That’s probably the case for Milwaukee Bucks fans after the April 1 loss to the Houston Rockets, 119-113, when a group of reserves pushed a playoff team to the brink before falling short. Cormac Ryan scored 25 points for the Bucks on 9-of-14 shooting, including 4-of-7 from three-point range. He also scored against Rockets star Kevin Durant.
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So you might be wondering who is Ryan? He has only played five games for the Bucks and they were all losses.
Here’s a little more about him:
How old and tall is Cormac Ryan?
The 27-year-old New York native is 6 feet 5 inches tall.
Where did Cormac Ryan come from?
After playing college basketball at Stanford, Notre Dame and North Carolina, the Bucks signed Ryan to a two-way contract after he averaged 20.4 points per game for the Wisconsin Herd. He has proven to be a strong three-point shooter.
Ryan was signed by the Bucks in the summer and made a couple of preseason appearances.
He went undrafted in 2024 after finishing his college career at UNC. He initially signed with the Oklahoma City Thunder and played with the Thunder’s G-League affiliate last year.
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A couple of things you should know about Cormac Ryan
Ryan scored 29 points in the 2022 NCAA Tournament, defeating Alabama in the first round, 78-64. The Irish had been the eleventh favorite.
Notre Dame only got this far because Paul Atkinson Jr. scored a layup with 1.4 seconds left to beat Rutgers in the tournament’s First Four. Atkinson played three years at Yale, where he was teammates with Cormac’s older brother, Thomas.
Ryan made his NBA debut against Utah on March 19, controlling during the fourth quarter against the Utah Jazz. Eleven seconds later, he scored his first points in the NBA with a three-pointer.
This article originally appeared in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Who is Cormac Ryan, the Bucks player who scored 25 against the Rockets?