After a 77-48 exhibition win over Edgewood College on Sunday, head coach Bo Ryan talked to the media Monday. Ryan discussed the win over Edgewood and previewed the upcoming games against UW-Eau Claire Wednesday and the regular-season opener against IPFW Sunday.

Click here for the archived video of the press conference of read the transcript below.

QUESTION #1: So much of the focus last night after the game as talking about the offense. Can you talk a little bit about what you saw after looking at the film of how your team did defensively'

RYAN: Yeah, there were some things that, fortunately, Edgewood did that will give our guys something to look at and something to work on. I mean, the threes that were hit or were deep yet. we're going to face teams that are going to run guys like that, and we have to hedge quicker to give the guy who's chasing a little more time. And then on post D, sometimes we were caught on the wrong side.

So now they get to see it against somebody else in practice, you know, that I'm playing, if I'm Greg Stiemsma play J.P. Gavinski every day, and he does certain things as a routine, now you play somebody else who maybe is a little more mobile or shoots from a little bit deeper, then you can say, well, this is what we have to do. So that 's, you can always get something out of a game. But defensively, pretty good closeouts most of the time, decent rotations, it's a start.

QUESTION #2: Well, also after looking at the tape, what were your thoughts on Marcus [Landry] last night and what he was able to give you'

RYAN: Well, he stayed right within what was available. He didn't try to overdo anything. He didn't force anything. Some things were coming a little bit easier to some of the other players, but he did a good job of just doing what had to be done in every situation in every possession. So he wasn 't necessarily going to stand out, but in that kind of a game, he didn't need to, and he just did his job.

QUESTION #3: Well, with these exhibition games, especially this last one coming up Wednesday, how do you work the playing time with that ' The lineups, do you try to get five out there that might be playing together, especially with the season coming up'

RYAN: Well you never know what's going to happen during the season because of injuries, because of, coaches would always like to be able to say in November, this is what I'm going to have now and in March. So that doesn't happen. So you still have to look at different types of lineups because the teams that we're going to play vary. Some of the teams in the non-conference have a lot of bigs. Some have very few. Some have bigs that shoot from the perimeter a little bit more. Some are tougher to handle in the post. So you just try to give these guys some experience in a game environment, and that's what exhibition games are for.

QUESTION #4: Bo, last night, you talked about how you liked Trevon's [Hughes] control out there from the point, and then he talked about later on that he wasn't particularly pleased with so many things he did out there. What are the things that you saw that he can work on going forward '

RYAN: Well, he's not pleased because he like to do everything right every time, and that's what's going to make him a heck of a player for us because there are things, what I liked is that he was nervous before the game. And the reason I know that is somebody that he had called, his high school coach, and then they talked to me, and I said, you know, that's good, I'm glad he's nervous.

Bill Russell was nervous before every game he played. I'm not comparing the two, but I like a guy who gets excited about now being able to take over a team as a point guard, and that's his role. And he's known that for a long time, but then all of a sudden, yesterday was the first game day, and it doesn't matter who you 're playing, it's just, okay, I'm going to be the point guard out there.

And so he was, he had some trepidation working, and then he was fine. He took it down, probed, if we didn't have it, he brought it out. Where at other times he would probe and maybe jump up in the air and make a decision he'd like to have back. But in this game, he didn't. So now as we keep ratcheting up, hopefully he'll play the same way, under control.

QUESTION #4: Sticking with Trevon, Coach, I mean, he's a guy that you had trouble keeping on the floor last season at times. Could you talk about the maturation process that he had to make last season, things that you focused a little bit on with him to, you know, because like you said, he's taken over the offense at this point'

RYAN: Well, just being a freshman, just, you know, try going to Indiana, and Michigan State, and Ohio State, and those places, and for the first time, and you've played at St. John's Military against one of their opponents, I mean, it's a little different. So I wasn't disappointed. It's just we had some other players with more experience that were doing some pretty good things.

So now he knows it's his turn. So sometimes in life when you realize it 's your people, you approach the day differently. You feel differently about yourself. And that's not in a cocky way, it's in a way of I've got responsibility now. It happens to all of us when we're growing up. I 'm still waiting to have it happen for myself. But you notice, I wore my sunglasses in because we're recruiting some guys from the South, and I wanted them to think that it's pretty bright and warm outside.

QUESTION #6: Coach, can you evaluate the performance of your freshmen so far this season, and John Leuer. Were you surprised that he was able to provide that spark off the bench last night'

RYAN: No, we weren't surprised. I mean, the thing is we just don't want to ruin a young man who we know has some great potential and all. But sometimes if a freshman does some good things early, everybody jumps on him with interviews and taking up his time, and he's still got to be a student. He still has a lot to learn on the basketball court. And it doesn't surprise us that he's playing well.

And the same thing with Keaton [Nankivil]. And the same with Tim Jarmusz, Tim has a sprained ankle, and he's been a little bit playing from behind. But Keaton did a fine job also. And I just like what they've brought. And I've said it so many times, I hate to keep repeating myself that you can see why I've said that the practices are better than I had anticipated because of the level of the freshmen.

QUESTION #7: Coach, is there any update on the open tryout' I heard you guys got down to four.

RYAN: No. Is that the word on the street ' I'm awed. I can't say anything about that because I always figure whenever there's tryouts, there's going to be a plant from The Cardinal, or from the Badger Herald, or something like that. So I'm always a little leery on getting any information out or letting, there should be news coming shortly on that. But I stay away so that I don't taint the opinion of a very good assistant coaching staff that evaluates.

And if any of the guys that were trying out were like, well, where's Coach Ryan, Coach Ryan is looking at it on video, on DVD. I'm looking at it. My son is the video guy, and he brought the DVDs to me right away, and I popped some popcorn and watched the tryouts. It's kind of interesting. Conditioning is a factor. Did you try out'

QUESTION #8: Bo, does it matter between cramming out from Flowers who starts, who comes off the bench, that you gain anything either way '

RYAN: Oh, I'll tell you what. We 've got, we will have nine or 10 players playing. Now I firmly believe that. And our guys, all the heads are in unison. It could be different lineups. It could be different things going on. The guys do not have a problem with that. I'm really excited about this group, just from the standpoint of how they listen, how they feel about one another. And we'll see, whoever starts starts.

And I think I mentioned this before, but Saturday, I had a chance to drive down to Platteville where they inducted a young man into the Hall of Fame, Sean Freisen. And he played with Robby Jeter and on the first national championship team that we had down there, and he never started a game. And I know what you're thinking, the coach must not have been a very smart guy.

And he was MVP in the national tournament, and they put him in the Hall of Fame because he had the numbers. He shot about 60% from the floor. And I just brought him in off the bench and played him at five different positions. I could bring him in and put him in for any one of the five guys. And that was a great guy to bring off the bench.

I like bringing people off the bench who offer more than just one thing, but I definitely like bringing a scorer off. That's, I think every coach likes to have that spark plug offensively. But we've got some options to bring in off the bench, and I like that. It might not be as experience, but there's options.

QUESTION #9: Bo, going back to Marcus real quick, this year, it seems like he's going, as far as his personal life, he 's doing less traveling back and forth to Milwaukee since his family is up here now. As a coach, do you get a sense that he's a little more settled, a little more, I don't know, for lack of a better term, at ease because he's, you know, he's, I guess his family is a little closer to him, and he doesn't have to do that stuff anymore.

RYAN: Well, I mean, he seems comfortable. He 's a year older. He's a year of maturation has taken place since last year. And he's moved in the correct direction as far as to be positive about every practice, working hard, and he still has to keep doing that.

And because if he does play out on the perimeter some, which we had him at last night, he's got to get more comfortable with that, but still, even though you're on the perimeter, you end up in the post. And he's a handful to guard in the post. And defensively, we're going to see how well he does against quicker players on the perimeter because that's what you still have to prove if you've been an inside player, and you move to the free spot, so to speak. But as far as the other things, I try not to read into much with the personal lives of our guys. But he listens, he works, and everything seems fine that way.

QUESTION #10: How would you describe or summarize Brian Butch's career so far coming into the season, and what have you seen that maybe jumps out at you as you get going here early this season on and off the court as a leader, as a player'

RYAN: Oh, he's made strides every year. That's the nice part about red-shirting, when you're physically put together like Brian is it helped him, and he has more stamina this year. He's playing with more confidence, and he's actually, you know, it's hard to look at Brian for some of you people, I realize and say, boy, he's strong. He actually is stronger than he looks, but it's just that's Brian, and he 's got such a great touch, and he's got such a good feel for the game.

He's been working on his feet defensively, and he's been working on some things, finishing around the basket, and he is better than last year. So when you say a career, I like those people that just keep getting better. The only thing is you only get five years to play four. You don't get 10 to play nine, or, but, I'm, you know, look at the teams he's had a chance to play on. Look at the overall record. So when you say Brian's career, there's a guy that's been around some pretty good things and contributed a lot of good things to that team's success.

QUESTION #11: Bo, knowing that your mind is like a steel trap, and also considering most of us would like to get out of here by 1:30, it 's, you're facing an Eau Claire team that you used to have battles against. And I know it's not the same type of things. It's an exhibition game. It doesn't really count. But could you go down memory lane with your battles, previous battles against Eau Claire'

RYAN: Well, Ken Anderson was at practice about 10 days ago, 10, 11 days ago with his son-in-law. And this is the second or third time that he's made the trek to Madison. Before as he tells me, he says, well, now you know where I go after I come to your practice, Bo, I go down to my place in Arizona. Oh, Kenny, thanks. Well, have some fun.

And he says, well, of course, you're always welcome to come down and play, but you're a little busy. So, yeah, I am. I just always tell him, he could have won here. Ken Anderson would have won here if he stayed as coach in, and I always remind him of that. I said, Coach, you know, you could have done it.

So battles, yeah, a guy like Coach Anderson. And then Terry Gibbons coming in who has worked with him, always good games. I mean, you set your sights when you take a job. You look at the people that have been winning consistently, and Ken Anderson, number one, and then with Dave and Dick after that, as far as the timing when I came in, Ken was the guy, the godfather, the leader, the head honcho, the man. And you go after the Eau Claire program, meaning you, that's who you're going to have to beat.

And then as it turns out, over the 15 years we were there, Oshkosh got better. Whitewater was always right in there. And Stevens Point and still Eau Claire, but those battles were always great games, good games. I can't, if you wanted to be here until 2:00, I could reminisce about a couple, but I know you don't.

QUESTION #12: And you've mentioned last night that, and everything that Flowers did, you said he's a scorer too. And then you bring up Freisen, could you see Flowers fulfilling a Freisen kind of role for you this year, if he could come at a one, two, three, and maybe even guard a four' And do you kind of envision that role for him this year'

RYAN: Oh, I mean, there's a guy that 's, as a starter, has a pretty good track record, so that's all he 's doing right now is trying to get back into the mix. He's not worried about it. He just wants to play. And it's going to be kind of hard to keep him off the floor. I do have an education and credentials as far as figuring right from wrong. And, I mean, Michael needs to be on the floor. And he's not worried about whether he comes in or whether he's starting. That's not even a factor right now.

QUESTION #13: How much in an exhibition game like this against Eau Claire do you focus on the problems that Eau Claire might present to you versus how much you worry about your own players and how they react'

RYAN: Yeah, we worry more about what we 're doing, and what we're trying to accomplish. And then what I always like about the exhibition games is our guys figuring out things as the game's going on. The guy hits the two 3's, and then I put Michael in and say, okay, make him put it on the floor.

The problem was it wasn't the guy chasing, it was the hedge player, the player that needed to step out and redirect the guy coming off the staggered screen. And that 's good to have on film. So those are the things that if a guy gets hot, you got to make him go somewhere else.

A couple times in my 35 years of coaching, a guy that was hot hit threes one place and then found another place on the floor and went even deeper and hit threes, and that 's happened a couple times, or, you know, when somebody gets in a zone. But there 's some things that happened in that game that our guys weren't on the fly.

And that, good basketball players, good teams can do that, especially when they get in the mini huddles after the ball goes out of bounds or after a foul. And a point guard says some things, or somebody brings up a point, hey, you got to help me on that screen. You got to hedge that. You got to let me do this or front that guy on the high side. Don't get down there behind him. Just things that they can keep doing with one another and have coaches on the floor, so in these exhibition games, you get a chance to see a little bit of that that hopefully carries over into the regular season.