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
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.
great second took top tough
They made it tough for us. They took away our top scorer. They made some great adjustments in the second half.
achievement care conference great nail road shows team tough win
It's a great accomplishment. That shows how tough this conference is. For any team in a tough conference, when you can go and nail down a win on the road in your opener, that's a statement. I don't care where you are or who you're playing.
easy tough
They're not going to give you easy baskets. They make it tough to get to the interior.
judgment
I thought there was some questionable judgment in those situations.
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.
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.