

When Ryan retired in December, he left the game with a record of 747-233 in 32 seasons of coaching.  That included a 364-130 mark in 14-plus seasons at UW.

The Badgers under Bo Ryan never missed the NCAA tournament and won four Big Ten Conference regular season titles and three Big Ten tournament titles.  The Badgers never finished worse than fourth in the Big Ten.

Gard has interim tag removed, named next head coach of the Badgers

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Greg Gard

Greg Gard

The UW Board of Regents approved a new head coaching contract on Monday and Greg Gard was named the 16th head men’s basketball coach in the school’s history.

A Wisconsin assistant since 2001, the 45-year-old Gard took over as the Badgers’ interim head coach following the retirement of longtime head coach Bo Ryan on December 15.

Gard started 1-4, having to install the Swing Offense and get the young Badgers ready for the long haul.  He did a masterful job as the Badgers have won 11 of their last 13 games and finished in the top four in the Big Ten for a Big Ten record 16th straight year.

A 77-76 victory over fourth-ranked Michigan State at the Kohl Center on January 17 was the start of a seven game winning streak that also included a home court win over eventual Big Ten Champion Indiana and a road win over then, No. two ranked Maryland.  The Badgers would later add a road win over No. 8 Iowa in late February.

The Badgers finished the regular season with a 12-6 Big Ten record, losing just twice over the final seven weeks of the season. [Read more…]

Report: UW to offer long-term deal to Gard

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Greg Gard

Greg Gard

Based on the remarkable turnaround since Greg Gard has taken over as the Wisconsin men’s basketball coach, nobody should be surprised if the Wisconsin native lands the job full-time.

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reporter Jeff Potrykus reported this morning that the UW is preparing to offer Gard a long-term contract after being blown away by his work.  Gard has compiled a record of 12-5 in the Big Ten and 13-5 overall since taking over in the wake of Bo Ryan’s retirement on Dec. 15.

UW officials posted the job last week and applications have to be in by 4:30 p.m. Thursday (today).  The earliest possible start date is “on or after March 8,” which is this coming Tuesday.

Any hiring has to be approved by the UW Board of Regents, who are scheduled to meet next Thursday in Madison.

The Big Ten tournament starts next Wednesday in Indianapolis, but the Badgers aren’t expected to start play until Friday. [Read more…]

UW posts basketball head coaching position

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Greg Gard

Greg Gard

The University of Wisconsin is officially advertising its opening for the position of men’s basketball coach.  It could be a good sign for interim coach Greg Gard, who has led the Badgers to wins in nine of their last ten games.

The timing of the application process is not good for coaches at other schools who are getting their teams ready for tournaments.  The timing of the posting would indicate that Gard is a strong candidate for the position.

Gard is 11-5 as the interim coach at Wisconsin, taking over after Bo Ryan suddenly retired in mid-December.

Other than Gard, Wisconsin has likely been interested in Virginia coach Tony Bennett.  But Bennett, who is in his seventh season at Virginia, has indicated he plans to stay with the Cavaliers. [Read more…]