12/16/15: Bo Ryan's abrupt retirement; Wisconsin's coaching search; Monmouth fever
Eye On College Basketball
CBS Sports
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🗓️ 16 December 2015
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Gary Parrish is joined by Matt Norlander and Sam Vecenie for this episode of the Eye on College Basketball podcast. They discuss Bo Ryan's retirement at Wisconsin, whether AD Barry Alvarez is smart to wait to commit to assistant Greg Gard, and if Virginia's Tony Bennett is a realistic candidate. Then they talk about Monmouth's impressive wins and unbelievable bench -- and the injuries at Iowa State, Duke and North Carolina.
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| 0:00.0 | This is Gary Tarrish from CBS Sports. |
| 0:10.9 | Now Wednesday, December 16th, and this is the I On College Basketball Podcast. |
| 0:15.8 | I'm Jordan. |
| 0:16.8 | I'm Matt Newell and I'm by Sam Bessini and the big news of course is that late Tuesday |
| 0:20.9 | night after a win over Texas A&M Corpus Christi, Bill Ryan, the Hall of Fame caliber coach |
| 0:28.7 | at Wisconsin abruptly announced his retirement. |
| 0:32.8 | Greg Gard has taken over on an interim basis. |
| 0:35.6 | The timing, as I wrote at CBS Sports.com is obviously interesting and undeniably tied |
| 0:43.4 | to the fact that Wisconsin Athletic Director Barry Alvarez was never on board with what |
| 0:50.6 | Bo Ryan wanted to happen upon retirement, which is Greg Gard just be his successor, |
| 0:55.7 | automatic coach and waiting. |
| 0:57.4 | What are my topkins to Jim Behein at Syracuse to what Tim Jenkins is at SMU to Larry Brown |
| 1:05.5 | to what isn't a terribly unique thing in college basketball. |
| 1:10.8 | But Alvarez was never on board. |
| 1:12.9 | So if Bo Ryan were ever to retire at a normal time like after a season, then Barry Alvarez |
| 1:18.8 | was determined to just open up the coaching search however he wanted but not necessarily |
| 1:25.1 | give it to Greg Gard. |
| 1:27.0 | This move by Bo forces Alvarez's hand a little bit. |
| 1:31.8 | At the very least he's got to let Gard coach this team for the rest of the season, which |
| 1:35.2 | is what's going to happen. |
| 1:36.6 | I guess the hope from Bo's perspective is that Greg is able to prove worthy of that chair, |
| 1:43.9 | of that position. |
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