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.
afford ahead basketball bounce game heads huge might natural operate reaction step team
We can't operate now with our heads down. We're disappointed. We've got basketball ahead of us and we have a huge game Saturday. It's important for our team to bounce back. The natural reaction might be to be down, but we can't afford that. We have to step up.
defender fortunate good richard
We're fortunate Richard has been such a good defender through the years.
healthy major
We're healthy this time, that's the major difference.
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.
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.
feels good
It feels pretty good to see everyone in the community. They're all so proud.
came remembers team washington
I think our team remembers Washington came in here and had their way with us.
huge hump team took
I thought he had a huge year. He took his team over the hump tonight. He put them on his back. He was phenomenal.
time
That was probably the only time we made consecutive mistakes.
saw team
I saw what our team can do when it's healthy.
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.