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
air game knock takes
It's a different game for us if we knock those down. That really takes the air out of you.
great shooter wants
When your (best) shooter wants to shoot some more, that's a great sign.
healthy major
We're healthy this time, that's the major difference.
defender fortunate good richard
We're fortunate Richard has been such a good defender through the years.
catch loss nice playing position teams win worry
I thought we were tentative at times. The teams we're playing have to catch us. It's a nice position to be in. We can't worry about what the significance of a win or loss is.
challenge chances deep guys huge richard second team understand
We don't have a lot of guys that have been deep in the postseason. (But) Richard is one of those guys. Our team has to understand that we don't have second chances now. It's going to be a huge challenge for us this week.
convert free game knock locker nobody room shoot talked throw
When you shoot 11-for-24 from the free throw line, you're not brimming with confidence. It was the first thing we talked about in the locker room after the game. It's a different game if we knock down and convert some free throws. We have nobody to blame, that's us.
definitely extent good log separate sure
We're not sure of the extent of it, but he's definitely out. I thought he was making pretty good progress. He was able to log some minutes. This is a separate issue.
basketball challenge good next oregon spot sure
To be where we're at is great. But we still have a lot of basketball to go. We sure would like to be where we're at. That's a good spot to be in. But our next challenge is Oregon State.
great
We want to have great emotion, we want to have great spirit.
bounce challenge game mentality obviously team
Our team obviously is down after the game. I don't know how you can play that game and not be down. We have to come back. That's our challenge right now. We have to bounce back. We can't go back to this game. It's over. We have to have the same mentality we had during that stretch. That's going to be our challenge right now.
edge
They've got a little edge right now, but we're going to have to take that edge away somehow, psychologically.
dominant team
They've been the most dominant team in our league.
experience kept plays
They made some plays down the stretch, they kept their composure, I think experience was a factor.