… [Bo] Ryan didn’t have a Wisconsin player on the squad, but he did have four players who will go against him next season. He said he told them that they all improved during the tournament and ‘will likely kick my rear end next season.’
At the top of that list is Penn State’s Talor Battle. He wasn’t expected to beat out Arizona’s Nic Wise to make the team, but he did and led the Americans in scoring at 10.3 points a game and made 52 percent of his 3s in seven games (13 of 25).
‘He not only improved during that NIT run for Penn State, but with this experience, too,’ Ryan said. …
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