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
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I can't figure out all of that. Too complicated for me.
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I can't figure all that out; it's too complicated for me. To entertain mathematical possibilities, that complicates our job. We just want to play our best and grab a victory or two. That gives us a chance to grab a championship. That's the dream of every coach and player, to have the chance to win a championship.
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Getting Leon back is a big plus for us. His absence put us in a hole last year.
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I don't think we should get penalized for losing an overtime game to (the conference champions). I think that game puts in perspective how far this team has come this season.
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I don't think you can play a game like that and not be down afterward.
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If Stanford was going to beat us or tie us, Chris Hernandez wasn't going to do it. That's respect for Chris. Our players felt we couldn't give him a look. He wasn't going to beat us. He's beaten too many people over the years, including us.
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He's had a chance to work on his shooting and his range. His passing skills have really picked up and he's making the guys around him better.
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He's a great defender, he challenges shots and he runs the floor well. His post skills are catching up. He's been a real factor for us.
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His teams have focused more on ball control than on transition. They're going to work hard on the defensive end. They're very similar to his teams at Pitt, and there's certainly nothing wrong with that.
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When they're scoring, they're a very difficult team to beat.
He was hobbling pretty good. Let's give it a day and see.
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He can take a lot of pride knowing he is playing for a championship now as he leaves Cal. He has worked so hard over the years.
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He'll be fine. He survived two knee operations, so he'll be alright. He really put us on his back tonight. He's a real warrior.
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He hit some unbelievable shots. That's one of the best halves of basketball anybody's played against us this year.