Bo Ryan shocked the college basketball world last week by announcing his retirement following Wisconsin’s win over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi. After Ryan broke the news, Wisconsin Athletic Director Barry Alvarez spoke to the media and made it very clear that Greg Gard would step in to coach the team, strictly on an interim basis.
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Coming off consecutive trips to the Final Four, Ryan said in June the 2015-16 Wisconsin basketball season would be his last and wanted his successor to be Gard, his long-time assistant.