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.
gives hard hard-work positive reward stand team time towards trip work
We've put in a lot of hard work and this is our reward now to see where we stand as a team. This trip gives us more time to solidify our team and work towards a positive direction.
ask harder played players
Our players were hungry. I can't ask our players to go out and play harder than they played today.
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.
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.
against fight hard patient team washington
We need to fight hard against a good, patient team like Washington State.
alex basketball cal extend great harder nobody pleased works
I'm pleased that we were able to extend a scholarship to Alex for this season. Nobody works any harder than Alex, and he is a great representative of a Cal basketball student-athlete.
basket came few hard judgments
As hard as Leon was working, I thought he had opportunities to go after the rim a few times, and we came away with no basket and a foul. In my opinion, there were some questionable judgments in those situations.
bounce challenge couple dwell last mentality sit
We have to bounce back, that's our challenge right now. We have to have that same mentality during the last couple of weeks. We can't sit here and dwell on this.
finished full game
We finished the game strong. We showed what we can do at full strength.
guard
You have to guard everyone on the team.
game playing rather trade
We're going to be a little fatigued, but I wouldn't trade that at all. I'd rather be fatigued and in that game than be well-rested and not be playing anywhere.
bad closer coming foot full rod time
You feel bad for Rod and what he has been through. He was just getting over a foot injury, and I thought he was improving. He was getting more time and was more active. He was getting closer to coming back at full strength.
believing game surviving teams
Every game has been about surviving and believing in ourselves. That's what teams have to do.