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
deserve matters ncaa opinion
I think we do deserve to be in the NCAA tournament. But I don't think my opinion matters much. I don't have a vote.
ball certainly control defensive focused hard similar teams work wrong
His teams have focused more on ball control than on transition. They're going to work hard on the defensive end. They're very similar to his teams at Pitt, and there's certainly nothing wrong with that.
affects faith fatigue given knock sets shots
I have probably given him too many minutes. Sometimes fatigue sets in, and the first thing it affects is your shot. I have faith he will knock some of those shots down.
dominant team
They've been the most dominant team in our league.
appearance game knew
This game we knew was not about appearance or style. It was about grit.
conference far game losing overtime perspective puts team
I don't think we should get penalized for losing an overtime game to (the conference champions). I think that game puts in perspective how far this team has come this season.
judgment
I thought there was some questionable judgment in those situations.
beat chris felt somebody
If somebody was going to beat us in that situation, it wasn't going to be Chris Hernandez. We felt we couldn't let him do it.
dream fight great happy honor opportunity player players position
It's a great position for us to be in. It's an honor to be able to play for a Pac-10 championship. I'm happy for our players that they're going to have the opportunity to fight for the championship. That's what you dream of as a player and as a coach.
deserve
I'll say it-I think we deserve to be in the tournament.
edge
They've got a little edge right now, but we're going to have to take that edge away somehow, psychologically.
bounce challenge game mentality obviously team
Our team obviously is down after the game. I don't know how you can play that game and not be down. We have to come back. That's our challenge right now. We have to bounce back. We can't go back to this game. It's over. We have to have the same mentality we had during that stretch. That's going to be our challenge right now.
feels good
It feels pretty good to see everyone in the community. They're all so proud.
great offensive player wants
He doesn't quit, even on offensive rebounds. It's just great to see a player who wants to get better.