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
I'm just a caretaker of this program. This will always be John R. Wooden first and foremost.
Any time you're the conference champion, you get probably more votes for your players. As it should be.
Jordan was masterful down the stretch at handling the ball and really doing a good job for us.
That was about 20 minutes into practice. He did not practice the rest of the time. Has some swelling there. We'll see how it feels. ... I would expect it would take a lot to keep him out of the game.
Maybe not that many. But it will be close.
Our defense is what kept us in the game. I thought Oregon played very good defense as well. Somehow we hung around because we were playing good defense, playing every possession really tough.
Our defense kept us in the game when we really had an inability to score. When you go on the road you've got to be able to rely on your defense.
Arizona has played the toughest schedule by far in our conference, playing some of the top teams in the country. (Olson) had done a good job of what works best.
Ryan Hollins is coming to the realization that this is it. All seniors seem to come to that realization about this point in the year.
Ryan Hollins is coming to the realization that this is it. All seniors seem to come to that realization about this point in the year.
I thought Jordan did a great job late in the game. My expectation is for Jordan to be aggressive and look to go to the basket, but he made some great plays on the defensive end.
It's just a credit to our players. Hey, they just roll with the punches. That's just a testament to their toughness and their character.
Obviously, we're real pleased to get the win. That was a great finish for us. It's really just a testament to the character, the toughness, the heart of our players to have the never-quit attitude. I'm really, really proud of them.
He's going to be with our trainer all night. It will take a team of horses to keep him out.