Bo Ryan Quotes (56 Quotes)

Tucker has put himself into a leadership position, because of how hard he works in conditioning, in the weight room, in the hill, all the drills. Because of his personality, he works hard all the time, ... But he also knows that this gets done as a team, and he has his responsibilities that he needs to handle.

You've got to remember what was being said about them in November, December, and into January. What's changed OK, now what's happened is the coach is stepping down. But they can play. They can make shots. They've got one of the best big men in the country. What don't they have

We are where we are and we go to the next game. I'll let other people judge whether that's good, bad or indifferent because they're all entitled to their opinion. I'm just getting ready for Northwestern.

After five minutes of that Memphis game, ... I shut the VCR off, walked out into the kitchen, got a cup of coffee, turned around and went back into my office at home, and just said, 'Wow.'

We didn't move well, but when you do get a look you've got to make something happen. We had some drives to the basket where we shot some floaters - shots that I've never seen before. You can't get those back.

Over the years we've wanted to bring in high school people-not just players-but people who are interested in our team and our program that can't get tickets, they can't see us in the Kohl Center, so this is an opportunity, as well as our scrimmage on Oct. 30, the Red-White scrimmage, ... This doesn't replace that. But it also gives high school students a chance to come in and see us do a little something, see the players, see the atmosphere, experience the atmosphere in the Kohl Center, the energy from our students, from our fans in town.

That's what college does for people when given the opportunity, ... We've watched him grow into manhood right in front of our eyes. He has enveloped the knowledge, the experience and is a better person who can give more back than anybody I've ever coached. He has grown in so many ways beyond how he plays the game.

Don't know yet. Sometimes it's out of necessity that you play a freshman right away. Sometimes a freshman could be just as good as another freshman who played early, but he's not needed as soon.

I'll enjoy the experience as much as possible, but we're here to take care of business on the court. But it is neat to be here.

I like it for these players who are working so hard, to take care of these three against NCAA Tournament teams.

I like to protect my players, but I don't like to make excuses. (But) I think anybody that's seen our guys knows that was way too quick (of) a turnaround. And, in all fairness to them, I just wish they could have had some more time. But, they didn't.

We figure 7 p.m., people can get there of all ages, they get to the Kohl Center, they see us play some games and have some fun, ... When most people see us only during a game, where it's more intense, and they get a chance to see everybody, plus we get some students out there. They shoot half-court shots, three-point shots, free throws, a chance to win some contests.

I don't know where we'd be without him. That's not conversation. That's a fact. He has that kind of impact on the people around him.

The players here represent the university and they represent the players who have played here. Everyone knows that when you're part of something good, the tendency to give in or to stop working is tougher,

The toughest part for bigger-than-average people is to move your feet and to get your feet in good position,

The best thing to do is try and make sure you're getting something at your end. We had stretches where we didn't get that.

We did a much better job today than other games getting in position and getting people off their feet. That's how you get to the line, and then play with the lead.

The guys try to do too much too soon after sitting because of foul trouble. You get a little out of sync.

If you don't show some patience against Northwestern, they'll just eat you up. You'll be scratching your head wondering what happened.

People that know basketball recognize effort opportunities that a guy takes advantage of and he's done that every minute he's been on the floor. Here's a freshman that's come in an really chipped in on the glass, defensively, making good passes and playing with a lot of energy and kind of uplifting the team when he gets on the floor.

We played him similar to a lot of ways other teams have played him, or tried to. He's still 5-for-10 (shooting), he still gets in double figures, pretty close to a double-double. He's a good player. I was glad he got into foul trouble.

What I'm hoping is that our guys approach this as, 'OK here's some players that have done some good things, the program has been good, let's not let the program down. Let's not let what's on the front of our jersey down. Let's play hard,'

I don't think it could have been any more fun than it was last night, for both sides.

My parents and sister can drive 15 minutes and see the game, so you can't beat that. Coming back is great, but it's really about our players getting a chance to play in the NCAA tournament.

Him being a leader returning means that he's going to influence other young men into having better years they might not have otherwise,

Four turnovers. Two assists. I told him he'd have the game ball if he had taken care of the ball a little bit better.

When the ball doesn't go in, you can't explain it all the time.

It's pretty much been the same practice plan on the first day for 20-some years as a head coach, and I don't think I'm going to change.

Just hearing you ask that question makes me feel good.

They're shooting the heck out of it. They got back to some true home games and got some confidence back. There's something to be said for playing before your home crowd, in your familiar surroundings.

Every player thinks he should win every game. They understand what competition is all about.

Not that I've seen. Maybe every once in a while our training staff just talked to him a little bit to make sure, 'What are you feeling' But they've done that in the past with other guys, too, that have had injuries.

Sometimes that's a lot to ask, so I'm not going to pressure them into being at a certain stage. As a coach and a teacher I learned a long time ago you've got to bring them along, and then when they're ready they'll show what they can do. You push, you prod, you pat and you do the other things that everybody does in teaching, and it's amazing how our guys over the years have kind of stepped forward and picked up and filled that void.

Basketball is a streaky game. The best thing to do is get something at your end and we went some stretches where we didn't do that.

All three played in pretty good (high school) programs, and that always helps coming into a college situation. But being the first practice, it's still too early to get a read on the freshmen. They're attentive, they're hungry, they have good instincts, they've had good coaching and hopefully they'll continue to stay hungry and continue to get good coaching.

He's obviously a very good player who gives us a dimension where he draws attention from the defenses. His ability to score in some different ways is always something that will help the whole team.

These young guys get to live in their moment. I don't know what people remember about Wisconsin or what people remember about Arizona. Everyone is in their own time warp.

It's very easy to communicate with them because somebody's talking and somebody listens and vice versa,

I think a true conference schedule, with as good a league as we have we lead the nation in attendance, we have great fans I just think that equal home and away games with every team is still the best venue. But that's just conversation blowing in the wind.

You look at some coaching staffs across the country,

When you have Dee Brown and James Augustine, two guys who have been through so much a post and a point. There's a lot of coaches who firmly believe that ... in basketball, if you have a post and a point you can compete on that day with anybody.

We needed to have those guys on the floor when we had Indiana missing shots and they were struggling for a while. We needed to have our strength out there...and maybe open it up to 10, 15 points in our favor, knowing they'd make a run in the second half.

Right now, they're playing their best basketball. They're coming in with a heck of a lot of confidence. What our guys better do is make sure they haven't lost any.

It's always about feet and position. Position means your feet have to get you there. How you use your upper body is important, too, but your feet are what take you where you go.

It's kind of like the free throws we've given up. We've lost a couple games because (against) Michigan and Northwestern, they (didn't) miss a free throw down the stretch. We just closed out (a victory) the same way.

The ball went in the basket and they were struggling at that point. We knocked some shots down and then we were a little more patient. Sometimes we have to remember it isn't all going to happen in five seconds. It can happen in 18 seconds on a possession. If you don't show some patience against Northwestern, they'll eat you up.

We got to the dance. Did some guys play older Yeah, they did. We got some great contributions. Was it consistent No. But we're not here if we don't get those contributions.

We've got a great group of guys who are working hard. No matter who we have there, we hope he's a contributor.

Some campuses had a problem with certain establishments emptying out at midnight for people coming over to the 'Midnight Madness' and maybe not comprehending exactly what was going on on the court. So take that to mean whatever you might think I mean,

Going into Indianapolis, playing Indiana, I guess bring it on. It's what we've caught at the end of the year, and we've got to try to make the best of it.