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Tom Oates: Year in, year out, Bo Ryan turns UW into a top-4 finisher in the Big Ten

It’s one thing for a collegiate men’s basketball program to finish fourth or better in its conference for 14 consecutive seasons. It’s an entirely different matter when it happens at a school that has little basketball tradition and plays in a conference that is as deep and strong as any in the nation. Only in that context can we fully appreciate what Bo Ryan has done since he was named coach at the University of Wisconsin in 2001.