Greg Gard's 'interim' test similar to 2000-'01

AD Barry Alvarez (right) on Greg Gard (left) and the UW coaching job: “Greg is the interim coach. I’ll evaluate how he works with the team, how they improve and where they are. And then make a decision at the end of the year, what we want to do as we move forward.”Dick Bennett (foreground) stepped down as UW’s basketball coach three games into the 2000-’01 season, making way for assistant Brad Soderberg (background).Madison – Dick Bennett walked off the job three games into the 2000-'01 season, less than nine months after leading Wisconsin to the Final Four.

Brad Soderberg, Bennett's top assistant, was named interim head coach and had the opportunity to prove he was worthy of being named…