Ben Braun
Ben Braun
Benjamin Abraham Braunis a men's college basketball coach. He is the former coach at Rice University, where he spent eight seasons. Previously, Braun spent 12 years with the California Golden Bears program and 11 years at Eastern Michigan University. He has won the most games of any coach in Eastern Michigan's history...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth25 November 1953
action ahead basketball confident good handled knows news obviously pain relatively return temporary
While this is obviously a temporary setback for Leon, he has handled it well and we are confident he will return to action relatively soon. The good news is he had no pain symptoms, and Leon knows he has a lot of basketball ahead of him this season.
guard
You have to guard everyone on the team.
gives hard hard-work positive reward stand team time towards trip work
We've put in a lot of hard work and this is our reward now to see where we stand as a team. This trip gives us more time to solidify our team and work towards a positive direction.
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Through the years we've been a pretty good defensive team when we've had our guys healthy and playing. I guess we surprised UCLA too, then. Maybe we just had a lucky weekend, I don't know.
believing game surviving teams
Every game has been about surviving and believing in ourselves. That's what teams have to do.
again beaten hard hungry team trying usc
USC is going to be very energetic, very hungry and determined. We've beaten every team in the league, but going out and trying to do it again is going to be the hard part.
bad closer coming foot full rod time
You feel bad for Rod and what he has been through. He was just getting over a foot injury, and I thought he was improving. He was getting more time and was more active. He was getting closer to coming back at full strength.
challenge game opportunity ready similar washington
Washington will be a similar challenge as Arizona. They have a similar style. This upcoming game is an opportunity for us ... We're ready to go right back and challenge our defense.
center forward jones seen
I've seen Jones go from center to forward to guard.
I've never put 'vulnerable' and 'Arizona' in the same sentence.
lighting plays scout team
This is something he's done in practice. He plays on the scout team and he's lighting us up.
appearance game knew
This game we knew was not about appearance or style. It was about grit.
ball hands trying
They're trying to get the ball in Hairston's hands more.
defense game good
And their defense has not been spotty. It's been good game to game.