Ben Braun
Ben Braun
Benjamin Abraham Braunis a men's college basketball coach. He is the former coach at Rice University, where he spent eight seasons. Previously, Braun spent 12 years with the California Golden Bears program and 11 years at Eastern Michigan University. He has won the most games of any coach in Eastern Michigan's history...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth25 November 1953
early impressed nights pressure
Their pressure is better than it was early in the season. It's not a spotty defense. They don't take nights off. I'm very impressed with Ben's team.
athletes aware cutting easy good job keys tough
One of the keys for us is recognizing their shooters, which isn't easy because they're all pretty good shooters. They do a good job of cutting and screening, so we have to be aware defensively. They have some good athletes and some good shooters. They are very tough to guard.
finished full game
We finished the game strong. We showed what we can do at full strength.
gives hard hard-work positive reward stand team time towards trip work
We've put in a lot of hard work and this is our reward now to see where we stand as a team. This trip gives us more time to solidify our team and work towards a positive direction.
against ourselves playing pressure washington
We can't play under pressure. We can only put pressure on ourselves to do our best. There's enough pressure playing against Washington State. Let's not play under any more pressure than there really is.
exercises guys value
Those guys now know the value of being vocal. We've had team-building exercises set up some of those things.
catch remember tables teams turn
We have to turn the tables on the pressure. We have to remember the other teams have to catch us.
rebound stick
We just need to stick to our principles. As long as we rebound and play defense, we'll be alright.
defensive good guess guys healthy lucky maybe surprised team ucla
Through the years we've been a pretty good defensive team when we've had our guys healthy and playing. I guess we surprised UCLA too, then. Maybe we just had a lucky weekend, I don't know.
challenge chances deep guys huge richard second team understand
We don't have a lot of guys that have been deep in the postseason. (But) Richard is one of those guys. Our team has to understand that we don't have second chances now. It's going to be a huge challenge for us this week.
basketball challenge good next oregon spot sure
To be where we're at is great. But we still have a lot of basketball to go. We sure would like to be where we're at. That's a good spot to be in. But our next challenge is Oregon State.
healthy major
We're healthy this time, that's the major difference.
defender fortunate good richard
We're fortunate Richard has been such a good defender through the years.
great shooter wants
When your (best) shooter wants to shoot some more, that's a great sign.