WISCONSIN BADGERS COACH Bo Ryan walked into the news conference looking unhappy. His team had just been knocked out of the second round of the 2007 NCAA tournament by UNLV, which was led by Kevin Kruger's 16 points, six rebounds, seven assists and four 3-pointers.
Less than a year earlier, Kruger had become the first college basketball player to take advantage of the NCAA's Rule 2005-54, which allowed him to graduate from Arizona State and transfer to UNLV to play for his father, Lon -- immediately.
"I'm one of the hundreds of coaches out there who tried to stop the rule," Ryan complained to reporters.