Former Wisconsin MBB coach honored Wednesday
After what felt like far too long, former Badgers men’s basketball coach Bo Ryan is set to be honored Wednesday in Madison. Ryan along with multi-sport athlete Gary Buss will be inducted into… Bo Ryan, former Wisconsin MBB coach, will be honored Wednesday with a induction ceremony in Madison. Ryan was the head coach at Wisconsin for 14 full seasons and produced a record of 364-130 overall win percentage, making the NCAA Tournament in all 14 of his campaigns. He also helped coach some of the best players in program history, including Alando Tucker, Devin Harris, Frank Kaminsky and Sam Dekker. Ryan and Buss will be inducted into the Madison Sports Hall of Fame Club.
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After what felt like far too long, former Badgers men’s basketball coach Bo Ryan is set to be honored Wednesday in Madison. Ryan along with multi-sport athlete Gary Buss will be inducted into the Madison Sports Hall of Fame Club.
Ryan was the head coach at Wisconsin for 14 full seasons (12 games in 2015) and produced 364-130 overall record, which is good for an all-time program best 73.7 percent win percentage. Additionally, Wisconsin made the NCAA Tournament in all 14 of the campaigns he was the head coach.
Most notably, the Badgers made two consecutive trips to the Final Four in 2014 and 2015, losing in the National Championship to Duke 68-63 in the latter run.
Ryan helped coach some of the best players in program history, namely Alando Tucker, Devin Harris, Frank Kaminsky and Sam Dekker amongst others. There’s no denying that he left a substantial impact on the program, the university, the city of Madison and the state of Wisconsin as a whole.
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