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
Josh Shipp was huge tonight. I mean, having not played 13 weeks, for him to do what he did tonight was just miraculous.
Josh Shipp's minutes tonight were critical. He was spectacular.
Josh had surgery back in late September and at this point his pain levels are just unacceptable, just too much to handle. He has constant throbbing during every practice and every game, he's very sore every day and the next morning he's obviously very stiff. And it's not getting better.
My biggest thing with him is he would never take any time off. He was sneaking in the gym. We got beat by West Virginia and all of a sudden he's back in the gym that night shooting for two hours. It's actually counter-productive when you wear your body out that much. It's like a marathon runner getting ready to run a marathon by running five marathons the day before he's going to run the marathon.
Will anybody ever get a program at that level? It will be very difficult to win 10 in 12 years.
Somehow we hung around. Defense kept us in it.
That was a mistake. He grabbed the ball away and the official saw the second part of the play.
I was uncomfortable standing there. I'm wanting water after water out of the machine.
I was uncomfortable just standing there, it was so hot. I kept getting water after water, out of the machine. But this kid had such good fundamentals.
I think our team embodies the spirit of what Coach is all about, which is teamwork, which is unselfish play, which is a commitment at both ends of the floor to play together, team defense, team offense, giving yourself up for your teammates. As we continue to win, they all get recognized.
We'll work on our foul shooting, I promise you.
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.
To me, the image of L.A. is hard-working, good people, who play together and are tough. (They) just happen to live in the greatest place in the world.
Thomas is the Shawn Marion of college basketball. And Shawn Marion is the greatest athlete in all of the NBA.