This season has been one of the best examples of how well Bo Ryan’s class system works with his University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team.
Wisconsin’s school-record 31 victories and reaching the NCAA tournament’s Sweet 16 are important milestones for a team that has won with a strong senior class as well as strong juniors and sophomores.
But the freshman class that includes forwards Keaton Nankivil, Jon Leuer and Tim Jarmusz will probably end up benefiting the most from it. And that’s exactly how Ryan, the UW coach, wants it.