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.
credit defender deserves easier good impact improved understanding
Leon deserves a lot of the credit for the impact he's made. He makes a lot of things easier for a lot of guys. He's also been a really good defender for us this year. he's really improved his understanding of the game.
deserve
I'll say it-I think we deserve to be in the tournament.
judgment
I thought there was some questionable judgment in those situations.
saw team
I saw what our team can do when it's healthy.
exercises guys value
Those guys now know the value of being vocal. We've had team-building exercises set up some of those things.
discipline present staying thinking
When you're entrenched in principles, you're not thinking about streaks or standings. Staying in the present does take discipline and focus.
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.
huge hump team took
I thought he had a huge year. He took his team over the hump tonight. He put them on his back. He was phenomenal.
time
That was probably the only time we made consecutive mistakes.
feels good
It feels pretty good to see everyone in the community. They're all so proud.
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.
afford ahead basketball bounce game heads huge might natural operate reaction step team
We can't operate now with our heads down. We're disappointed. We've got basketball ahead of us and we have a huge game Saturday. It's important for our team to bounce back. The natural reaction might be to be down, but we can't afford that. We have to step up.
crucial fight heads operate team
We can't operate now with our heads down. It's important that our team bounces back. It's crucial we fight and battle.