It wasn't the first time Dick Bennett had the occasion to consider how much the opening of the Kohl Center factored into putting the University of Wisconsin men's basketball team on a successful track.
But, minutes after pulling the cloth off Wednesday to unveil the marker honoring his time leading the Badgers, it struck Bennett again.
"It just made it possible for us to do what needed to be done," said Bennett, one of four people honored in the inaugural class of the Kohl Center Legends Walk. "And those who followed did even better. So it's proven to be what was needed.