After a 27-win season and a No. 3 seed in the NCAA Tournament, the Wisconsin men’s basketball staff didn’t dwell on how it ended. They went straight back to the drawing board. With multiple veterans moving on, Greg Gard and his coaching staff knew they’d have to be intentional about rebuilding the roster, and they had a clear plan for how to do it.
“It’s a balance that we talk about as a staff almost every day,” Gard said. “You don’t know who is going to be back, and now with the roster limitations, we just can’t throw things at the wall and see what sticks.