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
He's going to be with our trainer all night. It will take a team of horses to keep him out.
He's playing the best basketball of his career. Without him, we would not be here.
He's playing the best basketball of his career right now.
He gives so much of himself, especially this year, with all the injuries we had. He's really invested in this team.
He gets away with a lot of stuff too. If you watch the films ... sometimes he'll grab onto a guy, then act like he's being fouled. He's just a smart player. That's what smart players do.
I'm always concerned about him. He's one of the top players in our conference without question. He's an NBA player. He's an L.A. kid and he's always played well against us. We've got our hands full.
I feel very fortunate. I thought our defense was much better in the second half. If that's not a very good team we just played, I don't know what is. We knew they were very, very good and we feel very, very fortunate to move on.
I feel very bad that Hassan is not here. Hassan Adams is a great kid, a great competitor, and he's going to really bounce back and do great in the NCAA tournament. But we need to beat Arizona. It's hard to beat a good team like Arizona three times. So it's going to be a big challenge for us to come out and have success.
If they come back, God bless them, I'll be so happy. If they elect to stay in the NBA and they go in the first round, that'll be great, too.
I don't feel any of the shadow. I know who I am. I'm proud to be the one carrying the torch at this time.
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.
He's a great kid and a great competitor. He's going to bounce back and be great in the NCAA Tournament. We need to beat Arizona, but it's hard to beat a good team like Arizona three times. They've improved since we've last seen them.
He's a complete player. He is going to be an excellent pro and he could be playing for the Sonics right now just as much as for the Huskies.
He's a great player. He'll be playing in the NBA whenever he leaves college.