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
believe chance defend defensive great guys
When you defend you have a chance. I've said it, I've said it, and I've said it. We have a chance and its great to see our guys believe on the defensive end.
figure
I can't figure out all of that. Too complicated for me.
catch loss nice playing position teams win worry
I thought we were tentative at times. The teams we're playing have to catch us. It's a nice position to be in. We can't worry about what the significance of a win or loss is.
time
That was probably the only time we made consecutive mistakes.
alex basketball cal extend great harder nobody pleased works
I'm pleased that we were able to extend a scholarship to Alex for this season. Nobody works any harder than Alex, and he is a great representative of a Cal basketball student-athlete.
dream love player position team
That is what you dream of as a player and a coach. You love to be in that position and our team is in that position.
durable gotten maybe playing solid thursday
Leon has gotten stronger. He was kind of up and down, to where he'd have a solid Thursday and maybe not a solid Saturday. Now he's durable and he's been playing under a lot of duress.
lighting plays scout team
This is something he's done in practice. He plays on the scout team and he's lighting us up.
roy took
Roy took them over the hump. He put them on his back.
formula good ncaa wins
I feel good about our chances. I also feel good that in our league, 17 wins has been a formula (for the NCAA tournament).
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.
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.
deceiving league player promise
I can promise you that's a deceiving record. They're going to be a player in this league before it's over.