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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
ask harder played players
Our players were hungry. I can't ask our players to go out and play harder than they played today.
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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.
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We need to fight hard against a good, patient team like Washington State.
against biggest shots
That had to be one of the biggest shots someone has made against us.
dream love player position team
That is what you dream of as a player and a coach. You love to be in that position and our team is in that position.
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They've improved in that area. Those guys have given them their team a big lift, and there's no question that has helped their performance in the last few games.
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It's tough. I thought our guys came out and played very hard. But give N.C. State credit, they played well. They didn't make a whole lot of threes like they normally do, but the ones they did make were some real momentum changers.
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At times, we played like a team that had 11 days off.
early impressed nights pressure
Their pressure is better than it was early in the season. It's not a spotty defense. They don't take nights off. I'm very impressed with Ben's team.