Wisconsin basketball coach Greg Gard sees progress in Villanova loss Wisconsin coach Greg Gard assesed his team's play following a 76-66 loss to Villanova at Fiserv Forum in the Milwaukee Hoops Shootout Friday Dec. 19. MADISON – When Greg Gard severely shortened his bench and essentially went with five players during the second half against Villanova, the Wisconsin men’s basketball coach relied on two seniors with more than 100 games of experience and two juniors who are on track to get there by the end of the season. And then there was Aleksas Bieliauskas. The 6-foot-10 forward from Lithuania is just 11 games into his college career, but his play was a key as any of the Badgers’ vets when...