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
We have great kids and they're all on the same page about winning and getting the program back to the highest level.
We're playing our best basketball of the season by far right now. We're improving, we're getting better.
We're playing our best basketball of the year by far.
With the last play of regulation, we didn't have any timeouts left and I am trying to be judicious, but also use my timeouts to the best of my ability. After all that and then go into overtime on a great shot by Robertson is just a testament to these kids' character.
This program is where it is right now, as the greatest tradition in all of college basketball, the greatest history in all of college basketball. Eleven national championships. It all starts with Coach Wooden.
This program's always had tough kids. That is way too general. ... I'm not buying they didn't have toughness here.
We're going up against the human fly-swatting machine.
When I finished watching the tape from last year I was embarrassed with our effort. I am so much happier with where we are now than a year ago.
We've got to make our free throws and out-board our opponents if we're going to win any more games in this tournament.
What a great feeling, to still be playing and to beat an outstanding team like Memphis. I'm really proud of the defense we played today. The defense was just incredible.
What a great feeling. To still be playing. To beat an outstanding team in Memphis. We're thrilled to be heading to Indiana.
There are a lot of games yet to be played. It's going to be a great year. The thing that's good about the Pac-10 is anyone can beat anybody on any given night. And Oregon is playing solid basketball.
Very easily, (Gonzaga coach) Mark Few could be sitting where I am now, no question.
We're not building a program, we're following the leadership of John R. Wooden. He's the one that built this program. It will always be his program.