So Bo Ryan just retired

NYTimes did a nice profile last spring.

Sure to see some tributes.  Greeny(Northwestern man) on Mike & Mike has always hated him, is already ranting about how it was an eeeeevil move.

I'm getting old.  I don't think there's a way to replace a guy like this.  And unfortunately there's only room to go down from here.  The guy transformed basketball in the entire state.

BREAKING: Bo Ryan makes it official, announces retirement as @BadgerMBB head coach. Here is the entire announcement. https://t.co/iHSbotWgHY

— Big Ten Network (@BigTenNetwork) December 16, 2015

Bo Ryan went 9-17 in his first season at UW-Platteville, in 1984-85. He never had a losing season as a head coach again

— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) December 16, 2015

Bo Ryan wanted to retire in June. Top assistant's father battling cancer then. Wanted assistant to take over. Waited for him. Admirable.

— Angelo Di Carlo (@angdicarlowndu) December 16, 2015

Abp. Listecki on the Wisconsin Badgers loss

Wisconsin's Frank Kaminsky and Josh Gasser
(21) react after the NCAA Final Four college
basketball tournament championship game
against Duke Monday, April 6, 2015, in Indianapolis.
Duke won 68-63. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

There’s a bit of sadness throughout Wisconsin. Many envisioned an NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship for the University of Wisconsin for the first time in 74 years, but the Duke Blue Devils stood in the way. From my earliest days in high school, until I was the age of 31, the sport of basketball was a passion of mine. It is a unique sport in that every basketball player replays each play in his mind, long after the sound of the final buzzer and I know that some fans do the same.

I am sure that the ball that was tipped out of bounds and ruled Duke’s possession will live in the minds of many Wisconsin fans who felt that a change of momentum was extinguished. The obvious charge on Duke that was ruled a foul on Duje Dukan was a four-point turnaround, which could have ended the Duke surge. No doubt, many fans will think about it for about a week, argue the fine points and then focus on baseball season (we certainly need help in that area, after opening day and the Brewers’ 10-0 loss to the Rockies).

I heard many commentators claim that the Badgers’ season was a loss because they failed to win the “big” one. Everything else seemed to count for nothing. We live in a state that claims allegiance to St. Vincent – that’s Lombardi, not De Paul. His famous quote was, of course, “Winning isn’t everything, it’s the only thing.” Having played as a freshman on a college basketball team that was 4-22, I can tell you almost every night was a David and Goliath story and by the record, I can tell you that David did not always win. I can personally testify as to how precious those four victories were.

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#MakeEmBelieve

Again ... and again ... and again! RT @BadgerMBB: Oh, last night is worth reliving. #Badgers #MakeEmBelieve http://t.co/JusQeIPxiT
— Wisconsin Badgers (@UWBadgers) April 5, 2015

BadgersMBB is the unstoppable social media force of the Badgers.

Tick, tick, tick.

#MakeEmBelieve should be the Badger Catholic slogan, not by the inquisition model but by the Tertullian model.

"See how they love one another"

Distracted

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So much to say, too many TPS reports.

Happy Easter, Badger fans

"The same bunch of Badgers whose hopes Kentucky had shattered last spring came back older, wiser, tougher and tenacious."

-Tim Sullivan in the Louisville Courier-Journal on Wisconsin's 71-64 NCAA semi-final win over Kentucky last night.

YEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAH

#Badgers pic.twitter.com/4yDIzUUox3
— scott (@ScottGordon__) March 29, 2015

Also, don't forget the STACHE

Aaron Rodgers photobombing the Wisconsin Badgers

My wife astutely noticed. PS> Showy looks awesome here.

(Photo by Michael Owen Baker/ LA Daily News)

Show-time

I usually clean during games like that.  Thanks be to God I have five messy children.  AAAAAAH!

Wisconsin guard Zak Showalter shoots over North Carolina guard Nate Britt during the second half of a college basketball regional semifinal in the NCAA Tournament, Thursday, March 26, 2015, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Champions!

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#BeFrank

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Look for Bo in an upcoming Travel Wisconsin commercial

I haven't posted much on my Badgers lately. I started to do a post on winning the conference but got sidetracked.


It cannot be understated what an absolute fantastic job the Department of Tourism has done on these commercials.

NYTimes: Bo Ryan Is Weaned to Win in Wisconsin

PLATTEVILLE, Wis. — As one approaches this town of 11,000 in the southwest corner of Wisconsin, the largest letter M in the world looms to the north. Made of 400 tons of whitewashed limestone, measuring more than 200 feet in each direction and symbolizing the University of Wisconsin-Platteville’s mining tradition, it is peaked on the kind of hill not ordinarily seen in the northern Midwest.

Yet on another nearby hill, numerous Wisconsin-Platteville men’s basketball teams have been molded. During 15 seasons as coach of the Division III Pioneers, Bo Ryan began his seasons by making his teams repeatedly sprint up it for several days. The hill is about 200 yards and bumpy, with an incline of about 30 degrees.

“We were the thing to do in the winter, and our players wore that as a badge,” Ryan said of the popularity of Wisconsin-Platteville basketball.

While college basketball’s brand-name coaches scour the country’s high schools and Amateur Athletic Union circuits in search of the most gifted players, Ryan, now in his fifth decade coaching in the state, takes cornfed Midwesterners (mainly from Wisconsin, Illinois and Ohio) and plugs them into his system. Most important, he wins.

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#BadgersGiveBack

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I can't tell you how excited I am

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Quote from Badgers' Traevon Jackson

Quote from Traevon Jackson of the Wisconsin Badgers after Saturday's loss(4/6/14)....

"Meaningless...everything is meaningless. Now that it is finished, the conclusion of the matter is to fear God and keep His commands. I consider my life worth nothing to me; my only aim is to finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me--the task of testifying to the good news of God's grace. God is great no matter win or lose, fair or unfair, trial or triumph. Without Him there is nothing, with Him there is everything. A great year by teammates, a great year for the program, a great year of seeing seeing God's glory. I wish the seniors the best of luck as they move forward in life, I'm glad to that this team is not just a team but a family of brothers. Renew our minds Lord and in our weakness your strength prevails‬."

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Badgers invade Final Four

The Hayes Kaminsky dance is phenomenal.

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Slightly injured after attempt at doing the worm

Wisconsin players react as time runs out in overtime in a regional final NCAA college basketball tournament game, Saturday, March 29, 2014, in Anaheim, Calif. Wisconsin won 64-63 in overtime. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

So much to say.  Typing one handed holding a baby.

Bo Ryan hopes to remember his father by finally taking Wisconsin to the Final Four

Song for this post

On Wisconsin!

And I suppose with no story of the baby being born in the car, I could share a photo of the fam. 

Update also too good not to share.

Sweet!

MILWAUKEE, WI - MARCH 22: Ben Brust #1 of the Wisconsin Badgers celebrates a three point shot in the second half against the Oregon Ducks during the third round of the 2014 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament at BMO Harris Bradley Center on March 22, 2014 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Photo by Mike McGinnis/Getty Images)

Speaking of dancing

Let's do this again Saturday, Milwaukee. #Badgers #WinningIsFun pic.twitter.com/N018A083KA
— Wisconsin Basketball (@BadgerMBB) March 20, 2014