The 67-year-old teased reporters en route to Tuesday’s media availability by leaning heavily on a cane and lumbering slowly through the Kohl Center.
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He told reporters that he didn’t want his final season to be treated like a “swan song,” and joked that former forward Sam Dekker already offered him a bedroom in his two-bedroom Houston apartment at the end of next season.
Though his last season in Madison will likely be another rebuilding act, Ryan seems committed to thoroughly enjoying this last hurrah.
