Bo Ryan, who won four titles and 353 games at UW-Platteville, will be inducted into the Small College Basketball Hall of Fame at the end of this month. We spoke with him about his journey from the Philly suburbs to the coaching record books.
Tyheim Monroe, who finished in the top 10 all-time for Division III career rebounds, is the Atlantic Region Player of the Year. Wilkes' Izzi Metz is Coach of the Year and two players split the regional Rookie of the Year.
The two sides of the MAC had eight playoff games that included two overtime games, two last second game-winning shots and two top seeds getting eliminated. Plus Eau Claire officially ends Stevens Point's reign and the Cabrini women are one away from returning to the NCAA tournament.
Izzi Metz, who was head coach at Hobart for five seasons and was most recently an assistant coach at Boston College, takes on the challenge of trying to rebuild the Colonels.
Jerry RIckrode led the Colonels to the 1998 Final Four and five consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances, but Wilkes has lost 10 or more games each of the past 10 years.
Even without any major upsets, there was plenty of excitement in Wednesday's playoff games. Both Wilkes-Barre teams played thrillers and the NJAC semis needed double overtime.
CMS and Pomona-Pitzer had another epic battle in their cross-street rivalry, while Hope and Calvin faced off and the Centennial Conference had a full night of great rivalry games as well. The full wrapup.
WILKES-BARRE – The Wilkes University men’s basketball team enters the 2011-12 season with a chip on their shoulder, coming one possession away from a trip to the Freedom Conference championship game last year. Veteran head coach Jerry Rickrode, now in his 20th year at the helm of the Colonel program (346-152), welcomes back a core group of experienced returners and an exciting freshmen class as Wilkes looks poised to make the next step in 2011-12.
Franklin and Marshall men’s coach Glenn Robinson and Wilkes men’s coach Jerry Rickrode have more than 50 years combined of head coaching experience, each with long, extraordinary runs of success and traditions as Pennsylvania powers. Their teams have hit some bumps over the last season and a half and they’re presently working through that, trying to get their programs back to an elite level.
Division III's master teacher gets Hall call
October 14, 2019Bo Ryan, who won four titles and 353 games at UW-Platteville, will be inducted into the Small College Basketball Hall of Fame at the end of this month. We spoke with him about his journey from the Philly suburbs to the coaching record books.
