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Q&A: Alando Tucker.(COLLEGE BASKETBALL)(Interview)(Panel Discussion)
Wisconsin lost four starters from last year's Elite Eight team, but the one it returned, junior forward Alando Tucker, has made sure the Badgers (tied for first in the Big Ten at 5-2) still are a force. He is averaging a team-best 18.7 points, plus 5.7 rebounds.
TSN: Wisconsin always seems to exceed expectations. What are the foundations of Badgers basketball?
TUCKER: We stay solid. We know what Coach Ryan expects. We have some specific principles. We stress help defense. The principles of our man defense are similar to a zone in that all five guys protect a certain area while we also are protecting our man. With our offense, the swing, everybody touches the ball. When you are moving the ball, that's when teams break down on defense and that's when we attack.
TSN: What's more difficult, going to a film session or one of your classes?
TUCKER: (Laughing) Well, I can tell you a lot of people are sweating before film sessions. They are intense. But no, coach tells us beforehand ...
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- Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) Hanley, Reid November 27, 2005 700+ words
...clear who's the leader of the Wisconsin basketball team. Alando Tucker is the only returning starter from last season's 25-9...he said. "Every team is going to be out to put a lock on Alando Tucker. "I have to accept that. I'm always up for a challenge...
- UW men's basketball: Fortune 500.
- Newspaper article from: WI State Journal (Madison, WI) November 26, 2006 700+ words
...500th win as a college coach. Ryan said he had forgotten...anyway. "You know Coach Ryan, he's not like that," UW senior forward Alando Tucker said. "He just takes...victories. "You know coach Ryan, he doesn't talk...
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- Newspaper article from: WI State Journal (Madison, WI) December 10, 2006 700+ words
...has so much potential. And he doesn't even realize it yet and that's what Coach Ryan is bringing out of him, and you can see it," senior forward Alando Tucker said. "He's going to be a great player." Landry provided just as big of...
- UW men's basketball: Like an extra coach.
- Newspaper article from: WI State Journal (Madison, WI) February 13, 2007 700+ words
...And he tells me, 'I have coach Ryan to thank, because every day I'm out here going against guys like Alando Tucker, Brian Butch.' "He belongs...be the film room or listening to coach Ryan or any of the assistants, or stuff...
- UW men's basketball: Power point lesson.
- Newspaper article from: WI State Journal (Madison, WI) March 3, 2007 700+ words
...not the way it really works with coach Ryan." Taylor should know. Ryan...here at all because I feel like coach Ryan has made me a better player and...basketball," UW senior forward Alando Tucker said of Taylor's sophomore season...
- UW men's basketball: Ryan king of court.
- Newspaper article from: WI State Journal (Madison, WI) January 27, 2007 700+ words
...team's travel schedule. But when he told senior forward Alando Tucker the details of his detour, the Badgers' itinerary made...to support him, that's only right. "To be a man like coach Ryan, and seeing some of the things that he's done throughout...
- The Wisconsin State Journal Tom Oates column: Bo gets his props in...
- Newspaper article from: WI State Journal (Madison, WI) January 28, 2007 700+ words
...Williams Fieldhouse. "He's a legend in Platteville," said Alando Tucker, UW's senior star. "I've heard stories, but to actually...and his teams were able to do." Or, as Markee put it, "Coach Ryan taught us to have a vision and to take deliberate action...
- NCAA Men's: U-N-L-V (4-0) at (23) Wisconsin (4-1).
- News wire article from: Sports Network December 7, 2002 700+ words
...ppg). Harris has been a strong all-around player for Coach Ryan, adding 6.2 rebounds, 2.8 assists ands 2,8 steals...with 19 points each, while Penney was right behind at 16. Alando Tucker came off the bench to add 13 points, on a perfect 5-of...
