After a 23–11 season and a No. 21 finish in the Associated Press Poll, Head Coach Greg Gard and the Wisconsin men’s basketball team move forward to the 2019-20 season missing their star, All-American Ethan Happ.
Happ represented the last of legendary former head coach Bo Ryan’s recruits, and his departure marks the official beginning of a new era in Wisconsin men’s basketball.
This new era is perceived by many to have started in 2015 after Ryan retired, but I’m here to tell you why the jury should still be out on Gard, and that the start to his coaching career hasn’t been as impressive as many believe.