Ben Howland
Ben Howland
Benjamin Clark Howlandis an American college basketball coach for the Mississippi State Bulldogs and former player. He served as the head men's basketball coach at Northern Arizona University from 1994 to 1999, the University of Pittsburgh from 1999 to 2003, and the University of California, Los Angelesfrom 2003 to 2013. Howland became the first men's coach in modern college basketball history to be fired shortly after winning an outright power-conference title. He is one of the few NCAA Division I...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth28 May 1957
CityLebanon, OR
This was a great gut-check win for our team, our program. To go through all that and have to go to overtime and to gut it out, it's a testament to these kids' character.
This will be unbelievably hard on everyone, even though, you know, religiously, we all understand that this is a celebration day of her life. But it's too short a life as far as we're all concerned.
You know how hard it is during finals to get your mind right because you're so exhausted from studying. At practice, I'm sure guys are going to have a little mental fatigue from staying up all night cramming.
Will anybody ever get a program at that level? It will be very difficult to win 10 in 12 years.
Who we start Thursday (at center) will be based solely on practice the next two days. It'll be based on rebounds, who sets the best screens and blocks.
We had lost two straight games, and we needed this one. There was not even a remote thought of looking past this team.
We've played some very good teams this year. And I'm very pleased with how our team has responded to all the adversity. If we get everybody healthy, I think we have a chance to be an outstanding team.
We came out and felt like we got sped up by their defense.
Well, I tried to guard him. That's the key. We played mostly half-court, so it was easier to hold, grab and foul as opposed to when you've got Johnny between the top of the keys. Once in a while when that happened, it was over for me.
We'll work on our foul shooting, I promise you.
Tonight was just like our night. They missed some open shots. We didn't put a lid on the basket for their free throws.
Usually, the team that makes the most mistakes is going to be on the wrong side of the win/loss column. Credit Florida. They were terrific. This was their night.
We will be shooting a lot of free throws this week at Pauley Pavilion.
We will practice our foul shots, I promise you that.