Adam Mertz at Madison.com caught up with former University of Wisconsin Athletic Director Pat Richter for his thoughts on the upcoming ACC/B10 Challenge matchup between Wisconsin/UNC. I’ll let you decide where Richter stands on the game. (emphasis is mine in bold)
UW men’s basketball: For Richter, timing of Tar Heels matchup reeks of Roy
Former University of Wisconsin athletic director Pat Richter is miffed at the timing and location of the Badgers’ first-ever matchup against North Carolina in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge, and it’s safe to assume he and Tar Heels coach Roy Williams aren’t exchanging Christmas cards.
In comments taped for his weekly radio show on WTLX-FM/100.5 and made public in advance of air time, Richter takes the Challenge’s scheduling process to task. And he asserts that Williams, who remains an unpopular character locally a decade after ripping the Badgers’ style of play in their 2000 Final Four appearance, “won’t come to Madison” and ensures that aim by unduly influencing the decision-makers at ESPN and the respective conferences.
“It still is a joke,” said Richter, whose full comments can be heard Wednesday at 6 p.m. on WTLX. “I know darn well that you’ll never get Roy Williams here. He won’t come to Wisconsin; he’s afraid the people are going to boo him and everything else. I think that’s all bogus.”
And how does he feel about Roy’s career?
“There are times we should have had them at our place, and it never happened,” Richter said. “And I think Roy Williams squeals. He’s never really had to pay his dues, so to speak, like a Bo Ryan and Dick Bennett.”
Aww shucks.
