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
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.
against fight hard patient team washington
We need to fight hard against a good, patient team like Washington State.
against ourselves playing pressure washington
We can't play under pressure. We can only put pressure on ourselves to do our best. There's enough pressure playing against Washington State. Let's not play under any more pressure than there really is.
against effort
That's the effort you have to have against Washington.
against biggest shots
That had to be one of the biggest shots someone has made against us.
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.
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.
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.
defensive good guess guys healthy lucky maybe surprised team ucla
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.
rebound stick
We just need to stick to our principles. As long as we rebound and play defense, we'll be alright.
ball strong
We weren't strong with the ball in that stretch.
attacked basket defensive grabbing half rebounds second turned usc
We turned it around in the second half on the defensive end. USC attacked the basket and we had to make adjustments at halftime. Leon is grabbing a lot of rebounds and that helps.
beaten felt fitting hope legs won
We felt if we had beaten UCLA, we would have won this thing (the regular-season title). So it's probably fitting that we're playing. I just hope we get our legs back.