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
defense half second
We had to make adjustments at halftime. Our defense in the second half was the big difference.
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.
convert free game knock locker nobody room shoot talked throw
When you shoot 11-for-24 from the free throw line, you're not brimming with confidence. It was the first thing we talked about in the locker room after the game. It's a different game if we knock down and convert some free throws. We have nobody to blame, that's us.
definitely extent good log separate sure
We're not sure of the extent of it, but he's definitely out. I thought he was making pretty good progress. He was able to log some minutes. This is a separate issue.
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.
great
We want to have great emotion, we want to have great spirit.
defender fortunate good richard
We're fortunate Richard has been such a good defender through the years.
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.
game
I don't think you can play a game like that and not be down afterward.
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.
difficult team
When they're scoring, they're a very difficult team to beat.
He was hobbling pretty good. Let's give it a day and see.
against basketball best halves hit played
He hit some unbelievable shots. That's one of the best halves of basketball anybody's played against us this year.
hit knocking phenomenal second shot tremendous
He hit some tremendous shots. He had a phenomenal second half, knocking down shot after shot.