Madison — Bo Ryan has retired.
Associate head coach Greg Gard is now Wisconsin's interim head coach, with a full Big Ten season to prove to athletic diector Barry Alvarez he is a worthy successor.
Redshirt freshman Ethan Happ has no intention of letting his new head coach down.
"It's kind of Coach Gard's trial run," Happ said this week as UW (7-5) prepared to host UW-Green Bay (6-4) at 8 p.m. Wednesday. "Just how I had a trial run at the beginning of the season. Coach Ryan was going to let me play a little bit and I had to prove I belonged on the floor.