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
against guys oregon stay team worried
Our guys have to stay in the moment, and it's not easy. I was worried about our team when we were up 21-2 against Oregon State.
against effort intensity spirit
Our intensity was good, our spirit was good. That's the kind of effort you need against Washington. They're that kind of team.
ball certainly control defensive focused hard similar teams work wrong
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.
difficult team
When they're scoring, they're a very difficult team to beat.
ask harder played players
Our players were hungry. I can't ask our players to go out and play harder than they played today.
against dangerous facing game perspective players
Our players have the game in perspective. We know what we're up against ? and we're facing a very dangerous team.
beat beaten chris felt including people players respect stanford tie
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.
chance guys passing picked shooting skills work
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.
He was hobbling pretty good. Let's give it a day and see.
hard knowing leaves playing pride worked
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.
knee survived
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.
against basketball best halves hit played
He hit some unbelievable shots. That's one of the best halves of basketball anybody's played against us this year.
hit knocking phenomenal second shot tremendous
He hit some tremendous shots. He had a phenomenal second half, knocking down shot after shot.
great offensive player wants
He doesn't quit, even on offensive rebounds. It's just great to see a player who wants to get better.